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in my email quite often. Just need to find a FFL transfer near me.
 
I don't know anything about their frames but I do have that exact slide that I got from them. High grade stainless and really good machine work. I dropped it on a frame and went shooting with zero issues.

Their barrels can be on the rough side bore wise. Then again it was an $18 blemished that I got. It does work as intended.
 
At first glance I'm like "FORTY-ONE DOLLARS!!!" :eek: Then I scrolled down--PSYKE!!! :D

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Sorry I didn't crop the screenshot. The $41 is for their Titan brand G19 barrels. They do have some really good prices on barrels without having to buy a blemished one. Parts kits are low priced too but I can't speak for their quality.
Back to the handgun, I haven't seen anyone with a Glock clone that low.
 
My main point was the CA slide itself is a bargain at $200 for the quality you get. The CA bargain barrel I got was functional and there was a reason it was in the bargain bin. I bought other barrels from them that were normal priced and the bore was much better, they all fit the same.

I think this is a great deal. The slide is a great product also if that is all you need.
 
Their barrels are really hit or miss. Some are perfect and an unbelievable value while others can be horrendous and require lots of work to make then acceptable. Some have machine marks in the feed ramps that are so large that it makes them look like cheese graters. Much of their rifling has chatter marks but none of it seems to affect the function and it eventually smooths out at the range. On the other hand, AIM barrels are consistently higher quality and do not have the appearance like they were grabbed from the scrap bin.
 
FrankenGlock said:
Their barrels are really hit or miss. Some are perfect and an unbelievable value while others can be horrendous and require lots of work to make then acceptable. Some have machine marks in the feed ramps that are so large that it makes them look like cheese graters. Much of their rifling has chatter marks but none of it seems to affect the function and it eventually smooths out at the range. On the other hand, AIM barrels are consistently higher quality and do not have the appearance like they were grabbed from the scrap bin.
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Agree on all counts.

I think I have 3 of their barrels. All fit and function fine. On the looser side of tolerances. I don't see any accuracy differences between better barrels in my shooting.

An $18 barrel and a few minutes cleaning up the feed ramp leave a lot of money for ammo. I did polish up the bargain barrel to a high shine for fun. The bore is still rough as a corn cob. i expected blue patches for a week after a box of ammo through it. It cleaned up as quickly as any other barrel.

I guess I'm a sucker for a good deal.
 
As for their frame, it looks a lot like a PSA Dagger frame minus the stupid roll pins. The Dagger fits my hand better than P80 or Glock.
 
bkbrno said:
As for their frame, it looks a lot like a PSA Dagger frame minus the stupid roll pins. The Dagger fits my hand better than P80 or Glock.
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I love, love, love the Dagger S and Micro Dagger frames. They feel so much better than a Glock frame. I haven't tried the Combat Armory one but it does look nice. Not a fan of the Dagger internals or trigger shoe but those are quick and easy to replace. It's tough to beat the value of the Dagger and Micro Dagger frames especially when you catch them on sale. If you are on a budget, you can build a fantastic firearm on the cheap.
 
I personally own 3 of the CA frames one is my carry and has well over 12K rounds through it , I love this frame it's comfortable and I have had zero issues with it. The fact that the bare frames were so inexpensive was a bonus because I wasn't worried about doing some aggressive stippling to this frame either.
 
FrankenGlock said:
Their barrels are really hit or miss. Some are perfect and an unbelievable value while others can be horrendous and require lots of work to make then acceptable. Some have machine marks in the feed ramps that are so large that it makes them look like cheese graters. Much of their rifling has chatter marks but none of it seems to affect the function and it eventually smooths out at the range. On the other hand, AIM barrels are consistently higher quality and do not have the appearance like they were grabbed from the scrap bin.
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Believe it not, I have a Aim barrel and two CA barrels that are junk.
Non of them were ordered as blems.
The rifling is junk.

Last good bargain was a psa complete Dagger slide.
Runs like a top.
 
I sell a lot of Aim Barrels and have yet to have any complaint. Sorry you had a bad experience but I’ve yet to have any and, again, I sell a ton of them.
 
My CA blem looks like the rifling was cut by hand with an air powered chatter gun. Maybe even some dremel work mixed in. It shoots groups as tight as any other. I have a high end barrel that looks like a mirror with no visible chatter marks. Shoots like shit.

I learned long ago when I was in to C&R surplus rifles, bore looks are meaningless. Shoot them and see. Several sewer pipes shot like bench rest guns and several pristine barrels that shot like shotguns. It's the do that matters.
 
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