Magpul PMAGs - Hands on Review

Seriously? If you really need to read a review on PMAGs, you need to get out more. There's nothing bad I can say about them.

Good Stuff: It polymer, so the feed lips are less prone to bending under pressure from loaded rounds. The follower is anti tilt, and less likely to jam than your standard NATO magazines. 1000% easier to disassemble for cleaning than the standard mags as well. Lots of colors make me happy too :)

Bad Stuff: Nothing. The price is about 3 times better than anything Smith and Wesson, Glock or Springfield armory put out, so really cant complain.

Overall: Buy them. Now. Seriously.

Apex Tactical Competition Action Kit - Hands on Review

Installed this in my M&P9 a while ago and have been holding off on a review to see how it would break in. I won't go into too much detail about whats included in the kit since you can read that on Apex's homepage. Not here to repeat information, sorry. Couple thousand rounds later, and here it goes...
Good Stuff: When they say this kit drops the trigger pull to a smooth, crisp 2.5lbs they are not elaborating in any way shape or form. Mine weighed in at a consistent 2.65, but the smoothness of it caught me off guard to a point I thought impossible. It feels impossibly light.

I don't think it has tightened up my groups at all, but the speed with which I can dish them out is dramatically enhanced. We're not talking a matter of milliseconds, we're talking whole seconds.

The bad stuff: As with all M&P's, the length of the trigger pull continues to be a pain in the ass. Now that Apex has brought their Forward-Set Sear to market, I may have to look into it as further improvement over my current set up.

Overall: Not bad at all. Makes the M&P trigger pull a dream at the range. As the manufacturer cautions, don't EVER EVER EVER try to conceal carry a firearm with this modification on it. I haven't had any issues at the range, but under stress in the real world you sure as hell don't want this light of a trigger. May be overshadowed by the Apex FSS kit, but that doesn't mean this is a bad product.

Nosler Custom Competition Bullets - Hands on Review

I was looking around for some lower priced alternatives to my much beloved match kings for regular range use, and these fit the bill. I have only used the 155 and 168 grainers thus far, but the performance was pleasantly surprising. Since the 165gr SMKs out of my Savage print .38moa groups at 100 yards, stabilizing into a tidy .35moa at the 500 yard line my aim was for these lower end bullets to at least hold a half inch.

The good stuff: After a little tweaking, both the155 and 168 varieties did just that. Turns out, these are a good budget bullet for the shooter with tight purse strings.

The bad stuff: It is definitely a bargain bin looking bullet. Most of the 250 bullets in each box had very noticeable discoloration and blemishing, though it seemed to be purely cosmetic. Not the end of the world, but still something that bears noting. I haven't fiddled around enough to completely wring all the accuracy out of them, but I get a feeling there's going to be swiftly diminishing returns at around .4moa.

Overall: Bargain bullet, good accuracy for the price. Definately some clear limitations, but I can live with it. It will slam a steel target or a paint can from 500 yards, and that's all I really need from them at this point.