Category Archives: Technical Tuesdays

Let’s go deep on primers. Here we spend some time on primer construction, identifying and addressing off-center and light firing pin strikes, and how to interpret marks left on the primer during firing. This gets aggressively nerdy, but we promise you will learn something. Enjoy!

On this week’s Technical Tuesday, Trevor teams up with Shadow Systems VP of Sales Chad Jewett to answer the question, “what happened here?” See if you can guess what happened before Chad does as Trevor shows him some special “returns.”

 It turns out not all FMJ ammo is true FMJ. We’ve had some customers ask about leading on the muzzle of their barrel and/or lead “spiraling” on close range targets. Let’s talk about what causes that and what the differences are between true FMJ and plated bullets that are also sold as FMJ.

There is one thing that stymies more new shooters than anything else. It might be what is limiting your accuracy, even if you are doing everything else correctly. Today, we discuss this problem in detail, how to diagnose it, and how to solve it.

Hey everyone! In this video, we cover two things: 1. The recommended Shadow Systems method to field strip the gun. 2. Occasionally, the guide rod can get wedged into a weird position in the frame and cause the slide to hang up during disassembly. It’s a very easy fix. We cover that here as well.

How well does “criminal marksmanship” actually work? I was reminded recently of an experiment I did years ago to stress test all-instinct point shooting. You learn quickly that you had better respect your opponent at close range because that’s where your skills don’t matter. Let’s see how many hits we get at 3, 4, 7 […]

 Technical Tuesday – Magazine Release Issues It’s Technical Tuesday, and you’re asking, “is my magazine going to fall out of my gun?” That’s a problem if that happens–we don’t want our high capacity, high technology firearm to turn into a single shot. We are making this video because there seems to be a lot […]

This week’s Technical Tuesday Trevor gives a How To about slide disassembly.   If you are one of those people who are comfortable working on your firearms, and feel like this is something you can do, then these demos are for you! However, if you are not confident, DON’T DO IT, take it to a […]

We go totally technical on today’s episode of Technical Tuesday with Trevor teaching Trigger Disassembly! Stay tuned for more of these technical Technical Tuesdays as we go further inside the MR920.   Please remember that this demonstration is intended for those of you who are comfortable working on your firearms, who have viewed the video […]

Hey guys it’s Technical Tuesday and today we give you a glimpse at the new factory while we take a minute – or five – to discuss the manufacturing process for our slides and barrels and WTF (what the flute) really does for a barrel.