Decide What's Important The Fine Art of Modifying Gear 

Great content! My first firearm was a Gen 4 Glock 19 MOS. I had almost no expendable income, and I wanted a "do everything" handgun. As time went on, I made that gun my own. DIY stiple and undercut, TLR1-HL, night sights then Holosun 508T, RangerProof flat face trigger shoe, tungsten guide rod and finally a Faxon barrel with compensator. Still my everyday carry and bedside gun. Now I'm working my skills up to a "Minuteman" standard, and then it will unironically hang on my battle belt too. Sorry for the self involved post, but this is exciting stuff for me and I hope this inspires somebody out here to stop dreaming and get into this! Thanks Uncle Freedom for the outstanding content!

I hope you use work as your shipping address.

“Cause it’s a fricking tomahawk that’s why.” Exactly.

Thank you for sharing today.

Another reason for blacked out pistol sights being use with NODs. Night sights will glow like orbs and drown out your red dot.

Protip for Glock owners, when you buy a new Glock you get a coupon code for their online store. It is not just hats and shirts, they have a nice Fix-It Stick kit that has literally everything you need to service your pistol and then some.

I'm already liking this one ;-)

Agree 💯on Sage Dynamics. I watch him on patreon, he (like you) has a wealth of knowledge and really explains the reasoning behind the method.

Great advice as always. While I have done some minimal changes to my G5 Glock 19 (fiber optic sights, Hogue grip, and a Recover Tactical Slide Assist for my old hands) I have done a fair amount of shall we say "tweaking" both of my AR-15's. Nothing major other than replacing the 8" hand guard on my ATI with a 13" one, but I do keep a looking and once in a while get tempted into trying something new..

Dumb thing that a LOT of people do is trying to buy skill by equipment upgrades and or taking a $600 gun and end up spending enough money that it would of cost the same as a 2011. Tritium front sights is amazing for coming out of sleep looking for the gun. I don't like red dots on full size pistols but small pistols they are a huge advantage but my OCD requires me to use a alcohol Q tip to clean the glass every week.

Gen5 G45. Talon grip, factory performance trigger, night sights (mostly to get rid of plastic sights), red dot, light. +2 (for carry)/+5 (cause you can) mag extensions. Same on the g47. All run like a dream, shoot flat, reliable, and are more than accurate. Run steel matches with 45/47 no issues. Can carry both. Will look into a g48 for smaller carry, but may just go to a 19 so it fits my hands and grip better. And cause all the parts become interchangeable.

I agree with EVERYTHING you said. Keep it simple

A guy with a $300 gun he's competent with will usually defeat an untrained or careless opponent, however well armed. I don't put much stock in having the latest and greatest gear. I try to find what works for me and stick with it.

Suarez Arms or Griffin Micro Comp looks like a thread protector.

Dude, I’m subbed & I haven’t seen any notifications for your new videos in a long time… I think RU-vid has an anti-gun bug up their butts.

I found out early on in the 2000's how fast you can make something unreliable when I started modifying my tippman 98 custom hahaha.

Any tips on a rear sight that sliding out of place?

depends on who you are and what your abilities are. Not everyone is a super duper trooper operator with a rifle. Not everyone is a Jerry Miculek or a Tom Knapp on the shotgun. Not everyone is a quickdraw Mcgraw behind the pistol. If you got a 30 cal rifle that is known for long-distance. Better get a bipod, a sling, a bullet stock saddle, and a really good piece of glass. If its a bolt-gun, bipod, a good lightweight chassis, nice optic ring mounts and a good piece of glass. Side saddle and sling. If its an AR10 or a type of battle rifle that is semi-auto. You might need a dual optic-sight setup such as an ACOG with an RMR combo mounted system or finding a good scope ring mount that has an RMR boss plate for your red dot. And then a bipod, a handstop, a good stock and a sling. If its a revolver. Get night sights or upgrade both and get a rmr mounted on it. Same with pistols. But now add a pistol light or a combo light system with a laser. Get larger mags. Keep a higher count mag on the pistol and the rest regular/stock size or +2 mag extensions. You got an AR and dont do long distance shooting? Go look at GWOT guys in the Marines and see how they setup their rifles. You'll find a PEQ15 or some type of IR/vis sight system. A red dot, iron sights, a flashlight and a vert grip. Also uses a SOPMOD or A2 stock or an H&K 416 stock. Id go with an ACOG 4x32 tritium with rmr mounted on it, troy industries night sights, a PEQ15, streamlight flashlight with a pressure pad and a tangodown "broomhandle" vert grip. You got a shotgun? Get a red dot. It's easier, get a flashlight that is superbright, shotcards mounted on the receiver, limbsaver stock pad, a good sling and grab a 240 nutsack pouch for your shells.

I have a general question. If I planned on getting a TLR 1 HL or Surefire X300U for a concealed carry pistol would a compact gun along the lines of the CZ P-07 or should I get the CZ P-09? Or should I just get a tlr 7?

Idk my ramjet works really well even with shit range ammo

Does Overwatch Precision “modify” Glock parts? I was under the impression everything but the trigger shoe is stock Glock with an option for the NP3 coating.

Your thoughts, I upgrade all my 1911s with Wilson Combat springs. Now my 19X and shadow systems I leave alone. Need holster, currently use an m7 for 1911. I'm better with 1911, but pretty darn good with 19x

The urge to tinker and upgrade every conceivable aspect of a perfectly functional firearm is a hard one to resist. I am guilty of this. My "duty" gun is a g17. Zev duty slide (liked the rmr cut on it), blacked out irons, rmr, glock performance trigger and a slightly extended mag release. As soon as I put in an extended slide release after all those prior upgrades had a flawless 3000+ rounds of performance, immediately I ran into problems. I think it was just a bad spring in the part, but every shot the slide would lock back (even when testing to make sure it wasn't getting bumped by my hand). I put the original part back in and was back to flawles functionality. Upgrades are cool but if you do them, make sure you immediately test em. If I had dropped that part in and just left my gun on my nightstand... That could've been very bad if I had actually needed it. Worst of all it was (apparently) an oem extended slide stop slide/slide release.

I heard, no matter the set-up, you should practice until it's so predictable, it's boring. I'm not changing anything until I'm reasonably certain what is happening. Need more practice.

For my G17 have one factory parts slide for serious use, and one range toy slide with a bunch of mods. Once you add after market parts, it's no longer a Glock.

Threaded barrels give you +0.5 inches of extra length for basically zero drawback 🤷🏻‍♂️

Thank you for the review. Tell your wife they're businesses received expenses now and you can write them off. She'll understand.

I listen because i hate myself. My daily dose of tortured genius.

Love your channel, doing God's work. Do you have any recommendations on good pairings of training ammo and defensive ammo? I.E. Remington UMC 115gr UMC JHP + its FMJ counterpart? Or any known pairings with minimal zero shift between them? Thanks for reading, stay up King

I'm definitely early. Are you still mad at me for calling cops out? I saw my responses to your comments were deleted.

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People do what they want, its not dumb if they wanna get whatever barrel they want they can do that and ima call you out for being a dipshit for telling people they're dumb for doing what they want to their firearm

Thoughts on chrome/phosphate barrels for the m17?

Just don’t buy a Glock and you’ll save houndreds

That light is way to big

I switch between a 3rd Gen 19 and 4th Gen 17. Garage undercut, hackathon irons, Magpul Magwell, TLR1 HL on both. 147 HST. If it ain’t broke don’t fix it. Another great video, thanks for the info!

i just got my primary arms 1-8 compact. used the link 👍

Outstanding video!! If y’all are new to this game, trust me, take his advice!!!! Don’t need to add more to this comment….Uncle Freedom just covered it all!!!!!

I learned the hard way with my 509T. Slow and steady changes make for easy troubleshooting when needed. Thanks for sharing this!

Great video. Do you think a Glock 19 with an rmr hd would be too big to appendix carry?

Didn’t think I would like a 6 moa but I like it more and more.

Well there's the first lie, glock sites don't suck, I had a glovk 26 for almost 5 years never once had an issue with my sights, you should prolly just say you don't like them ?

I reqlly don't understand why you think you can deem what people need to do or what they don't need to do what they should or shouldn't spend their money on like seriously nobody gives a shitttttt about your opinion

You DO NOT NEED A FREAKING LIGHT.