It's time for some upgrades....

The Apex R.A.M (Reset Assist Mechanism) and a Apex Polymer Action Enhancement Trigger were sent to me to test out, and give some feedback. It was also brought to my attention that the MOD 1 magazine extender was out of stock, so no luck there. For starters, I could not use the Apex R.A.M in my Smith and Wesson M&P 9mm for the reason the R.A.M only works in certain sear blocks. If you go to the Apex Tactical youtube channel this will be explained. Since I was disappointed in not being able to use the R.A.M. my focus is now directed to installing the new trigger. This was a simple installation that took about 20 minutes only because this was my first time performing this type of work on a firearm. After the install, I was in total amazement. From the first dry fire test it was a new feel that had me thinking something was wrong at first. So then the slide was removed again and a visual inspection of all the moving pieces were conducted. After seeing all the pieces were moving as they should, the slide was put back on the frame and a two hour session of dry firing took place. Still hesitant to putting rounds through the gun, I decided to take the firearm with the new Apex trigger to a friend of mine who works at the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit to get his take on it. He did a couple of dry fires and said it was good to go. Now it is time for the ultimate test to see how this gun actually performs under the clock.

Now let's fast forward a week and it is the next USPSA match that took place on 15 February 2015. This was a cold day but that was not going to be a factor to stop me from putting bullets down range. The first stage there was instant feedback on how the gun was performing but like any well oiled machine, it was time to turn it up and push it to the limit. So the next couple stages that is what was done, my focus was to allow the gun to perform flawlessly with this new Apex trigger. After that second stage my thoughts took me to thinking how will the Aluminium Action Enhancement Trigger performs compared to the Polymer Trigger. I'm pretty sure if this trigger allows this much performance the Aluminum trigger will be the more dynamic version. This day had me wanting to shoot more because this trigger gave me that feeling of having a new gun, but then again it is my opinion the more you shoot the stock trigger it gets better with time. Now with this new trigger I am pretty sure it will continue to get better with each trigger pull.

With the installation of this new trigger it has given me the performance advantage in which I was looking for. That gritty feel everyone talks about with the stock M&P triggers were never a bother to me, but a tool which I referenced while shooting. With this new Apex Polymer Action Enhancement Trigger my reset point has a distinct feel that lessens the pull which feels like millimeter movements that I am sure gave me that .25 seconds advantage I was looking for.

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