Strike Industries, makers of gun googaws, is out with a new add-on for your AR shootin’ pleasure. Their Cobra Fang thang is a polymer doohicky with an extra little nub designed to make mag changes easier. Does the new doohickey actually smooth your changes or will it bite you in the butt when the chips are down? Only time and a little T&E will tell. Nick has one in his hot little hand, so as soon has he’s given it a workout, you’ll know. Details below . . .
If you’ve ever wanted faster and reliable magazine reloads, practice makes perfect. You aren’t gonna be a superstar overnight. But a little help never hurts. This is why Strike Industries has developed the Fang Trigger Guard. Our trigger guard has a stubby magazine assist “fang” that protrudes to allow with quicker and more accurate reload insertion of the magazine. The Fang Trigger Guard is made of high quality polymer and is light weight with a great look and feel that is only matched with its performance. The fang will help guide your magazine into the magwell on a much more dependable basis. It’s a simple, helpful guide that can be used from the beginner to the more advanced. You have to get the feel for the timing and mechanics of a quick and clean reload, getting a competitive edge is just the smart thing to do. Try the Strike Industries Fang Trigger Guard and bite back against failed reload attempts.
Package include:
– 1 x Fang Trigger guard
– 1 x Roll Pin
– 1 x Set screw
Features:
– Nylon reinforced polymer
– Magazine reload assist
– Finger rest function
– Cleaner, faster reloads
– Use as a finger rest
– Light weight at .2 oz
It is completely unforgivable that the PX4 Storm doesn’t use the same magazines as the 92FS. The magazine is physically identical except for where the hole is for the release catch.
I love my 92FS, and want to find either a CX4 or a Sub-2000 that use the same magazines. I would purchase a PX4 sub-compact for concealed carry, if it would use the same magazines. Since they aren’t, I might as well own a smaller gun of a different brand.
“The safety location is an ergonomic miss in my book. Deactivating the safety requires a rather awkward movement of the thumb and hand, but this won’t be much of a challenge for any Beretta 92FS users transitioning to the Beretta PX4 Storm.”
As a 92FS guy I kind of cringe when people gripe about the safety. It’s not awkward at all once you’ve used it a little. On the other hand if someone else gets a hold of your weapon it might be awkward enough to buy you a crucial second or two. I also hear a lot of people claim that it’s OK because they just use it as a decocker and flip it up right away after decocking. I’d caution against that because I have on occasion accidentally flipped the safety off, which isn’t a big deal because there’s still a heavy double action trigger pull, but if a safety can be accidentally flipped off it can also be accidentally flipped on. Which would be awkward if you never practice drawing and disengaging the safety. It’s no big deal if it flips off but it is a big deal if it flips on. Personally I’m a little leery of cocked and locked carry because of this.
Of course you could avoid the whole situation and buy a decock only pistol, but the biggest advantage of the safety/decock is that you can rack the slide on safe and the hammer will follow the slide down safely.
This guy (or gal) is just plain silly.
” It was apparently a late night last night”.
“Apparently”? You were there; was it, or wasn’t it? “Apparently” is unnecessary, at best.
What I want to know is….does the “fang” sticking out make it incompatible with Magpul M3 Pmags due to the overinsertion stop?
I remember shooting a COP. I remember the flame. Quite impressive. Almost as good as a 7″bbl .223
I can say I lost my passion for the beauty of nature one night as two bucks decided to tangle antlers in the middle of the two lane road I was driving. Came over the hill and there they were. Or the early morning in a snow storm and a bunch decided to cross right in front of me while driving to work. Thinning the herd is a service to mankind.
For a moment I thought this was going to be a fairly objective article, till I saw this interjection:
(America, he points out, is the only country where small arms are fascinating to otherwise law-abiding citizens.) Are these the words of Weisser or Gopnik?
When you come from the place where fascination with small arms is a crime, it’s hard to filter out the condescending tripe or if you believe this as a gun dealer, then you are the worst kind of hypocrite.
Yes she could shoot, but she also had one helluva life. Worth reading Little Sure Shots biography. PBS American Experience did a great episode on her. Check out your local library for either.