 Hey there friends, thanks for checking in. Today we're looking at the elusive Paul Metal State Armory Dagger. Very difficult to find. Even at the Paul Metal site, they're all sold out. So the other online companies are raising that price or jacking it up. Like I see this right now all over Gunbroker 450. Prior to that a couple months ago, I tried to get one $5.25, $5.50. It's got an MSRP of $2.99, $300, and they are really price gouging. I would say be patient the way I was. Now I picked this up locally, used maybe 50 rounds through it. That's what Zach the previous owner says. Shout out to him. He hooked me up $300. He added a Glock Mag, which is one of the main features that I and many people love. Glock makes phenomenal mags. Now it comes with a P-mag made for the Glock 19. It does not have side holes in there. A little wider base plate, but it feels cheap. Unlike the rifle mags, like Magpul makes phenomenal rifle mags. I'm not sold on this primarily because it just feels cheap. I feel these side by side and you can just tell that the Glock mag is superior. But that's what it comes with. And then Zach hooked me up with a skull head holster. And holsters are hard to find as well. So if the guns are defined, holsters are hard to find because a lot of these holster makers aren't getting orders at this time because people can't get the dagger. So hopefully that will lighten the load shortly as these become available. But if you go with this, you'll get this cardboard box. Nice little logo right there. A foam cut out. It has stickers and paperwork up top there. And one thing that I think is pretty cool is a Meriglo serrated black rear sights. Right and the Glock and everything else. Once again, MSRP 299. Probably the most attractive feature with the gun is the price. You know, it puts it right around that tourist price range that so many people love. But let's check it out. It does have a nice grip. One thing I do not care for is that bump right there. I'm not a fan of finger grooves. I don't mind them sometimes, but this hits right in the meaty fat part of my finger. Now they do have another cut in the trigger guard. But if they only did it the way SIG did it with the X Compact, see they just indented it. They didn't put an additional ledge on there or bump. And this feels phenomenal. So you may have to shave that down. I think I will just to give it more of a straight grip. And I'll go ahead and it does have an indentation. But another thing I don't care for too much is the mag release. It is really stiff. Look at I'm pushing on it right now. You got to put a lot of pressure on it. So if you have arthritis in your thumb or your hand or something that may be a little bit of an issue for you, I will tell you that is stiff. Maybe it'll loosen up over time. Three dot all steel sights. Now when you say that's serrated black, well, the previous owner sharpied it. All right. Put some permanent marker on there. So it's serrated black. I'm fine with that. I like serrated black and a large front dot 3.9 inch barrel DLC coated barrel and a nitride black nitride finish slide does have forward serrations right there and an accessory rail unique trigger guard little ledge right there. A lot of people put it's not serrated at all, but they put their their weak side off hand finger right up there. I don't do that, but I know a lot of people do. All right. And one more thing about the magazine release. It's small compared to the Glock 19. It's real small. Like that's like a button and that's I would call that a tab. But let's check out that trigger. It is a hinge trigger. So they stepped away from that. It is very similar. If you love the MMP 9 hinge trigger, it's very similar. I'm measuring it right at six pounds. Nice solid break and an audible reset right at six pounds. The website says five and a half. I'm calling it six a little flare right here as well for those quick mag changes. 3.9 inch barrel. So if we look at the four inch barrel on the Glock 19, we'll see that it goes just a little bit longer. Not enough to notice. And then they call these carry cuts. Pretty sure that's what that is that right there. That's a carry cut. So they they bevel that in a little bit for easy insertion and drawing out of a holster. All right. So if you see it, it says it comes with carry cuts. That's why that is stiff. I'm telling you. Take down same as the Glock. I do like that they use a all steel guide rod opposed to the polymer guide rod in the Glock 19. And there's your 3.9 inch barrel. Okay, compact size. And they're already coming out with optic ready models. And they're coming out with threaded barrels and suppressor height sights and so forth. So there's a lot to look forward to with the dagger. I actually see this going down the same road as Canik. You know when Canik came out, they came out with a $300 gun. Then next thing you know it was 400, 400 quarter, 450, 500, 550. And it just kept going up. Now, yes, they increased many of the features. I think that's what we could see with the dagger. Because people like it. And then once they get familiar with it and they say, you know what, I want to upgrade it. It comes at a cost. So right now 2.99 you can't beat it. One pound seven and three quarters ounces, we move that to just ounces 23 and three quarters here are 15 rounds, 30 ounces even, there's your carry around 30 and three eights. Now I did this earlier and I will tell you that 30 and three same same weight. So if you're familiar with carrying this with 16 rounds, the Glock 19, then you'll be familiar with the dagger at least weight wise. And they will not share the same holsters. So if you think you, you know, you got a Glock 19 holster, it'll work with the dagger chances are it won't, you'll have to get its own specific holster. But there it is. PSA dagger, elusive, hard to find, overpriced by the stores, not the company, Palmel State Armory. It's a bit pricey right now. Be patient, wait a little bit, be smart. See if you can get this. I got a great deal on this, barely used. Appreciate that. We hung out and talked a little bit. Super nice guy. Met so many nice people with gun deals in, in the Michigan area. But appreciate that. Thanks. And I look forward to getting this to the range. If you like videos like this, please subscribe and share. I always appreciate thumbs up button. Thanks for watching and you guys be safe.