Someone asked me in email about how the Palmetto State Daggers are coming along. A reasonable question.
I’ve taken a couple of them out and shot them and found no real issues. I had one round that failed to feed properly but I suspect the person was limp-wristing the pistol. Other than that, no hiccups at all with S&B and PMC ball ammo. Trigger is a bit mushy but I suppose you can drop in a more responsive Glock-style trigger since this thing is a clone.
I find the grip to be a bit more comfortable with it’s palm swells, and they left off the useless interchangeable backstraps that everyone seems to do these days.
I’ll link to someone elses review of the pistol and say that my experience is pretty much identical. I like them enough, especially at around $260 (dealer) each, that I’ve put back a dozen for myself.
I’d take a genuine Glock over the clone, but I feel pretty confident with this clone. I wouldn’t hesitate to say that if your logistics base is centered around Glock handguns, these are an outstanding choice for a secondary level of redundancy. That is to say, if you wanna leave a gun in the truck, the cabin, the tacklebox, a cache, or as a loaner…and you don’t want to have to buy yet another type of magazine or other logistics…this is a no-brainer.
I’ve put an Olight weaponlight on a full-size Dagger (G17 size) and thats one of my house guns now, for what thats worth.
I can only report on my experiences. Mayb people have had some issues with these guns. All I can say is that I haven’t. I’ve shot three or four different ones, found them about as accurate as the Glock, and don’t really have anything to complain about except for the trigger and some holster fitment issues.
Trigger: mushy, but you can learn to work with it. Alternatively, swap for a another Glock trigger.
Holster: to avoid lawsuits, the Dagger has some style changes from the Glock. Holster with some ‘give’, like cordura or leather, seem to be forgiving enough to fit just fine. Kydex is a bit more strict. Just take the gun to your gun show, find the guy with the big Rubbermaid totes full of used holsters, and find something that fits.
I know its supid, but I also like the color combinations….frame, slide, and barrel come in different colors and you can pretty much pick what you want. I rather perfer the OD green ones with the supressor-height sights and threaded barrel.
So, overall, your buddy Commander Zero says these things seem pretty good to go.
Bought a dagger about a year ago. Had some feeding issues in the first 200 rounds but these seem to have cleared up. Prefer genuine Glock mags with the steel feed lips rather than the Magpul mags. Despite being economical and reasonably reliable I don’t shoot it well for one reason: the stock trigger sucks. Bought a red dot for it expecting improved accuracy, but I shoot a different Glock clone with white dots as well or better. Better than nothing? Sure. Impressive? Not so much. If I had to do over I would pass on the Dagger or spring for the upgraded trigger.
I was just going to ask a holster compatibility question, and you answered it. Thanks.
i have a 43X…thinking of getting the micro dagger slide to slap on since they are optic cut, save me from having to get the mos version…seen vids where they will work…i have a dagger i bought off a friend for $100…sniper green grip and black slide…put my venom red dot on it…haven’t got to shoot it yet…
Fan of PSA in general, what can I say? Quality at a reasonable price. I recently purchased a couple more AR-15s from PSA… partially because of your “expendilbe firearms” post. NOT something we want to think about, but a reality regardless.
EVERY member of my family now has an AR, plud a couple of spares! Other weapons as needed…..
Following. Yes concur with this subject.. Logistics. Redundancy. Those terms are and always has been very important in any martial strategies. Any folks out there in prepper sphere of things would be shrewed to settle into a narrow brand and models of military and LEO adopted and popular firearms with it’s follow on support kit. I am a glock fan boy based on their near ubiquitous presence everywhere, along with parts, accessories, all easily available. I traded off xyz brands of guns at minor losses just to get standardized. I am a near geezer so I will keep some 1911s and the ruger P-95s of course, but will stay in my glock lane for those aforementioned attributes. These daggers seem to be a good fit to augment and build up one’s glock hedge fund portfolio positions. The o.d. green one’s with suppressor ready elements are kinda racy cute as well. Stay Frosty.