The Palmetto State Armory Dagger is a very popular pistol.
Retailing for under $300, this Gen 3 Glock-19-compatible 9mm ticks a lot of the right boxes for a carry pistol. With several nice features, you needn’t feel under-armed if you choose to carry one.
The gun is pretty sweet, right out of the box. However, as with many guns, it can be improved.
How?
Reflex Sight
The TruGlo red dot is self-explanatory… the pistol is cut for an optic, so we added one. There’s a link below if you want to know more about the one we installed on the Dagger.
What else can you do?
Magazine Well & Compensator
There are additional items that you can add to enhance the functionality of this pistol. One company that makes add-ons for it is Herrington Arms.
This company makes items for many brands, but my son and I zeroed in on the Dagger, as he has one and was wanting to dress it up a bit. He has large hands and wanted a mag well extender. He also wanted to try a muzzle compensator. We ordered one of each from the link above and installed them.
There is nothing tricky or magical about these items… they are common, as you know. But they were new to him. Here they are…
The muzzle compensator is easy to install. It is a generic 1/2×28 three-cut compensator that simply screws onto the threaded PSA barrel (or many other similar barrels).
That’s pretty much it. You get the comp and some extra O-rings, but the ring already on the barrel worked fine. If you need to adjust the comp to tighten fully, but it’s out of alignment, you have the rings to do that. You can adjust it so that it won’t rotate. The company also recommends Loc-Tite.
The magazine well extender did help him out in terms of getting all his fingers on the grip. Here it is:
(That’s the factory mag that came with the gun… any Glock 19 mag will work.)
As you can see, the fit is great with minimal gap. Installation is relatively simple; we watched a video and had the device up and running in about 5 minutes. You will need to disassemble it and place the pieces on the grip separately; two small Torx-head screws secure everything in place. Again, the video explained it.
The results were worth the effort. He can now grasp the pistol with all fingers, which aids control, as we know. Plus, there is now no pinching of his pinky between the mag and the grip.
The compensator lowered felt recoil about 30%, according to him. He said it wasn’t a huge reduction, but it was enough to make the installation worth it.
For a bit over $110, you can add items to your Dagger that will help increase its shootability, if that’s a word. As we know, anything that aids your shooting and makes you want to do more of it is a good thing. I sure think so.
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