Shadow Systems pistols

General Firearms Handguns - Semi Auto
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While I continue to buy problem pistols (springfields), my son keeps making good picks.

These shadow systems guns are impressive. A little pricey compared to a Glock (which they effectively are), but they don’t come with all the crap you have to fix on a glock. (Sights, Trigger, MOS plate system, etc)

This gun has been perfect out of the box, but when I put the SRO on for my son, I was even more impressed. They have the direct slide mount perfected!

The Shadow included spacer (behind the sight) and screws all worked perfectly.

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Good looking gun. They have great reviews.

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They are by all accounts excellent. And yes, good on 'em for their optic mounting system.

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I have been shooting mine for several years. The only problem I had was with some worn out Magpul mags. I would stick with the G mags for social purposes.

I see these pistols as a great improvement of Glocks:

  1. Excellent sights
  2. Grip angle is adjustable
  3. Optic mounting is much better than MOS. No plate or tall sights needed
  4. Lighter than Gen 5
  5. Barrel is not throated as short as Glock

They are excellent lead launchers

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I have 2 of the MR920s with Holosuns…they are accurate and reliable.

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Aimsurplus has these “foundation” pistols for $577. They have less of the foo foo features, but are still optics ready.

No fluted barrel, silly slide cuts, etc. Bascially a good glock. Damn tempting.

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Do it… great ergos and Glock Gen 3 internals. There are a some differences such as white dot front sight vs night sight. I think the trigger is polymer vs metal plus the slide cuts and a different recoil spring. The spiral barrel.vs smooth nitride one

At that price its a deal.

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I have been told that Shadow Systems went through a period of not the best quality control .
First I would like to verify if anyone else has heard the same.

If they did in fact have a bad run, have they corrected the problem?

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I hadn’t heard that. But I’m not super involved in the gun. I had heard some of their triggers weren’t the greatest, pull weight wise.

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Triggers can be fixed.

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Yep. And revisiting the pistol we have… the trigger is much better than the 6-7 lb triggers on the last two glocks I bought.

The shadow systems just seemed bad because my buddies shoot candy ass competition guns with trigger work done. When we/I went back to the real world and shot the Shadow system’s trigger, the regular striker trigger was tough to shoot.

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