Mod Your Carry Gun: Do's & Don'ts

A real person, simple delivery of info and no obligatory B roll watching them plink metal targets from 150 yards for 10 minutes. Bravo! 👍

Modifications are ego driven a lot of times. For an EDC gun, the best money you can spend on modifications is to take classes. Money well spent.

Hello niche personal problem here, I wanted to share why I equip my CCW with a magwell (GL43 X w/shield arms mags), who knows maybe it will help someone else out. I'm in construction, lifting heavy objects, climbing around in tight spaces, fixing equipment, etc, etc. One time I was climbing into a tight space on the back of our line striping truck and a corner caught the baseplate of my mag at the perfect angle. It broke and ejected all the rounds out the bottom. Signs of abuse on the bottom of my mags has always been common with the work I do. Ever since I added the magwell my base plates and bottom of the grip haven't suffered. Obviously this is small potatoes. But having the extra bulk on the bottom is a good trade off for my personal situation. Thanks, Great video❤

I get that you dont want a sight that is distracting but this depends a lot on what you've trained with and how long. For most people just use what you are familiar with/perform with most easily at the range. I'm sure you'd agree with this but its good to point out for others who might be a bit more confused on this

Nicer than I would have been, Jeff. I miss the old days of cutting off the Houge grip sleeves: "I fixed it for you, now your gun is better."

Mind set primary. Training, a very close second. You cannot defend your life or the life of another without those two. I bought a new carry holster because my Bianchi finally gave up after 25 years and two semi. This one could go in or outside the waist. Did both over and over. I feel comfortable and muscle memory is back. All good

Good takeaways about frame stippling and slide milling. Thank you!

Good stuff. You're one of the most pragmatic voices in the gun space as of late and it's appreciated. One small thing I've found works nicely on Gen 5 guns for doing something small and magwell adjacent is taking a Magpul mag well and chopping it down to a grip plug. None of the dedicated plugs I've seen eliminate the way the arch at the back of the grip can snag mags quite like it. Adds a quarter inch of length and no width. Besides that and some small sections of skate tape for thumb indexing, I've not made a habit of modding guns, especially not their internals. I've tried a few triggers that mostly just disappointed me for the lack of improvement relative to their cost. Ghost connectors never seem to make a difference to me, but I've also only tried them in guns that had a thousand rounds through them and were likely already well broken-in with their factory parts.

I love carrying magwells on my full sized, ACRO P2 equipped pistols. Most people, even other gun guys, are not gonna notice minor printing.

As always test ur stuff. You can modify any part you want, including the trigger. Until you bring it to an outdoor range and put it thru hell, DONT carry it. 2k rounds thru my modified g43x before carry.

One thing that I absolutely advise is to train with the ammo you intend to carry with. A lot of people carry expensive "personal protection" ammo, but train with the cheapest ammo they can find. It is very much possible that the gun may not cycle correctly with the "personal protection" ammo, or that it has significantly more recoil than you are used to, which throws off follow-up shots.

Learned a lot and to the point winning my subscription. On humble observation about grip hacks, removed material is gone forever so be thoughtful, not hasty. As a 1911 Browning Hi Power shooter I was anxious to chop off the rear strap hump on a 19 Gen 3 but first applied stipling to the sides and front, and to reduce the grip circumference, ground down the 2 pointy pyramids called finger grooves in glock talk. Still dissatisfied, Traction grip tape from Instant Stipling remedied the issues with slippery side panels and the now flattened front strap. A mild sanding at the trigger guard root as recommeded in another Tenicor video solved the glock knuckle problem. These alterations were sufficient to address the discontent I was experiencing with the Glock platform without having to radically go further and cut off the 'hump.' As Lenny McGill describes the rear strap profile is thought out for a 2 hand hold to render instinctive pointing and the problem some shooters think it presents is a false flag, instead the traction and grip circumference should be taken care of before irrevocable amputations.

Hey guys! Just wanted to let you know I’ve really been enjoying the videos lately. You guys do great work!

Sig P229 for me. Any off-the-shelf all metal P series Sig, with a decock, is the best off the shelf gun. Buy one used. Replace spring and guide rod. Get comfortable with it. I have a Sig P229 Enhanced Elite Blue Titanium. It is a nail driver. All these years, I've never had any type of malfunction.

They're definitely not required, but slide cuts are very useful if you're running a dot, especially an enclosed emitter like an ACRO or 509T. Makes racking the slide from the front a hell of a lot easier. Preferably, the gun comes from the factory with front serrations, though.

Personally would never upgrade a trigger on a ccw. Light, red dot/sights and grips if needed but nothing more. For me of course.

I run the Ramjet + Afterburner comp on my Glock 19. I trust it with my life.

Tenicor is producing some great products, and content, too! Thanks.

4:47 - If conditions are perfect, yes. Start getting sweaty because it's a hot and humid day, or it starts raining, or your hands are dirty, oily, muddy, etc then having some front serrations could be necessary. That being said, front serrations usually are a more administrative nicety. That is, all your immediate/remedial actions for weapon manipulation in a firefight, can be done with the rear of the slide where almost every handgun already has serrations.

I carried a G43X for a few years strong side. Shield arms 15 round mag, a SCD (striker control device), and a Trijicon RMRcc red dot. After 4K plus rounds, I finally admitted to myself that I hated it. The trigger is horrible and, at least with me, it took at least two seconds to pick up on the dot even with countless hours of practice. Sold it and purchased a CZ P-01. Built like a tank. Immediately shipped it to Cajun Gun Works for their $435 absolutely brilliant hand-fitting and another $90 for a barrel bushing. Next, I installed a TLR-8a green laser / light combo. Lastly, a beautiful Southern trapper holster. Now? I carry AIWB and barely even notice it after a couple of months of doing so. I can keep my thumb on the hammer while reholstering negating the chance of an accidental discharge. When I draw I easily can turn the light and laser on instantly and acquire the dot in a fraction of a second. Takeaways? A light/ laser is vastly superior to a dot for EDC. DA/SA is, in my humble opinion, a safer way to carry and my CZ is as smooth as glass. It’s not necessary to compromise on EDC by having to mod the hell out of a substandard Glock.