Just got back from the range. Barely under 200 rounds of a bunch of different 9mm brands through it.

This is the most fun gun I've ever shot in my life. Granted, It's not like I've shot hundreds of different guns, but I've gotten to shoot a few. This is my new plinker. So much more satisfying than a 22LR.

Zero issues with performance. It cycled flawlessly with both subsonic and supersonic rounds. Didn't matter the type or weight. It is far more accurate than the Glock 17 I was shooting two weeks ago. At 25 yards, it is around 2-2.5 MOA with my Sellier & Bellot 115 grain FMJ rounds. Those were the most consistent and accurate rounds. Had one group of 5 rounds that was 0.5 MOA. Zero flyers when using any of the rounds it liked.

Now, it did not like my HSM Magnuforce Subsonic 190 grain. Those tumbled and keyholed. I'd say 1 in 5 of them keyholed. Also, I saw a single keyhole from another heavy subsonic round. This tells me that there is a reasonable chance that the twist rate is not ideal for heavy, slow, subsonic ammo. It mostly works though, but it just doesn't work perfectly.

Everything else was flawless. Even at 50 yards, I was hitting accurately enough that I'd be confident shooting game in a post apocalyptic world. In the current world, I'd never hunt with a 9mm. So don't get me wrong there. Just saying that you'd hit the vitals region you are aiming for on a white tail at 50 yards with this if you had nothing else. 75 yards was also impressive for a pistol caliber round. I've seen some amazing videos of Kriss Vectors doing really good at 75 and 100. But for something this cheap, the accuracy and precision is impressive.

Let me get the one negative out of the way before I mostly go into fanboy mode. The safety. The safety is positioned fine. It is shaped fine and feels fine in construction... but I've somehow never experienced such a frustratingly bad safety. It is a PITA to flip between safe and fire. It's so damn stiff. Takes a ridiculous amount of force to flip. There's a good chance I can fix that with some oil or replacing the spring... or just getting a new safety (I think it can take AR pattern safeties but I will check and report back). Still, it was so bad that I couldn't ignore it and it did frustrate me way more than it should have.

The HK slap... That is the most satisfying thing I've ever done on any gun. I can't recommend it enough. Some reviews complain about a stiff charging handle. The first 5 times I charged it were harder to pull back and unsmooth. After that, it is completely smooth to charge. Very light slap and it sends the bolt home. You barely touch it. Looks somehow both elegant and badass to send her home.

The two grip/mag holders on the side... Designed to obviously be an angled grip on the bottom rail, but the place I put them on the front works perfectly. If you have small hands, doing what I did might not be ergonomic. I have big basketball hands, and it was exactly where it needed to be to have a really light grip. If you are just holding the underside of the hand guard, I find you end up needing to squeeze a lot harder to feel like you have full control over the gun. But with this, my thumb is in front of the left mag grip, and my fingers in front of the right. I don't need to squeeze at all. It's like the gun is just resting on my hand. Feels... right.

But if they are ever unwieldy, these mag holders are button-press to slide off. Takes 2 seconds each and the gun is back to normal. I did this because this is my home defense weapon. I sleep in boxers or nothing at all. Nowhere to put an extra mag. But now there is. There are several mag release options. Normal mag release button, push your finger far forward onto the trigger guard, which pushes a lever (the front of the trigger guard is a lever). Or go under the trigger guard with your support hand. When you wrap your hand around the magazine to pull it out, you will pull what looks like a second trigger, which drops the mag as you pull it out.

There are reviews mentioning muzzle threading issues. I had no problems with my Odin Works Atlas 9 brake threading on.

There is ZERO recoil with subsonic ammo. You can barely tell that the gun is firing. As much recoil as a 22LR with a silencer or muzzle brake. Barely any recoil with the hottest rounds. You can keep the red dot on dot-sized targets while firing about as fast as your finger can pull.

The factory grip is surprisingly good. Every other AR-style grip gun I've had, I've changed the grip out because I don't like it. This one, I am definitely keeping the default.

Also, this SB Tactical Picatinny (Aluminum strut) brace is a PITA to lock/unlock. Not a gripe related to the gun.

Out of 6 ammo choices I tried, for plinking, I strongly recommend "Sellier & Bellot 115 grain FMJ", where the box just says "Handgun Ammo". One of the cheaper rounds out there, and it is mind-blowingly good. I also tried their hollow point rounds and that was the worst performing from a grouping perspective, so stick to their FMJ for target plinking. It's funny because I settled on S&B FMJBT for my 6.5 Creedmoor round. Of the rounds under ~2 USD, the S&B was by FAR the most consistent on the Creedmoor too, and was the cheapest ammo to buy in bulk to boot (~75c a round)... I am falling in love with S&B as a company, frankly.

Overall, there's just the one problem with this gun after my first range day, and that is the safety. It's not going to be better than a 2.5k HK MP5 type PDW, I doubt. I am sure there are better guns out there. But this is worth every fricken penny. I've never been happier spending absurdly poor poverty-poney types of cash on something entry level. Celik Arms has made a fan out of me (NOT G-FORCE. They didn't make this. They just imported it.)

I strongly recommend people get this. It's 400 dollars. If you don't get some lemon, and it performs like mine did, you've got a banger. I'd have honestly been happy with a $1000 dollar gun that performed like this... All that said, this is one range day with 200 rounds. Who knows if it lasts. It could spontaneously combust or disintegrate at 1000 rounds for all I know. So keep that in mind...

Gun: G-Force Blade 6
Muzzle Brake: Odin Works Atlas 9
Mag Holders: Recover Tactical MG9 Angled Magazine Holder for Glock x2
Mags: 10-33 round OEM Glock mags
Flashlight: DARKFANG Tactical Blue 1500 Lumen w/ BridgeMount Rail Tactical Picatinny Cantilever .5" Riser, 2.5" 6 slot (so it is seated forward. Muzzle brake has no bottom or side ports so the flashlight can mount under it)
Red Dot: Cheap Monstrum Ares V2 I had sitting around
Iron Sights: Chaos Ready flip up iron sights
Stock: SB Tactical FS1913A

I put a brace on it before even trying to shoot it because of the weight. Also installed a red/green dot. It has a left hand cocking handle that is curved to fit one finger which I did not like because of both the hard effort to cock it and being on the left. Safety is ambidextrous but it also is extremely hard to engage/disengage with one finger. Hopefully those two items will loosen up with usage. Had a stovepipe 4 rounds into first shooting it but I blame that on the Ammend2 mag I was using. Switched to the supplied mag and smooth sailing after that. I was very impressed with the accuracy. Was able to put 30 rounds in a 3" group from 10 yards which is pretty good for my shooting ability at age 70.