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Dagger™ Compact
Barrel Manufacturing Defect
(Unthreaded and Threaded Dagger™ Compact Barrels
Shipped prior to January 19, 2022)
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There have now been
countless reports of brand-new Dagger™ Compact barrels with bad rifling (e.g.,
uneven rifling, chatter marks, pitting, ...). If you have concerns with your Dagger™
Compact barrel rifling, E-mail PSA founder and owner/CEO of JJE Capital
Holdings (PSA's parent company), Jamin McCallum, at,
Include a picture of the
inside of your Dagger™ Compact barrel and your PSA order number. Your free
replacement barrel will be shipped directly to your home, not to your FFL. You
won't need to return your defective Dagger™ Compact barrel.
Several customers have had
multiple Dagger™ Compact barrels replaced. Customers have reported defective
non-threaded and threaded Dagger™ Compact barrels.
Here is a description /
comparison of the different Dagger™ Compact barrels,
The original Dagger™ Compact
barrel with a manufacturing defect (the subject of this post) is referred to as
Barrel #1.
Barrel #3 has been linked
to issues such as the magazine falling out and failures to eject,
Magazine
Falls Out Issue (TBD)
Note: This
description / comparison only applies to Dagger™ Compact barrels shipped prior
to January 19, 2022.
Background
On January 12, 2022, PSA
founder and owner/CEO of JJE Capital Holdings (PSA's parent company), Jamin McCallum, acknowledged the manufacturing defect,
saying that it was understood, resolved, and had involved less than ten Dagger™
Compact barrels,
On January 19, 2022, Jamin suspended all Dagger™ Compact barrel shipments,
Jamin said all replacement barrel requests, past orders,
and future sales involving Dagger™ Compact pistols and slides with barrels
(both unthreaded and threaded) resumed no later than February 9, 2022. Going
forward, replacement barrels are expected to ship in a timely manner.