Noob question about upgrades

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Ok so finally got my PAL and I'm ready to lose all my money.

My question is, how do I know what accessories are compatible with the gun I buy? For instance, I want to start out with this PCC and the Type 81. I've seen pictures where people have different triggers, sights, foregrips...etc.

For a pure noob that's never fired a gun in their life, how do I even begin to know what I need and whether or not it will fit on my firearm?

Thanks a lot!
 
Don't get ahead of yourself. Once you have the gun - try it out and see how you like it - it may function fine for you, right out of the box. If you find there is some aspect of it that you would like to improve, you can ask on here, in the appropriate forum and you will likely get lots of recommendations on what you can do. You can also Google the name of the gun you have and there will be lots of info pop up and you can read through that and see what others have done.
 
CdnLibertarian said:
Ok so finally got my PAL and I'm ready to lose all my money.

My question is, how do I know what accessories are compatible with the gun I buy? For instance, I want to start out with this PCC and the Type 81. I've seen pictures where people have different triggers, sights, foregrips...etc.

For a pure noob that's never fired a gun in their life, how do I even begin to know what I need and whether or not it will fit on my firearm?

Thanks a lot!
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if you go deeper into the forums you may find sections specifically on your firearms
https://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/forumdisplay.php/525-Pistol-Calibre-Carbines-(-PCC-)
https://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php/2312268-Sticky-for-Ruger-PCC

first look to see if someone has already asked the question you have
if not then feel free to ask away! (that's the point of this site)

You might be surprised at the level of help/direction you get
 
fire@will said:
Don't get ahead of yourself. Once you have the gun - try it out and see how you like it - it may function fine for you, right out of the box. If you find there is some aspect of it that you would like to improve, you can ask on here, in the appropriate forum and you will likely get lots of recommendations on what you can do. You can also Google the name of the gun you have and there will be lots of info pop up and you can read through that and see what others have done.
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This is very good advice. I run almost all of my guns stock. I don't have an inclination to accessorize and I only make a change if it positively impacts the experience of handling the firearm, particularly in increasing reliability, ease of use, etc. I don't have anything for aesthetics, and maybe that's just reflective of my rather plain jane personality. In most cases I am quite happy with the firearm out of the box. Some people are very particular about trigger pull weight - for me, the only trigger I have ever wanted to proactively change was on my 10/22. Rest of them, I just run stock and just get used to it.

There are some guns that have specific recommended upgrades. I see you listed the PC Carbine. Well, the only upgrades I have for that are the MCarbo shock buffer and c clip, only because in taking the gun apart many times, I found the stock shock buffer and c clip extremely flimsy. But that was after using it for a while.

There are also subforums in which there are threads dedicated to your specific desired firearm. I believe the PC Carbine has a sub thread (may be a sticky too) in the PCC subforum. There may be value perusing those threads to get a flavour of what others have encountered, both the good and the bad. I know for me, finding out that the WK180's gas block screws come loose was very helpful as it undoubtedly saved me a broken piston rod, which was an inevitability had I not read that thread and subsequently checked and loctited my gas block screws.

There are some firearms that are generally very reliable out of the box. Some, not so much. Some have lots of upgrade options but as with everything else, it depends on each person's preferences, interests, tolerances, etc. No different than cars, really. Some people buy a car and drive it stock through its life cycle. Others like my lady friend, buy a car and start changing the pedals, manual shifter, and a bunch of other stuff which for her, she likes, but for me, I have zero interest.

The PC Carbine, by the way, is a great choice for your first firearm.
 
thegazelle said:
This is very good advice. I run almost all of my guns stock. I don't have an inclination to accessorize and I only make a change if it positively impacts the experience of handling the firearm, particularly in increasing reliability, ease of use, etc. I don't have anything for aesthetics, and maybe that's just reflective of my rather plain jane personality. In most cases I am quite happy with the firearm out of the box. Some people are very particular about trigger pull weight - for me, the only trigger I have ever wanted to proactively change was on my 10/22. Rest of them, I just run stock and just get used to it.

There are some guns that have specific recommended upgrades. I see you listed the PC Carbine. Well, the only upgrades I have for that are the MCarbo shock buffer and c clip, only because in taking the gun apart many times, I found the stock shock buffer and c clip extremely flimsy. But that was after using it for a while.

There are also subforums in which there are threads dedicated to your specific desired firearm. I believe the PC Carbine has a sub thread (may be a sticky too) in the PCC subforum. There may be value perusing those threads to get a flavour of what others have encountered, both the good and the bad. I know for me, finding out that the WK180's gas block screws come loose was very helpful as it undoubtedly saved me a broken piston rod, which was an inevitability had I not read that thread and subsequently checked and loctited my gas block screws.

There are some firearms that are generally very reliable out of the box. Some, not so much. Some have lots of upgrade options but as with everything else, it depends on each person's preferences, interests, tolerances, etc. No different than cars, really. Some people buy a car and drive it stock through its life cycle. Others like my lady friend, buy a car and start changing the pedals, manual shifter, and a bunch of other stuff which for her, she likes, but for me, I have zero interest.

The PC Carbine, by the way, is a great choice for your first firearm.
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Thank you very much, that was informative.

Also, I think I will be getting the Type 81 first, and then the PCC right after. I'm afraid they're going to ban them and the AK-looking Type 81 is too iconic for me to ever miss out on. But I'm praying I can pick up both quickly before they move further on C-21.
 
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