The Forge Files

Welcome to The Forge Files

Firearm Tuning, Glock Mastery & Real-World Fixes

No BS Just tested, tuned, and brutally honest firearm solutions — built around Glocks, but forged for all serious shooters.

The internet is full of hot takes and half-baked advice when it comes to firearm upgrades.
One guy says lighten your trigger to 3 pounds. Another says that’ll land you in court. Some say comps are useless. Others claim +P ammo will blow your gun up. Then someone inevitably blames the ammo, the striker, or even the phase of the moon.

At IronKells Armory, we’re not here for that noise.

The Forge Files is our official vault of no-BS firearm knowledge — forged from firsthand testing, real-world performance, true hard data, and hard-earned experience. Whether you’re building a carry gun, a competition rig, or a battle-ready sidearm, this is where you learn how to do it right the first time. We are new to the content game and are working on testing and shooting content for each and every Forge File to add to our channels! Coming Soon! 

CLICK THE LINKS ABOVE TO SEE THE FILES!

 Why We Built This (And Why You Should Bookmark It)

We built The Forge Files because we saw a problem: most shooters aren’t getting honest, experience-backed advice. Either they’re drowning in forums with 50 conflicting opinions, or watching YouTube videos made by guys who don’t actually run their gear under pressure or you have to search light years to finally find that channel that knows whats up with solid advice. 

We said screw that.

So we started documenting what works — and what doesn’t.
What parts run clean. What combos fail. What ammo hits right. And what mods turn your “upgrade” into a malfunction machine.

The Forge Files was born to help real shooters make smarter choices, whether they’re tuning a GLOCK or branching into platforms like SIG, CZ, Canik, or AR builds.

 What You’ll Get Inside This Vault

This isn’t just a blog. This is an organized, ever-growing library of guides built around real shooter problems. It covers:

• How to properly tune compensators, recoil springs, and ammo combinations
  Learn how to prevent undercycling, stovepipes, and return-to-battery failures before they happen.
  
  

• Trigger upgrade setups that balance feel, safety, and reliability
  Avoid light strikes and still get a crisp, clean break that performs under pressure.
  
  

• Ammo selection breakdowns for soft primers, hard primers, NATO spec, +P, and reloaded rounds
  Know which loads run with which spring setups, and how to avoid feeding or ignition issues.
  
  

• Best first upgrades for stock Glocks (especially Gen5)
  Save money, skip gimmicks, and make every part count.
  
  

• Fixes for real-world malfunctions
  We cover stovepipes, FTFs, double feeds, slam fires, and more — and teach you how to diagnose root causes (is it the ammo, the setup, or the shooter?).
  
  

• The truth about trigger pull weight for carry vs competition
  We bust the legal myths, explain drop safety, and tell you what works in the real world — not just what sounds safe in court.
  
  

• Courtroom concerns and drop safety myths
  You’ll learn what actually matters in a defensive shooting case and what’s just gun store gossip.
  
  

• Data-backed performance stats
  We break down law enforcement and military hit rates, average trigger weights, and what performance looks like under stress.
  
  

⚙️ Built for Glocks, But Ready for Any Platform

Right now, our focus is heavy on Glocks — because it’s one of the most common pistols people try to upgrade, and one of the easiest to mess up if you don’t know what you’re doing.

But we’re expanding. The principles in these pages will help you no matter what you shoot.
Whether you're running a SIG P320, a Canik Rival, a CZ Shadow, or even building out an AR pistol, The Forge Files will give you the tools to think like an armorer — not a parts monkey.

 Why It Matters

In a gunfight, the worst time to learn your setup wasn’t right… is during the gunfight.

If your spring setup doesn’t cycle with your carry ammo, if your lightened striker doesn’t hit hard enough on a steel primer, if your comp throws off your timing because your recoil spring is too stiff — it all adds up to one thing: failure.

We’re here to help you prevent that.
We test it. We break it. We fix it. Then we show you how to run it clean.

⚔️ Welcome to The Forge Files

This is your command center for building better guns, smarter setups, and more reliable performance.
Built for Glock Gen5. Open to all platforms. Powered by grit, backed by data, and delivered straight from the IronKells bench.

Let’s melt some myths. Let’s fix your setup.
Let’s forge smarter shooters — one build at a time.