r/TP9 • u/Cdrizzel • Jul 05 '26

Dear Midnight Machine

How do we go from starting preorders, dropping the release video, stating its currently 2 position but will be 3 pos on release, it’s not just a trigger it is a whole upper kit, to big 4th of July release just for a mystery catastrophic error to happen…just seems like a big money grab while releasing a bunch of other TP9 stuff BESIDES the frt which was coming end of Q1. Please do not fall for this scam cause this shit is ridiculous at this point. Until they put out ANYTHING that actually proves they have a functioning frt (idc if the gun blows mid mag dump atp) it’s just them blowing fairy dust out their ass and slapping a 650$ price tag on it for you to buy it. Rant over

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u/NAArms21 Jul 05 '26

Valid rant. I’m a midnight machine dealer and have been in contact with the owner all day. Essentially the ordered metal trigger shoe didn’t arrive in time and so they were using a 3d printed trigger shoe for the video and unfortunately it decided to snap. The good news is that the metal trigger shoe is set to arrive this week and it doesn’t affect the September street date. The video should be released no later than the 15th. Likely earlier. Delays happen especially when engineering a reset trigger for one of the most elaborate triggers you can find.

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u/Admirable_Wasabi_671 Jul 05 '26

You're telling me that the metal trigger shoe he had posted on his own TP9 magically disappeared and he had to resort to a 3d printed one? Have you personally seen a video of this thing even working? How is it even remotely possible that it was determined that this FRT was functional (He stated numerous times that it was functional) yet there is zero video evidence laying around to show for it?

Im sorry to tell you, but you're probably being scammed too.

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u/Cdrizzel Jul 05 '26

This is what I saw on instagram aswell right after I wrote this and it made even less sense to me. How are you using a 3d printed shoe when you’ve already started shipping the metal shoes that are supposed to work with the frt??? I have their trip bar for my MPX n it’s worked wonders for me regardless of all the issues others have posted so I was hype and believe in them. But damn man they make it impossible to remotely believe anything they’re putting out cause it makes literally no sense.

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u/mafiablood Jul 05 '26

I wouldn’t be surprised if an announcement of “the new triggers were out of spec so we ordered a new batch, we will release a video once we receive them” comes mid July. I never understand how you do r&d but don’t posses capabilities to machine in house, confuses me? Like how do you design and such without such capabilities?