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Tactical Solutions PACLITE – The Perfect Competition .22
Posted by Junior Shooters
By: Andy Fink with juniors Dallin Hixson (15) and Sarah Bowers (17)
Photos taken from in front are using a remote camera
Do you want the perfect .22 pistol to shoot competitively 
Whether you are just starting out or have been shooting for a long time, there is nothing like the Tactical Solutions PACLITE. This pistol is just fantastic, in fact, AWESOME, doesn’t do it justice. I have seen and shot a lot of .22s over the years. Many of them have cried out, buy me, buy me. The PACLITE screams SHOOT, SHOOT!
This gun is based on the Ruger Mark II or Mark III. To start our project, we first ordered two Ruger Mark IIIs which were covered in Volume 3 Summer 2008 issue of Junior Shooters magazine ? The Ruger Mark III Still # 1. 
The Ruger Mark III is an absolutely great pistol and many people use one for shooting .22 steel, .22 rimfire, competitions, plinking and hunting. It is an all around great gun and an excellent packing gun when hiking, fishing, or being in the outdoors.
Tactical Solutions gives the Ruger Mark III even more character and makes it even better with colored grips, colored receiver, fluted barrel, a cool looking compensator, weight reduction, and improved accuracy. These guns shoot! Since they are a little lighter than the original Mark III they are also easier for young juniors to shoot. The compensator helps reduce recoil and muzzle jump so it is easier to keep the sights on the target after each shot. These guns just cry out COOL!
The silver flutes on the colored barrel are integrated with the receiver so they are all one piece. The fiberoptic front sight makes picking up the front sight on quick shots fast and smooth. The compensator, which screws off the end of the barrel if you want to reduce over-all length, reduces recoil and adds to the appearance of the firearm.
Each gun comes with a colored fiber optics front sight, a picatinney rail for scope mounting, and a rear sight as part of the rail that is fully adjustable for windage and elevation. The magazine release, safety, grip frame, lower frame, and trigger are the original Ruger Mark III?s components. 
Operation and function is the same as with any Ruger Mark III. I must admit we had a little trigger work done by our gun smith Robert Krone at RK Gunsmithing. He lightened the trigger pull and smoothed it out reducing creep. All of these items ended up making our two PACLITE’s really, really, sweet!
Sarah Bowers (17) says, The Tactical Solutions pistol was my favorite. It gave an amazing group and I was able to shoot it fairly fast without taking extra time in between shots. 
There was little recoil, so this pistol would be great for a speed match such as the Steel Challenge.
(Slide back with Aimpoint Micro H1 Red Dot)
Dallin Hixson (15) says, Amazing gun! The PACLITE from tactical Solutions felt perfect in my hands. The balance was better than I could have imagined and the grip was unbeatable! I loved holding this gun. The size was unique, but in a good way! I loved the sights! The sight picture was easy to see and the adjustment was easy to control. I loved the color! It was a very cool red.
(Dallin Hixson Photo taken using remote camera)
There was not a lot of recoil though the gun is lighter than the Ruger Mark III. The lack of recoil was not only due to the caliber, .22 Long Rifle (LR), but also due to the compensator at the end of the barrel. Function and performance was very smooth and the slide movement was very slick. I have never had a jam with this gun and it was very easy to operate! The magazine release was placed right at my thumb and was easy to push and release the magazine. This gun is amazingly accurate! A lot of that has to do with the light trigger pull, custom barrel, and sight picture.?
Groups were as low as 0.5 inches at 15-yards.
Other juniors who helped test out the two guns we received, all of whom really liked the guns, were: Hayden Hixson (14), Cole Furtney (12), and Hanah Bowers (14).
(Lena Miculek) (Ashley Bolda)
(Kaci Cochran)
There are many top notch shooters that prefer the PACLITE from Tactical Solutions. Some of them include: Lena Miculek (Daughter of Kay and Jerry Miculek) and Ashley Bolda (14-years old) both who posted excellent scores in the .22 Rimfire US Steel Nationals this year at Titusville, Florida. Another is Kaci Cochran who shoots both USPSA and Steel and is an outstanding shooter. Both Ashley and Kaci also write for Junior Shooters.
With the 6-inch threaded end silver fluted barrel, receiver, & compensator, the PACLITE’s cost is $350 plus the original cost of the Ruger Mark II or Mark III An adult can actually purchase the set and convert the Ruger Mark III themselves (it requires an Federal Firearms License (FFL) transfer as the receiver has its own serial number.)
A similar type system using a Browning Buckmark as the baseline, converts into the Tactical Solutions TRAILITE. This is only a barrel and compensator. The cost for the 5-1/2-inch fluted barrel & compensator is $270. We will be covering the TRAILITE in a separate article a few months from now.
Tactical Solutions also carries many other products such as a .22 conversion for the AR-15, barrels, 
2211 conversion kits (1911 with red grips is an STI & below is the conversion set shown with a Kimber 1911,) barrels and stocks, X ring receivers, compensators, grips, components with cool colors, and more!
Check them out at www.tacticalsol.com. Go buy a Ruger Mark III and call Tactical Solutions to get your own PACLITE. They also sponsor a number of top junior shooters and help out many matches by providing prizes specifically for juniors.
Ammunition used included: 
CCI Minimag, CCI Select, Federal Value Pack, Lapua, Remington, Winchester Super X round nose and Winchester Super X Hollow Point. All shot equally well.
The best five-shot group we got with out a scope at 15-yards was 0.5-inch.
Contact Links:
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Tactical Solutions: www.tacticalsol.com
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Aimpoint: www.aimpoint.com
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Ruger Firearms: www.ruger.com
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Federal: www.feredralpremium.com
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Lapua: www.lapua.com
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Remington: www.remington.com
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Winchester: www.winchester.com
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RK Gunsmithing: www.rkgunsmithing.com
Copyright and Published By: Junior Shooters & Junior Sports Magazines Inc. August 2009
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