M14 Quick bolt release?
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North Eastern Arms
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Pictures will be posted in the next couple days. M14 Doctor will be receiving a very limited quantity, hopefully by the end of next week. By mid Jan most dealers who carry NEA will have a healthy supply.
We still have 5 more M14 products either on the machines or in development that we hope to release before the end of March.
We still have 5 more M14 products either on the machines or in development that we hope to release before the end of March.
North Eastern Arms
Manufacturer-Business Member
I would like to think you are not lumping NEA up in the snake oil comment as we always make a conscious effort to be concise and clear in why we feel our product is worth you spending your hard earned money on.
As for the flat top, The TI blend is for a U.S customer looking to increase mil sales. Realistically it will probably not result in any sales but we feel it is worth the effort and knowledge/skill set we will acquire in the process. Chances are we will at least do a limited run in steel as well.
Are any of those dealers in BC?
North Eastern Arms
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Corlane now stocks NEA product.
Look at the surface area of that bolt release. Say for example you're sitting down inspecting your rifle, perhaps you're not thinking and you have your finger in there to inspect the chamber and the weight of the rifle plus that little bit of force while it's sitting on your legs causes the bolt to slam home.
I have been dumb enough to get my fingers caught in there when the spring decided to bring the bolt home. Luckily it wasn't the finger I put a drill bit through.
Seriously? Hopefully you don't get anything else stuck in your guns when you're handling them but not thinking.
It sounds like you and mechanical devices don't get along very well in general.
North Eastern Arms
Manufacturer-Business Member
In that case the width is not going to matter. Sounds like this is a product not really suited for you.
Our bolt release was made with the intention of helping the user get faster on the range......... not safer on the couch.
Quite the opposite, but I was trying to point out that there are a number of people on this board that would find a bolt release handy, but still practice the mechanical operation of their firearm in the safety of their own home. As you increase your exposure to the mechanism you increase the chance of something happening.
Basically s*#t sometimes happens, but when you have the surface area of that bolt release you are increasing the oppertunity for something to happen.
That is the smartest thing a retailer or perhaps manufacture can do. I can assure you that there will be arm chair commandos who purchase this product. People who take their firearms out of the safe when they are at home and play with snap caps. You can only run around the house so many times before your wife restricts you to one area of the house.
So because I practice with my firearms, in the safety of my home and not only at the range I'm ill suited to this product? That's a pretty arrogant assumption.
Don't know about anybody else on the board... but I am never "not thinking" when I am opeating the functions of a firearm, live or not.
Besides, you should not rely on the mechanical parts to keep your fingers safe, you should always be holding the Op Rod back with one hand to prevent accidents.
North Eastern Arms
Manufacturer-Business Member
So are you saying you've never had a lapse of judgement and made a mistake in your life? Never injured yourself once?
The point i'm making here is that I'm a human being that actually can admit he makes mistakes.
Never mind the hurting myself thing, look at the size of that release. What if your sling gets caught between the lever and the receiver and jams up the action. What if you're doing some kind of course and dirt and debris become lodged in there? It's a huge surface area.
I can almost understand a big large paddle for the mag release, but for the bolt release it's excessive. A nice little button like roosters or the SEI one is going to be just as easy to hit with your hand with no thought at all as long as you manage to contact the side of the receiver with most of your hand or palm.
