Honestly the s**t people find to put on their AR just astounds me.
Am i the only guy around who's finger reaches the mag catch, rendering this 40$ piece of metal useless?
Yeah bolt catch, sorry about that, wasn't paying attention to what I was typing.
Meh... I did the gunfighter program and urban ops course, I got my tac mag changes down to a little under 2 seconds; without this contraption, that is. This is one of those things that I find are well... silly efforts by companies to make profits by reinventing the wheel over and over again. Not bashing Magpul or anything, I use some of their products on my ARs.
I'm lefty so my trigger finger is about 3 centimeters from the bolt catch, it's just a question of extending my finger to reach the catch. Thats one 40$ (and the money I'll save on shipping) I will gladly use for ammo. Just another piece of gucci kit that in my opinion no one really needs, at least in my humble experience.
Just my 2 cents
Don't get me wrong. I used reload as an example but I mean every time you need to use the catch for all stoppages.
One piece of kit that is a life saver is the extended charging handle latch. Works wonders for lefties and makes things faster for righties as well. Used to be I had to move my optic further up the rail to be sure to be able to hit the latch on the first try.
Have any of you laid your hands on a grip pod? I believe the US is issuing them out now. As soon there's contact you hit the ground, or ledge, or wall, or the hood of your vehicle, press the button and your bi-pod bursts out. Nice and stable and it allows clearance for mag changes. Wonderful piece of kit.
Where does that story about resting on your mag creates stoppages from? I remember 4 years back a warrant on my battleschool told us the same garbage. One of those fairy tales half of us believe.
Aren't you supposed to go to your secondary and find cover when you have a double feed anyway?
I love extended cocking lever though, I run a PRI too.