Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Starbucks

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2010-03-03-starbucks-guns_N.htm

Starbucks supports gun rights Who would have though. Let's make a point to let them know that we support this move, and that we're buying their products where we wouldn't have before.

Monday, March 1, 2010

B.A.D. Lever!!!


It finally happened, I got my B.A.D Lever by Magpul.

As mentioned before, in the Redi-Mag post, I felt that one of the great shortcomings of the Redi-Mag system is the silly little bolt catch thingy (that’s a technical term). From the moment I saw Magpul’s B.A.D. Lever I figured this was the solution to my problem, so when I saw Brownell’s had them in stock I ordered two (one for Hotshot to have on her soon to be built AR). I waited in eager anticipation for the arrival of my order, and when it finally arrived I had everything BUT the hoped for levers. Damn, backordered. So wait some more I did.

As luck would have it, the B.A.D. Levers arrived just in time for Valentine’s Day. Yes, that’s right, I gave Hotshot a B.A.D. Lever for V-day and she LOVED it (I’m such a lucky guy). The next day the AR was on the bench in two pieces with that stupid plastic blob from Redi-Mag sticking out like a sore thumb, and that’s when I saw my problem. The Redi-Mag is a touch hard to put on, and the bolt catch extension that came with it screws on from the muzzle side. This means the Redi-Mag is in the way of taking the screw out of the bolt catch extension. I did NOT want to be taking that unit off and putting it on again just to put on one little tiny lever. Out came my lovely and faithful Foredom with a thin plastic cutting wheel and the bolt catch extension is lost to the round file. Problem solved!

The B.A.D. Lever went on super easy with everything provided in the packet. Nothing had to be taken off of the lower receiver, and all went as planned. As usual the kind folks at Magpul Dynamics have developed a simple ingenious gizmo (that I wish I had thought of) and will forever change the way I shoot ARs.

To use the B.A.D. Lever, once installed, one simply uses the right index finger (assuming a right handed shooter) to manipulate the lever up and down to engage and disengage the bolt catch. This frees up your left hand to operate the charging handle, clear out a jam, and grab a magazine. It’s the solution to the single biggest problem I’ve ever noticed with the AR platform. Instead of switching hands around and getting your fingers tied in knots, the operation becomes intuitive and down right easy. The only short fall would be for southpaw shooters. Don’t worry though, I’ll be glad to modify your lever to make it work for you if you’d like.

Parting Thought: The Magpul Dynamics B.A.D. Lever should be standard equipment on everyone’s AR, whether you’ve a Redi-Mag or not.