AXTS Weapons is about to release their popular and excellent Raptor Changing Handle with Flat Dark Earth handles and latch. They look pretty darn sharp.
Edit: These are now available at the link above.
Archive | November 13, 2014
Magpul Expands MOE+ Grip Options
Magpul is now offering two new rubber overmolded grips. These grips have the same shapes that you love from their previously available all polymer counterparts but with a grip and comfort enhancing layer of rubber material molded onto the surface.
The MOE-K2+ Grip has the same more vertical angle and hand filling profile of the regular MOE-K2 grip. The MOE-K2 is my favorite grip in the Magpul line and I fully expect that the MOE-K2+ will be a new favorite.
The MOE AK+ Grip brings the comfort and grippiness of overmolded rubber to the AK family of rifles.
BCP Pistol Brace Adapter for SB15 Brace
Black Creek Precision (BCP) has an interesting new take on SB15 Stabilizing Brace compatible AR pistol receiver extensions. Their new BCP Pistol Brace Adapter for SB15 Brace features a large spacer that creates a smooth transition from the brace to the rear of the receiver and has integral QD sling swivel sockets on both sides. At the rear of the spacer, there is an end plate and castle nut. This allows the SB15 to be placed against the end plate as intended while still providing sling mounting points at the rear of the receiver and preventing the inadvertent rotation that is common on many pistol extensions to varying degrees.
The adapter is machined from billet aluminum and hard anodized. It utilizes a standard carbine buffer and spring. Its overall length is 9″ and it adds 1.75″ of “length of pull” versus a standard carbine length AR pistol receiver extension. The BCP Pistol Brace Adapter is long enough to fill the SB15 completely. The end plate, castle nut, and sling swivel are included with the kit.
This looks like a well thought out solution for AR pistol shooters. Check out the BCP Pistol Brace Adapter for SB15 Brace.
Low-Pro Products QD Offset Swivel Rail Mount
The QD Offset Swivel Rail Mount is the latest sling mount from Low-Pro Products. It is designed to offset the sling swivel to the rail, have a small footprint, and a low profile, snag-free shape. The socket is rotation limited and can be mounted on either side of the rail for right or left hand use. It is machined from 6061-T6 and hard anodized.
Parallax Tactical Customer Service
Sometimes it seems like the internet was created to drag companies through the mud. It is easy to get the impression that customer service is dead or at least dying if you spend much time on a gun forum. Thankfully, there are still companies like Parallax Tactical that are willing to go above and beyond for their customers.
You may recall that I recently reviewed a Parallax Tactical PXTreme FFSSR Upper. In that review, I showed a picture of a 10 shot 100 yard group that measured just over 1.5″ but, as noted, had no center. At the time, I thought it was an anomaly. After the review was completed, I began to notice that the center-less groups become the norm and accuracy continued to deteriorate rapidly. I tried different optics and mounts, tearing down and rebuilding twice, checked for barrel contact, checked that the barrel nut was torqued, checked that the barrel extension was tight, tried different ammo, I cleaned the barrel with products to remove fouling only to find that there was very little, and several other common problems all to no avail.
The upper gradually deteriorated to the point that at the 1400 round mark it prints 6-9″ groups at 100 yards depending on the ammo. The size of the groups was not nearly as alarming as how they looked. A normal group has a central cluster of shots with various outliers around the center cluster. These groups looked like 10 shots taken at 10 completely different and random points of aim. There was no center and there was obviously something wrong.
I felt I had done my due diligence and checked everything I could. I typed up my findings and sent them off to Parallax Tactical. Joseph Chen, the president of Parallax Tactical, returned my email in minutes and said that they would install a new barrel on the house. It was just that easy. Parallax Tactical is going to take care of it.
I think you can tell a lot about a company based on how they respond to issues like this. Kudos to Parallax Tactical for taking care of their customers.