The Scalarworks LDM sold out relatively quickly on the strength of its standing as the lightest QD Aimpoint Micro mount on the market. It is now back in stock and available separately or in combination with an Aimpoint T1, H1, or T2. I won’t miss out this time. I already have an LDM on the way to replace the mount on my lightest build.
Battle Arms Development (BAD) will release their 3 ounce Lightweight Buttstock soon. This is just about as minimalist and lightweight as you will find when it comes to stocks. It is a simple aluminum buttplate that secures to a mil-spec diameter carbine receiver extension. This fixed stock is designed to be as compact as possible. It clamps to the receiver extension with just a single screw and features a QD sling swivel socket under the toe of the stock.
This stock, along with BAD’s lightweight receiver sets, is designed to form the foundation of a lightweight build. I can’t wait to see the weights that savvy lightweight AR-15 users will be able to achieve with these stocks other components from BAD.
Sharp Bros. took the wraps off of their latest AR-15 lower receiver design – the Jack. Like their Hellbreaker and Warthog lowers before it, the Jack features a sculpted design around the magwell – a skull in the case of the Jack. It will be machined from 7075 aluminum, hard anodized, and available around the first part of April.
IF you haven’t check out the Sharp Bros. website in while, you should. They are developing some lowers without all the elaborate “nose art” that you will want to check out.
I know several of you have been waiting for the return of the Geissele Automatics Super Modular Rail MK4. The wait is over! The 13″ SMR MK4 M-LOK rails are in stock in both Black and DDC. I suspect there will be dancing in the streets.
This is a followup to yesterday’s post about the new gear in development at UW Gear. All of the items shown here are developemnt prototypes that may not reflect how the product will look once it reaches production… if it even reaches production.
UW Gear has been working on a belt kit for some time now. This (above) is the first prototype that they have shown publicly. The belt is wider than most to bear weight effectively and has light padding sewn in. Circumferential stitching locks the padding in place and adds structure to the belt. The suspenders are somewhat reminiscent of UW Gear’s chest rig harnesses in that they thin but but wide rather than padded. I should also note that the magazine pouches shown are prototypes or belt specific double mag pouches.
They have also been working on a canteen/utility pouch design. This pouch is large enough to hold a canteen with cookset and features UW Gear’s tuck tab closure. This would be at home on a belt kit or even used to expand the carrying capacity of a ruck.
I don’t mind covered magazine pouches, especially on a chest rig. In fact, I prefer them in many cases. However, UW Gear is commonly asked to produce a chest rig with open top pouches. They are developing one that uses a combination of shock cord retention with Kydex inserts to retain the magazine. The Kydex inserts are secured in the pouches with Velcro. The shock cord tension system provides some redundancy in that, if the Kydex insert is lost or broken, the shock cord still provides enough tension to retain the magazine.
