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Public Service Announcement: Check Your Bore/Suppressor Alignment Before Shooting
Griffin Armament recently posted this picture of a 30SD that fell victim to an out of alignment AKM. It is not uncommon for AKs to have muzzle threads that are out of aliment with the bore but this can happen with almost any firearm. It is a best practice to check for alignment with any firearm/suppressor combination before shooting.
Remember: The threads must be concentric to the bore, not the outside of the barrel (though ideally, the threads, bore, and outside of the barrel are all concentric). If you are going to invest in a suppressor, it may also be wise to invest in a suppressor alignment rod.
The good news here is that the damage was confined to the baffle stack and Griffin Armament was able to repair this 30SD.
Henry Holsters SwiftPress
In my opinion, Andrew Henry at Henry Holsters is one of the most forward thinking kydex whisperers out there right now. He makes some of the cleanest, most functional kydex around but many of his biggest innovations aren’t rendered in kydex and you won’t find them on your belt. His biggest contributions to the advancement of the black art of kydex bending start in the machine shop and change the way kydex is produced. He already makes a variety of jigs and forms that have resulted in improved quality and decreased production times for kydex shops but now his most ambitious holster production tool yet is available – the SwiftPress.
The SwiftPress is the first vacuum press designed for the kydex industry. It reduces molding time, increases definition, and fits the realities of working in a small production space. It is designed to reduce the complexity of the plumbing needed to operate such a press. Basically, it can turn a small shop into a medium to high-output production operation.
I could type a lot about the press but it would be best to just show it in action:
The SwiftPress is now available directly from Henry Holsters.
Shellback Tactical Armor Plate Special
Shellback Tactical is owned and operated by a law enforcement professional and the recent events in Dallas have spurred him to action.
From Shellback Tactical:
In light of recent violent events in this country against LEO’s and the way it seems to be escalating weekly. We wanted to put out some hard armor plates for a limited time at an economical price. With my background in LE with 18+ Years this hits home. So we put together one of our new plates it is a Level IV Model 1145. It is named Shellback Tactical – PREVAIL LEVEL IV Hard Body Armor Plates (2 PLATE DEAL for only $295.00 for 2 plates).
Check out the plates at Shellback Tactical.
The Little Things: Forward Controls Design EMR
How do you set yourself apart from your competition? Pay attention to the little things. I am fascinated by the small details that designers build into their products. Often, these features are so subtle that you may never notice them in an overt way but they are there none the less, improving functionality and setting apart one product from another.
That is the case with the Forward Controls Design EMR (Enhanced Magazine Release). You may try one and feel the concave shape or the functional surface texture. These improvements over the stock magazine release button are more overt but you may never notice the smallest detail built into the EMR – its height as it relates to the magazine release fence built into most AR-15 lower receivers.
The EMR (top) and EMR-C (bottom) are designed with the magazine button fence in mind.
From Forward Controls Design:
Attention to detail is no small thing to us. When designing the EMR (Enhanced Magazine Release) or EMR-C (Enhanced Magazine Release-Competition), we paid attention to height over mag release fence. Consider this: only 0.06″ to 0.07″ of mag release travel is required to drop a magazine. When the mag release button protrudes over the mag release fence by 0.08″ or more, it’s possible to drop the mag under circumstances for which the mag release fence was designed.
Thus, while the EMR-C is easier to access due to its height, we only recommend it for sporting ARs, not defense and duty AR15s and M16s. For defense and duty AR15s and M16s, choose the EMR, which has no unintended mag drop risks.