I don’t usually write about home decor on JTT but these new Wood Flags from RE Factor Tactical are a sight to behold. Each one is hand made, hand stained, and hand painted to give them a unique distressed look. They measure 20 x 24.5″ and come ready to hang.
Check out RE Factor Tactical’s new Wood Flags.
I never had reason to carry a comb until I started keeping a beard or goatee. Sometimes you just need a comb to tame those coarse beard hairs that seem to have a mind of their own. Sure, you could carry a plastic comb but why would you when you can get one made from carbon fiber at Bastion! I am not sure anyone needs a carbon fiber comb but I’ll be darned if I don’t want one anyway.
Check out the new, probably unnecessary, but still completely awesome Carbon Fiber EDC Comb from Bastion.
I have put a lot of rounds through my M&P 15-22 and I have changed the muzzle device a few times. All the shooting and tinkering added up to a slightly loose barrel nut. I noticed that accuracy was degrading a bit and my zero had wondered. I knew that a loosening barrel nut was a possibility so that is the first thing I checked when troubleshooting and once I established that as the issue, I went to Tacticool22.com to purchase a barrel nut wrench.
Consider this a mini review. The service is great from Tacticool22 and the products are solid. The wrench was in hand 3 days after I ordered. It is a piece of thick aluminum tubing with teeth machined on one side and wrench flats on the other. You just slip it down over the barrel so the toothed end engages the barrel nut and use a wrench on the flats to tighten (or loosen). There is enough clearance inside the tube to pass over muzzle devices that don’t stray too far from normal dimensions.
It took surprisingly little movement to tighten the nut. It was barely loose but had a noticeable effect on performance. I suspect many people with M&P 15-22s have borderline loose barrel nuts and don’t even know it. If you own an M&P 15-22, I highly suggest that you invest in the barrel wrench because you will need it sooner or later. My only regret is that I didn’t order the barrel vise jaws that Tacticool22 offers at the same time as the wrench.
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.
