“Look honey, I ordered you this chocolate for Valentine’s Day and got some AR-15 magazines with it!” Boom – instant romance!
Check out Brownells.com for more info on how to kill two birds with one stone this Valentine’s Day (because nothing says Valentine’s Day like killing birds with stones).
I have 20 of these USGI style aluminum magazines from Brownells and they are excellent. They are also on sale for $9.99. That is a great magazine at a great price.
It has been a while since I mentioned that Brownells was going to be producing their own M16 Bolt Carrier Group (BCG). It is now available.
The Brownells M16 BCG has everything you would expect to see in a quality bolt carrier group. The bolt is machined from Carpenter 158 steel, MP Inspected, HP tested (not listed in specs but bolts are marked), and shot peened. The extractor comes with a black o-ring already installed and a proper insert. The carrier is machined from 8620 steel. The bolt carrier key is staked (though initial reports have said that the staking could be more aggressive) and the interior is chrome lined.
Check out the new M16 Bolt Carrier Group at Brownells.com.
I know a lot of you are building AR-15s right now. I recently got an email from a reader who was having their patience stretched thin by some stubborn gas block taper pins that they were trying to remove in order to install a new free float rail. They wanted to know if I had any tips. Well, in addition to saying something about getting a bigger hammer, I passed along these two handy tools…
The Brownells AR-15 FRONT SIGHT BENCH BLOCK is tremendously handy for 2 reasons. First, it makes it impossible to try to drive the taper pins in the wrong direction which can make a project go from bad to worse in no time at all (ask me how I know). Second, it does a great job of supporting the front sight base so that you can really put some elbow grease into driving out the pins.
Regular punches can work with taper pins but they frequently deform the ends of the pins. They also have a tendency to walk off the rounded ends of the taper pins. The STARRETT – TAPER PIN STARTER has cupped ends that let you really bear down on the pins with less fear of deforming them.
These two products will make your life a lot easier even if you rarely swap rails. Check them out at Brownells.com.
Brownells has gone mostly quiet on the current back order situation that has been brought on by the increased demand for magazines, AR-15 lowers, and ammo. They just released a statement to bring their customers up to date.
It has hardly been a happy new year for those who are searching for AR-15 magazines.
From Brownells:
To Our Customers,
We have experienced a truly unprecedented volume of orders recently. Because your trust is most important to us, we want to assure you we are doing our very best to achieve our goal of same/next day shipping on your orders.
However, as a result of industry-wide shortage of certain products, many customers like you have ordered out of stock items and have been placed on backorder status. We are in daily contact with our key suppliers to get as much inventory as they are able to send so we can fill backorders as quickly as possible.
It is our promise to fill all backorders as quickly as possible. We will not cancel your backorder unless you specifically request us to do so. Orders will be filled and shipped based on the date they were received. We will ship backordered items as soon as inventory arrives in our warehouse. You may receive multiple shipments, but remember you only pay shipping once with Brownells.
In addition, we are developing an order update system to keep you informed on the status and anticipated delivery date of your order.
You are our #1 Priority, so please know we are doing everything possible to get your order to you as quickly as we can.
Best,
Frank & Pete Brownell
If you are looking for magazines and ammo, I still think Brownells is one the most reliable places that you can back order. They have closed back ordering on Magpul PMAGS but you can still back order the excellent Brownells USGI style AR-15 magazines. I know several people personally who have received their back orders relatively quickly from Brownells.
