Originally Posted by
militarymoron
i'm one of the people that provides input/feedback to AXTS on their designs, so i was involved in the decision to go with the aluminum latches, and the testing of the aluminum prototypes. as a lefty shooter, i have a vested interest in the development of ambi components, and as an engineer, i can help translate 'shooter speak' into 'manufacturing/design speak' and hopefully provide AXTS with useful input.
pre-production and very early raptors had no lettering.
i don't see a good reason to have waited - as i mentioned above, the change should be practically transparent to the user.