Do you run your BCM VFG backwards?

[Hammer_Man]

I think we’re not addressing the real issue here. Can these be mounted with a Colt grip screw? If so, I want to purchase a complete Colt 6920, so I can rob the grip screw from it. Which model 6920 do you guys think would work best for this?

[Eurodriver]

Who specifically said this? Please post a link.

1) I literally already did
2) I can’t post a link to what happens in real life l, but if you prefer I can include screenshots of group chats.

[Eurodriver]

It's 2022 and dudes are really out here making multi-directional vertical foregrips their whole personality.

FWIW I run mine with the angle sloping rearward.

It’s crazy man. Social media has made the gun industry super retarded.

I love showing up to matches where no one knows me and spanking everyone - and I’m not even that good!

[SteyrAUG]

Maybe I wasn’t clear.

They give a shit that *I* am not running it backwards.

They are the ones constantly trolling at matches saying “Join the backwards team!” “Only faggots use their VFGs the right way”

I wanted to know what the deal was and if I was missing out since they seem so passionate about it.

Care "less." Shoot your rifle, try and be better in 6 months than you are now. That is the only person you are actually competing against, "they" aren't gonna be there if you ever need to use your weapon. Your VFG is probably the least important factor related to being better than you are in 6 months than you are now. You can probably remove it completely and it won't matter very much.

There's irony in a match fag calling someone a faggot.

So much this. The phrase "gear queer" exists for a reason.

[SteyrAUG]

Its incredible. I beat them 100 times out of 100 and they still talk mad shit.

Then you can safely ignore them completely. The only problem I see is that you care.

[Five_Point_Five_Six]

It’s crazy man. Social media has made the gun industry super retarded.

I love showing up to matches where no one knows me and spanking everyone - and I’m not even that good!

It's both a blessing and a curse. Example. My nephew's buddy text me a while back asking me how hard it would be to change the 11.5" barrel in his BCM upper to a Proof Research carbon barrel. Now, I've seen this kid shoot. He doesn't need a Proof Research carbon barrel, he needs 3 or 4 more cases of ammo and a training class. I had to finish zeroing his red dot at 50 yards because he was having a hard time shooting a consistent enough group to know what changes needed to be made. Turns out, he watched a GBRS video featuring DJ Shipley from back when he sill kept his face blurred and he was running a carbon fiber barrel and my nephew's buddy thought that would be the magic key to unlock the solutions to all his shooting problems.

[Five_Point_Five_Six]

I like to think that I have at least somewhat of an open mind to the idea that I might be wrong about things once in a great while. In the interest of science and hard data that can't be questioned, I grabbed my MK18 and switched the BCM vert grip around so it's angling forward. I don't know why anyone would want to run this grip like this. Maybe my fingers and hands are too big, but I found that my pinky makes contact with the bottom of the grip but my middle and ring finger are kind of jammed in there in an awkward way and there is a dead space between them and the grip towards the top. With the grip turned around with the angle facing rearward, which is how the grip is pictured on BCM's website, my fingers are able to make solid contact with the grip.

Also, it appears that the angle of the grip is not the same on both sides. A quick and dirty check with a protractor confirms my suspicion. It's a steeper angle on the backside of the grip. Maybe it would matter less if the angles were the same, but this completely unbiased, peer reviewed scientific study concludes that there is a right and wrong way to mount the BCM vertical grip, and the correct way is as described by Euro and myself.

[opngrnd]

I shot a rifle last night with the BCM grip angled to the rear. Although I used the grip, I did not notice it as the ergonomics were natural and didn't have any reason to get my attention. I guess I could try mounting it backwards and seeing if it's "better", but I suspect I'll find myself in agreement with Five_Point's assessment.

[Entryteam]

If so, why?

It feels incredibly unnatural to me and the guys who do it seem to have some sort of ego issues because they constantly talk about how awesome it is to run them backwards

I dont think I ever gave it a thought. I just put it on.

[Eurodriver]

I like to think that I have at least somewhat of an open mind to the idea that I might be wrong about things once in a great while. In the interest of science and hard data that can't be questioned, I grabbed my MK18 and switched the BCM vert grip around so it's angling forward. I don't know why anyone would want to run this grip like this. Maybe my fingers and hands are too big, but I found that my pinky makes contact with the bottom of the grip but my middle and ring finger are kind of jammed in there in an awkward way and there is a dead space between them and the grip towards the top. With the grip turned around with the angle facing rearward, which is how the grip is pictured on BCM's website, my fingers are able to make solid contact with the grip.

Also, it appears that the angle of the grip is not the same on both sides. A quick and dirty check with a protractor confirms my suspicion. It's a steeper angle on the backside of the grip. Maybe it would matter less if the angles were the same, but this completely unbiased, peer reviewed scientific study concludes that there is a right and wrong way to mount the BCM vertical grip, and the correct way is as described by Euro and myself.

Thank you for the forensic analysis.

I too ran into the same issue when I have picked up retarded guns - the middle fingers get jammed.

PS I have mad respect for Gaijin and if he runs it that way it is not retarded for him but him only.