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Last edited by Stickman; 01-06-11 at 22:23.
Stick
Board policy mandates I state that I shoot for BCM. I have also done work for 200 or so manufacturers within the firearm community. I am prior service, a full time LEO, firearm instructor, armorer, TL, martial arts instructor, and all around good guy.
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One problem I see with this design is, you have to have their lower. many people may not want their lower to simply add to the collection of lowers one already has laying around. The other problem, while it is innovative to say the least, I do not think it is practical in the sense that you do not always need to remove your mag to clear a malfunction such as an FTE or FTF. Heck even a stovepipe. I think this only comes in handy when you have a double feed, right? In those cases you want to drop the mag. So it appears that to utilize the lower's unique feature, you have to drop the mag. God forbid you have a double feed within the first few rounds of the mag, drop it, then have another malfunction in the next mag. You could have 20 to 30 or more rounds just laying on the ground to clear a malfunction. That is a lot of wasted rounds in a fight that could very well save your life or a teammate's.
I think the BAD addresses this issue better than a complete lower approach.
I'll admit it's a bit of a juggling act to clear an AR, but I don't like the fact that using this system gives me no control over when and where I drop the magazine.
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Your left hand if you still have two hands can grab the magazine while depressing the magazine catch button so you don't drop the magazine. THEN you can continue pressing the magazine catch button while pulling on the charging handle with your left hand and it'll lock the bolt to the rear. If you have a double feed once with a magazine it's very likely to happen again. Returning the magazine that just caused a double feed back into the gun is dumb. Get a fresh magazine. This is why most carry a spare magazine with their concealed firearm. It isn't because they think they'll need the rounds they may just have to dump the soup sandwich and get a fresh magazine in there.
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You can lock the bolt to the rear the conventional way BEFORE removing the magazine.
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No I do not, but I don't need to have hands on time to understand the functionality. I am not saying it is not a good design, I just feel in order to use it, one has to drop the mag. So the user has to try to make a decision as to whether or not he/she should employ it. I think that alone will eat up the 24.66% time savings. I do think KAC did it better in keeping the two functions separate. Like Sgt_Gold said, I want to decide if I drop my mag or not. I guess I could with the AXTS lower too, but if I have to decide, then what is the point of the lower?
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