.. I remember that thread. Which one came first?
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.. I remember that thread. Which one came first?
We miss you, AC.
We miss you, ToddG.
Josh and his new lower just went public in the last couple days(1/8/11). I have been waiting a long time for this lower to hit, its been in the works for some time now.
I can and will attest to Josh's craftsmanship & attention to detail. He is extremely smart and very mechanically minded. Hes also meticulous and methodical with everything he does.
Josh machines the FRS ACT buffers for me and all have been perfect without exception.
Glad to see it Josh, you deserve any and all good things that come from this...
Seth H.
josh has kept me in the loop with his developments since december '09 - more than a year ago, when he presented this design to me (and i signed an NDA). however, it's been kept under wraps quite well.
however, i think that this is just a case of parallel development - seeing a need and working on a solution. the execution is different.
Interesting to also note the markings for the 45* safeties.
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Im all for the industry moving forward in any and all things that can make a shooter and his weapon more effective. But here is my question for this lower, and other products like it. Is this product more targeted at civilian shooters and maybe people that only want one AR to run? Here is my concern about this sort of thing. there are many rifles and carbines that military and LE use. when the manual of arms is different from similar weapons, it gets hard to effectively use different variations of the platform, since you do different actions with different mods. thus you develop training scars from one weapon, that hurts your operating another like gun. for example a LE department buys these lowers, an officer trains with it, but then he gets sent to afghanistan with his reserve MP unit using a stock M4. If he trained more with one system then the other, doesnt that have a negative effect? its like why have an Ambi safety on your personal gun, if you cant have one on your issue or department weapon.or what if you are forced to use a teammate's weapon? It seems like the more we stretch the limits of the AR-15/M-16 weapons family, the more it stands out we need a whole new weapon with this stuff all thought out. What do do you guys think? Its a question Ive been wondering , having tried a lot of these new products.
We (Battle Arms Development) make the 45 degree short throw selector
We announced the AXTS 45 degree receivers in another thread. In addition to being designed for the 45 degree short throw selector (with correct 45 degree FIRE markings), it features the ingenious, magazine release actuated bolt lock.
Even before we came out with our 90 degree modular selector, we had been talking to Josh at AXTS, we too signed an NDA. We've seen what Josh had done and been impressed, not just with the model that's being discussed in this thread, but another lower which has not been unveiled yet and we can't talk about. So much so, instead of developing a fully ambidextrous lower ourselves, we talked to Josh about licensing his designs.
Josh and we (Battle Arms Dev.) have a great and ongoing working relationship. As a small and relatively new company, we like to work with other like-minded companies on innovative designs, AXTS is one of them. Josh had a part to play in our ambidextrous selectors, just as our ambidextrous selectors, both the 90 degree and 45 degree short throw, have a part to play in his receivers.
We will see more AXTS products, some to be announced very soon. It's always been our contention that it does not make sense to use a piece of gear that constantly disagrees with you. Most of the receivers made, till recently, have not significantly changed since the earliest Colt commercial AR15s. There will be more receivers with fully ambidextrous controls introduced this year, and we think this is a movement that's been too long in coming, and can hardly wait![]()
Last edited by Duffy; 01-08-11 at 15:18.
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