MUST HAVE.. AR 15 Upgrades Under $100

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TLDRVideoen giver en omfattende guide til opgraderinger, man kan foretage på en AR-15 riffel for under $100, som kan forbedre både ydeevne og komfort. Der er fokus på forskellige komponenter som bolt carrier groups, triggers, greb, butt stocks og mere. Hver opgradering er nøje udvalgt for at give bedst mulige resultat uden at sprænge budgettet. På trods af at der findes mange opgraderinger, der anses for 'ekstravagante', præsenterer videoen dem, som faktisk kan gøre en forskel. Videoen indeholder også detaljerede beskrivelser af, hvordan hver del kan opgraderes, og hvilke fordele dette medfører.

Punti di forza

  • 💡 AR-15 rifler kan forbedres med billige opgraderinger.
  • 🔧 Udskiftning af cam pin og extractor kan forlænge levetiden på din riffel.
  • 🎯 En bedre trigger kan drastisk forbedre dine skydningsfærdigheder.
  • ✔️ Ambidextrous sikkerheder gør riflen lettere at bruge.
  • 🪛 Magpods tilføjer funktionalitet til dine magasiner.
  • 🔒 Beskyt dine hænder med de rette greb og butt stocks.
  • ⚙️ Streamlight Protac HLX er anbefalet for rifle lys.
  • 🔍 Overvej tre-prong flash hiders for bedre kontrol.
  • 🛠️ Lithiumfedt kan reducere støj fra fjederen.
  • 🎨 Vælg opgraderinger der matcher dine behov og stil.

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    Ejeren af AR-15 rifler deler sine erfaringer om opgraderinger af riflerne for at forbedre ydeevnen. Han nævner specifikke dele, der kan ændres for under 100 dollars, som fx en cam pin og ekstraktor. Han understreger vigtigheden af at have en pålidelig cam pin og viser, hvordan man kan markere den for at forlænge levetiden.

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    Han fortsætter med at diskutere fordelene ved at opgradere bolten i bolt carrier gruppen for bedre udvinding. Han nævner specifikke mærker som tilbyder kvalitetsbolte, og fremhæver også billigere triggere som Palmetto State Armory og Hyperfire EDT, der kan forbedre skydeoplevelsen.

  • 00:10:00 - 00:15:00

    Ejeren diskuterer vigtigheden af et godt greb og buttstock tilpasset til skytterens præference. Han taler om forskellige greb, herunder med og uden beavertail, og forskellige buttstocks som B5 Systems og Bravo Company Gunfighter der sikrer en behagelig og præcis skydeposition.

  • 00:15:00 - 00:20:00

    Han diskuterer vertikale foregrips og bolt catches, hvoraf mange kan tilpasse riflens betjening til brugerens behov. Ejeren nævner også, at man kan opnå en mere komplet Ambi-funktionalitet med specifikke opgraderinger trods højere kompleksitet ved installationen.

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    Endelig dækker han andre forsigtige opgraderinger som Ambidextrous safety selectors og større charging handles, hvor han deler sine præferencer i mærker og typer, der forbedrer brugervenligheden uden at sprænge budgettet på under 100 dollars.

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Domande frequenti

  • Hvilke opgraderinger anbefales til en billig AR-15 bolt carrier group?

    Du kan opgradere cam pin og extractor for at øge levetiden og pålideligheden.

  • Hvordan kan en trigger opgradering forbedre skydningen?

    En bedre trigger kan forbedre skydefærdighederne betydeligt, især hvis man allerede har gode fundamentale færdigheder.

  • Hvilke fordele er der ved at skifte greb på en AR-15?

    Det kan forbedre komforten og tilpasningen, specielt hvis grebets vinkel og tekstur ikke passer til skyttens præference.

  • Hvad er fordele ved at bruge en ambidextrous sikkerhedsvælger?

    Det gør det nemmere og hurtigere at skifte mellem sikker og brand position, især med 45 graders modeller.

  • Hvilke slags muslinganordninger anbefales?

    Tre-prong flash hiders er gode til at reducere muzzle rise og recoil, og VG6 Gamma er effektiv til flad skydning.

  • Hvilke billige rifle lys anbefales?

    Streamlight Protac Rail Mount HLX anbefales for sin lysstyrke og funktionalitet.

  • Hvorfor er slings vigtige for rifler?

    De giver nem transport og opbevaring af riflen og tillader fri bevægelse under skydning.

  • Hvad er Magpods, og hvad er deres funktion?

    Magpods erstatter bunden på magasiner, så de kan stå oprejst. Nye versioner har multiværktøjer indbygget.

  • Hvordan kan lithiumfedt forbedre riflen?

    Det smører buffer tube og fjederen, hvilket gør riflen mere lydsvag og glat ved genladning.

  • Hvad er fordelen ved større ambidextrous charging handles?

    De gør det nemmere at lade riflen, især når der er monteret optik, som begrænser adgang til standard charging handles.

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    all right party people so it doesn't
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    matter if your AR-15 is a poverty Pony
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    like this one or something a little more
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    higher end like this one there's always
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    room for improvement or there's always
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    something that you can upgrade on them
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    just to make them a little bit better
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    and to make them fit you as a shooter a
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    little bit better as well now over these
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    past seven or eight years of owning
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    AR-15s I've tried a ton of different
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    upgrades for my AR-15s I've tried the
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    stuff that people think is stupid and
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    I've tried stuff that people don't think
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    is stupid I've tried to whittle it down
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    to things that make it worthwhile
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    upgrading things that actually matter in
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    your AR-15 and in today's video we're
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    going to be covering the top 13 or 14 I
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    haven't decided yet AR15 upgrades that
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    can be had for less than one Benjamin
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    Franklin so welcome back Party People
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    hope you guys are doing awesome so as
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    we're going through the video today if
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    you see anything that you want to pick
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    up for yourself or find ways not to pay
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    full price for it I will include a parts
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    list for everything that we're talking
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    about in this video to find that parts
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    list it's the very first link in the
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    description and I'll also pin it down in
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    the comments section for you as well so
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    I don't want to waste any time today
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    let's just jump into it now the first
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    upgrade is probably the most exciting
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    one because you can either buy it or you
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    can do it for free now if you have a
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    cheaper bulk carrier group or a bulk
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    carrier group that doesn't have much of
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    a reputation you don't have to replace
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    the entire bolt carrier group to get
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    really good life out of it you can
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    replace just a couple of things and you
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    will actually get a lot of life out of
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    it and make it a lot more reliable as
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    well for example two of the most common
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    failure points on an AR-15 is going to
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    be in the bolt carrier group more
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    specifically your cam pen and your
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    extractor a lot of gunsmiths have noted
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    that one of the things that wears out
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    the cam pin the fastest is when you take
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    it apart to clean it you actually spin
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    the cam pin in different directions
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    every time you reassemble it and that
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    can cause premature breakage of the cam
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    pen one of the ways you can address that
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    is to buy a new cam pin that has an
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    indexing point on there so that way
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    whenever you reassemble it you always
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    face that indexing point in the same
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    exact Direction and then therefore you
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    prolong the life of the campaign in your
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    boat Carrier Group however there is a
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    free way to do this simply get yourself
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    a stinking punch and a hammer and mark
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    the campaign that you currently have
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    it's actually really easy to do you just
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    put the campaign into a vise whack it
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    one or two good times and it's marked
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    and now you have an indexing point so
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    you always know which direction to face
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    it this is something I'm started to do
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    recently on all of my bolts especially
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    when they're new from the factory by the
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    way if you could do me a quick favor and
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    just hit the Subscribe button and turn
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    on all notifications when you hit the
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    Subscribe button it trips the algorithm
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    to recommend these videos so that more
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    people can see it and if that's not
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    enough reason to shove it in the face of
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    anti-gunners I don't know what is now
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    the second upgrade you could do to your
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    current bolt carrier grip if you have a
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    more affordable one is you can simply
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    buy a higher end Bowl there's a bunch of
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    them that are available that are made of
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    really good Carpenter 158 tools steel
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    and have really good extractors on them
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    a couple off the top of my head I know
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    that Sons of Liberty Gun Works makes a
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    really good bolt that way less than a
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    hundred dollars and then I know that
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    Daniel Defense also makes a really good
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    bolt that's less than a hundred dollars
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    now if you find yourself that already
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    having a really good bolt but maybe
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    you're having some extraction issues you
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    can always upgrade the extractor with an
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    extractor kit from BCM they have really
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    high powered Springs and they just take
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    a lot of care into making them stronger
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    and more reliable those can be had for
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    like 30 bucks or something like that but
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    honestly like if you had a decent bow
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    carrier group and you just wanted to
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    ensure the life of it you can simply
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    just do the cam pin and upgrade your
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    extractors in the life of this thing
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    will last a heck of a lot longer now the
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    next place to think about when you want
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    to do an upgrade on your AR-15 if you're
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    still running a mil-spec trigger and you
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    love it then fine you don't need to
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    worry about this but a lot of us don't
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    really care for the mil-spec trigger
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    especially if you're a civilian and
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    you're not on any type of Duty use I
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    know a lot of Duty weapons don't come
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    with upgraded triggers just because of
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    insurance purposes I know that a lot of
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    people say you can't buy skill set and I
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    totally agree with that but changing the
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    trigger will dramatically improve your
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    shooting don't get me wrong practicing
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    your fundament rentals is always
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    important so don't ever skip that but if
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    you already have good Trigger Discipline
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    and good fundamentals it just takes you
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    to the next level a couple of my
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    favorite triggers that cost less than a
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    hundred dollars are number one the
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    Palmetto State Armory drop-in trigger
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    it's not the best drop-in trigger ever
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    and it's not the worst it pulls really
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    good at about 3.5 pounds and it's
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    definitely the easiest to install of the
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    triggers that we're going to be talking
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    about today I've had one for over a year
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    I've ran it I've had zero issues with it
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    and I love and a heck of a lot nicer to
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    shoot than mil spec those come in around
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    the 99 Mark and so if you want to go
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    even cheaper favorite trigger to get is
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    the hyperfire EDT triggers they're
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    essentially mil-spec plus triggers that
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    pull it around the four and a half pound
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    Mark they're not as light as the PSA
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    drop-in trigger but the good thing about
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    them is you can still shoot them really
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    fast those typically cost around 30 to
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    40 dollars just kind of depending on
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    where you pick them up I'll make sure to
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    have links to them over at the parts
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    list but if you can't afford that and
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    you want to go even cheaper for I highly
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    recommend a set of JP springs for your
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    mil-spec setup the set of JP Springs
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    will take your trigger pull from about
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    six and a half seven pounds down to
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    about four and a half pounds very easily
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    and it's a very cost effective trigger
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    upgrade now the next upgrade is usually
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    the one that I changed first whenever I
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    pick up a new rifle if it doesn't come
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    with the right one and that is going to
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    be the grip I changed this out primarily
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    because a lot of the guns that I get
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    come with either the wrong angle of the
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    grip or they come with the wrong texture
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    or they come without the beaver tail so
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    if you're new to AR-15 grips they come
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    in different angles different textures
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    and then some have a beaver tail like
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    this one from lwrc and some don't for me
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    I prefer one with a beaver tail so it
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    pushes my hand a little bit further back
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    because you can see my index finger is
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    already starting to touch the front of
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    this trigger guard whereas you can see
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    on this one it doesn't have a beaver
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    tail and when it's this far forward you
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    can see how far past the trigger guard
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    my finger sits and sometimes when you're
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    coming uh from low ready and shooting
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    your finger will get caught on it so you
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    can choose to get a beaver tail or no
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    beaver tail and you can choose to get
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    different textures and stuff like that
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    currently my favorite grip is the B5
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    systems I'll have a link over the parts
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    list I don't remember the actual name of
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    it but I like the B5 systems that has
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    the beaver tail they also make them
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    without the beaver tail as you can see
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    on this guy um they're only like 20
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    bucks and they have really good grip
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    texture and they have the right angle
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    for me so when I'm shooting I don't get
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    my wrist tweaked in the wrong way I can
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    really hang on to it when I start
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    sweating you know yourself better than
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    anyone but I'll just rattle off some of
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    my favorites and I'll have them over at
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    the parts list for you favorite is the
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    B5 systems love it to death it's
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    affordable and you can't go wrong with
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    it very similar to the B5 systems my
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    next favorite is the Bravo Company
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    gunfighter grip this one actually has
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    storage in it whereas the B5 systems
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    doesn't but it's essentially the same
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    thing you can get these with or without
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    the beaver tail they have really good
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    texturing and they have a really good
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    good angle on them my next favorite is
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    going to be the Magpul k2s they have the
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    mo and the mo plus I think the mo plus
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    is rubberized and the mo isn't I like
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    them non-rubberized I used to love the
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    rubberized ones years ago but over the
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    years as you shoot the rubberized grips
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    they become slippery because the oil
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    from your hand soaks into the grip so I
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    used to love rubberized grips not So
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    Much Anymore which leads me to my next
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    favorite grip which is the Hogue grips
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    the hog grips are the most ergonomic
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    grips ever and it's like a hug for your
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    hand if that makes any sense but the
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    downside to most of them is they're made
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    out of rubber and over time the oils of
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    your hands seep into them and they just
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    get slippery something else I like to
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    swap out on most of my guns is the butt
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    stock especially if they come with those
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    mil-spec butt stocks that like to Rattle
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    around a lot now depending on what
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    you're going to use the gun for is going
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    to depend on what kind of butt stock
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    you're going to be getting now if you're
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    wanting something for long range
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    shooting you might want to get something
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    that's big and has the little levels on
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    it and stuff like that so you can shoot
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    long range but for me just for a
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    standard dual purpose AR-15 I look for
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    something that has a decent cheek weld I
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    look for something that has QD points on
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    the rear of it right here and I look for
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    something that's easy for me to adjust
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    and I look for something that's
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    lightweight one of my favorites is the
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    B5 systems sock mod stocks they're not
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    the tightest lockup on them
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    but they do have a QD point in the back
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    they're very easy to extend and grab
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    that latch that's right here and they
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    just feel really good and they're really
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    lightweight now probably my favorite
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    stock of all time is the Bravo Company
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    gunfighter stock this whole bottom
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    section here is a compression so that
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    you can extend it it's not that easy to
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    really crank enter and get it out but I
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    like about it it's got a way better lock
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    up than the B5 systems it's also
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    lightweight and it also has QD points at
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    the back as well as the little slits for
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    your sling if you're running one now one
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    stock that I've really been geeking out
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    on lately is I recently acquired an lwrc
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    di gun and their stock on here is
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    incredibly tiny and it's a little bit
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    wobbly but this thing is incredibly
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    short and something that I noticed about
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    it is number one it's probably the
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    lightest weight stock that I own right
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    now number two it has that easy lock to
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    move it backwards and forwards three you
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    still have the QD points but what I
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    noticed about this stock that makes it
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    different from all the others that you
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    just looked at is when this isn't a
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    fully closed position it makes the
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    overall length of this gun the same as
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    some of my 13 9 and 14.5 pin and welded
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    rifles and this is a 16 inch rifle I
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    mean look at that difference the lwrc is
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    a full 16 inch barrel with a flash hider
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    and the other one is my blackout defense
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    and I don't remember if it's 13 9 or
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    14-5 but it has a pin welded barrel and
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    that really impresses me so I'm going to
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    look into these stocks a little bit more
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    here in the near future because I want
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    to try to take one of these and put it
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    on some different guns and see how I
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    feel about it but first impressions of
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    it so far are really good now one of my
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    next favorite stocks is the Magpul SL
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    stocks I like them because they're also
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    small and lightweight they don't rattle
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    they fit really snug they also got the
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    QD point and the only gripe that I have
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    about these is you can't just grab like
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    this to pull it back you have to grab on
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    the sides there's one on either side of
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    this to pull it back like that now
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    that's a pro and a con for traffic
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    traveling around in military vehicles
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    bouncing around you don't want that
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    button getting hit and getting pulled
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    maybe that's a good thing for you but
  • 00:10:25
    for me if a gun comes with it I'm not
  • 00:10:27
    worried about changing it it's not my
  • 00:10:29
    first pick but it is a really good stock
  • 00:10:31
    now let's talk about four grips I like
  • 00:10:33
    two types of four grips for me this one
  • 00:10:36
    here is a Magpul angled foregrip it's
  • 00:10:38
    made of polymer I used to like metal for
  • 00:10:40
    grips back in the day but I found as you
  • 00:10:43
    start running the guns and getting them
  • 00:10:45
    beat up a little bit if a rock or
  • 00:10:46
    something hits those metal foregrips and
  • 00:10:48
    it causes them to gash they're going to
  • 00:10:50
    cut you so I've gone back to all polymer
  • 00:10:53
    for my foregrips I like these angled
  • 00:10:55
    ones because they're very ergonomic on
  • 00:10:57
    your hands you can wrap your finger
  • 00:10:58
    around the front or you can put these
  • 00:11:00
    against the wall and use them as a
  • 00:11:02
    standoff when you're shooting I like
  • 00:11:04
    these a lot but sometimes if you don't
  • 00:11:06
    grab them just right your hand can slip
  • 00:11:09
    back and so my favorite one is this guy
  • 00:11:11
    here I think it's the BCM short vertical
  • 00:11:14
    foregrip but it has a slight angle to it
  • 00:11:15
    you flip it around like that and what I
  • 00:11:17
    like about it is when you're out
  • 00:11:19
    shooting and you can really just pull
  • 00:11:21
    this thing into you you can also use it
  • 00:11:23
    as a standoff like against a wall or
  • 00:11:25
    something like that and you get zero
  • 00:11:27
    slippage this one just feels the most
  • 00:11:29
    secure they're only like 20 bucks or
  • 00:11:31
    something like that but I prefer these
  • 00:11:32
    over the others but I do like the angled
  • 00:11:35
    ones as well just kind of depends on the
  • 00:11:37
    gun and how I'm feeling that day but for
  • 00:11:38
    my purposes they work great but the
  • 00:11:40
    biggest benefit to having any type of
  • 00:11:42
    vertical foregrip or angled foregrip is
  • 00:11:44
    they give you just a much more stable
  • 00:11:46
    shooting platform so that you're faster
  • 00:11:48
    and more accurate now let's talk about
  • 00:11:49
    bulk catches there seems to be a lot of
  • 00:11:51
    debate about bolt catches on the
  • 00:11:53
    internet so where I stand on both
  • 00:11:54
    catches I usually don't worry about
  • 00:11:56
    upgrading it I'll just use the mil-spec
  • 00:11:58
    bolt catch it's not a big deal I know
  • 00:12:00
    how to use it it's fine if the gun comes
  • 00:12:02
    with a better one that's even better
  • 00:12:03
    however a lot of people tend to like the
  • 00:12:07
    Magpul bad levers there's also a similar
  • 00:12:10
    one from a company called phase five
  • 00:12:11
    tactical personally for me I have a bad
  • 00:12:14
    lever I just don't know where it is
  • 00:12:15
    otherwise I'd show it to you I don't
  • 00:12:17
    like them I don't like something else in
  • 00:12:20
    my trigger guard and the way that I
  • 00:12:22
    manipulate it is you kind of push it to
  • 00:12:24
    release the bolt you pull it up with
  • 00:12:25
    your finger to lock the bolt and I
  • 00:12:28
    showed you earlier how my index finger
  • 00:12:30
    is already extends pretty far across
  • 00:12:32
    here and so I found myself when I was
  • 00:12:34
    coming in to get the trigger I just kept
  • 00:12:36
    hitting the bad lever and so therefore I
  • 00:12:38
    took it off and I don't use them anymore
  • 00:12:40
    but a lot of people do like them I just
  • 00:12:42
    don't happen to be one of those peoples
  • 00:12:44
    that can run really good with them and
  • 00:12:46
    the other downside about them is They
  • 00:12:47
    Don't Really provide much benefit for
  • 00:12:49
    left-handed Shooters they mainly just
  • 00:12:51
    make doing reloads for a right-handed
  • 00:12:54
    shooter a lot easier however recently
  • 00:12:56
    I've been playing with two ambidextrous
  • 00:12:58
    guns one of them is this guy from X2
  • 00:13:01
    Development Group I'll have a review
  • 00:13:02
    coming out on this one in the near
  • 00:13:04
    future this one has Ambi bolt lock
  • 00:13:08
    as well as bolt release the lwrc also
  • 00:13:12
    Ambi bolt lock
  • 00:13:14
    and Ambi bolt release and then I got a
  • 00:13:17
    couple of other guns that have bolt
  • 00:13:18
    release only one of the reasons why you
  • 00:13:21
    don't see bolt lock and release on a lot
  • 00:13:23
    of guns that are affordable is because
  • 00:13:26
    there's a patent on it and only certain
  • 00:13:28
    companies have enough money to spend to
  • 00:13:30
    license that patent which is why their
  • 00:13:32
    guns cost more however there is a very
  • 00:13:35
    affordable solution if you want a
  • 00:13:38
    complete bolt lock and release on your
  • 00:13:41
    non-ambidextrous lower and that's called
  • 00:13:43
    the PDQ bolt release now the downside to
  • 00:13:46
    this one is you either need to pay
  • 00:13:47
    someone to install it for you or you
  • 00:13:49
    need to know what you're doing with a
  • 00:13:50
    Dremel and a file in order to install it
  • 00:13:52
    but they're only like 50 bucks and it
  • 00:13:54
    will completely transform your lower
  • 00:13:56
    into a fully Ambi bolt lock and bolt
  • 00:13:59
    release but I will say this if you can
  • 00:14:01
    swing it on getting a fully Ambi gun it
  • 00:14:04
    does make the biggest difference in the
  • 00:14:06
    world and let me show you why
  • 00:14:14
    now moving on to another touch point
  • 00:14:16
    this is another area of the gun that I
  • 00:14:18
    always tend to upgrade if the rifle
  • 00:14:20
    doesn't already include it and that's
  • 00:14:21
    going to be an ambidextrous safety
  • 00:14:24
    selector that I can change to be either
  • 00:14:26
    90 degrees or 45 degrees now for years I
  • 00:14:29
    never upgraded my safeties really I
  • 00:14:31
    tried one from Strike Industries in like
  • 00:14:34
    2017 I didn't like it and so I just
  • 00:14:36
    didn't even worry about it however I got
  • 00:14:39
    a gun a few years ago from facts and
  • 00:14:40
    firearms and it came with the radiant
  • 00:14:42
    ambidextrous safety selectors on it and
  • 00:14:44
    after I shot it I realized what I was
  • 00:14:46
    missing now with that said there are a
  • 00:14:48
    couple things you really need to be
  • 00:14:50
    mindful of when you're choosing an
  • 00:14:52
    ambidextrous safety because that'll be
  • 00:14:54
    the difference between you having a good
  • 00:14:55
    experience and a not so good experience
  • 00:14:57
    in regards to how easy and fun it is to
  • 00:15:00
    shoot with number one you want the
  • 00:15:02
    offhand side of the safety to always be
  • 00:15:04
    a little bit shorter than the primary
  • 00:15:06
    hand side and you want to be able to
  • 00:15:07
    reverse those in case you're left-handed
  • 00:15:09
    the second thing is you want to have no
  • 00:15:13
    interference of that safety hitting your
  • 00:15:16
    trigger finger I recently did a review
  • 00:15:17
    on a Daniel Defense rifle believe the
  • 00:15:19
    ddm4 version 7 a couple of weeks ago and
  • 00:15:23
    I didn't like their safeties because
  • 00:15:24
    although it was ambidextrous they were
  • 00:15:27
    the same length and I ended up having to
  • 00:15:28
    remove one of the sides in order to just
  • 00:15:31
    be able to come up and shoot it you know
  • 00:15:34
    like so and so what I like about these
  • 00:15:36
    guys right here is number one when
  • 00:15:38
    they're 45 degrees in ambidextrous not
  • 00:15:40
    only can you just come up real fast pull
  • 00:15:43
    the trigger and defeat the safety at the
  • 00:15:44
    exact same time but when you go to
  • 00:15:47
    re-engage the safety on a lot of the 90
  • 00:15:49
    degree safeties if you look at this
  • 00:15:51
    footage here when I'm finished shooting
  • 00:15:52
    I have to pull my hand up all the way
  • 00:15:55
    like this in order to re-engage the
  • 00:15:58
    safety whereas with an Ambi safety I can
  • 00:16:01
    simply be bang bang I could just pull up
  • 00:16:03
    my index finger and I'm on safe again
  • 00:16:06
    it's just less movement and it's just a
  • 00:16:08
    lot easier and faster to shoot with
  • 00:16:10
    currently my two favorite ambidextrous
  • 00:16:13
    safeties are going going to be the ones
  • 00:16:14
    from radian and the ones from blackout
  • 00:16:17
    defense both of them I would say are
  • 00:16:19
    about equal to one another and both of
  • 00:16:21
    them are around the same price however
  • 00:16:23
    the blackout defense you can get in more
  • 00:16:25
    colors than you can for the radiant so
  • 00:16:27
    that's always fun and speaking of
  • 00:16:29
    radiant and blackout defense the next
  • 00:16:31
    part that I typically upgrade if the gun
  • 00:16:33
    needs it is a larger ambidextrous
  • 00:16:35
    charging handle and the primary reason
  • 00:16:37
    for that is Optics there's nothing wrong
  • 00:16:39
    with these basic charging handles they
  • 00:16:42
    do their job and they do their job very
  • 00:16:44
    effectively however when you start
  • 00:16:46
    putting Optics on guns especially Scopes
  • 00:16:48
    and if they don't have the best eye
  • 00:16:49
    relief you have to scoot them back a
  • 00:16:51
    little bit you'll find yourself
  • 00:16:52
    searching for these charging handles
  • 00:16:54
    when you're trying to you know charge it
  • 00:16:56
    and sometimes you hit your knuckles on
  • 00:16:57
    the scope or on the throw lever whatever
  • 00:17:00
    the case is and so that's why I always
  • 00:17:02
    prefer a bigger ambidextrous charging
  • 00:17:05
    handle currently I have three favorites
  • 00:17:07
    the first favorite is radian I mean
  • 00:17:10
    they're well known for their
  • 00:17:11
    ambidextrous charging handles I like
  • 00:17:13
    them a lot and I've never had one bail
  • 00:17:15
    on me or anything like that my second
  • 00:17:17
    favorite is also from blackout defense
  • 00:17:19
    it's definitely worth the money it's
  • 00:17:22
    less than 100 bucks I forget exactly
  • 00:17:24
    what the price is I think they're close
  • 00:17:25
    to 100 but man you get really robust
  • 00:17:27
    handles it's got really robust pins in
  • 00:17:30
    there because tiny roll pins on these
  • 00:17:32
    mil-spec versions are a very common
  • 00:17:35
    failure point so having robust pens is
  • 00:17:37
    something else important however there
  • 00:17:39
    is another charging handle that I've
  • 00:17:41
    recently started using and I'm kind of
  • 00:17:43
    digging it this one is called The Jackal
  • 00:17:46
    from X2 Dev group I have one on the X2
  • 00:17:49
    Dev gun that I have right here and then
  • 00:17:51
    I have one on a build that I'm doing in
  • 00:17:53
    a video series that we have coming in
  • 00:17:54
    the near future now the X2 Dev group
  • 00:17:56
    version is different than both the
  • 00:17:58
    radian and different from the blackout
  • 00:18:00
    defense and that's going to be based on
  • 00:18:02
    where the hinge points is essentially
  • 00:18:04
    what X2 Dev group noticed if any of
  • 00:18:06
    these other charging handles get caught
  • 00:18:08
    on gear or straps or they hit a ledge it
  • 00:18:11
    can unlock the bowl so they put the inch
  • 00:18:14
    on the outside of the charging handle
  • 00:18:15
    instead of on the inside and what this
  • 00:18:18
    does is it allows the charging handle if
  • 00:18:20
    it gets hit with something not to budge
  • 00:18:22
    but if you want to disable it you just
  • 00:18:24
    put your hand in there and pull it back
  • 00:18:26
    and you're good to go thought that was
  • 00:18:27
    very fascinating I don't have a lot of
  • 00:18:29
    experience with these charging handles
  • 00:18:31
    yet it's just something I just started
  • 00:18:32
    playing with and so I thought I'd
  • 00:18:34
    mention it to you guys but I will
  • 00:18:35
    include links to all of these over at
  • 00:18:37
    the parts list for you now let's talk
  • 00:18:38
    about muzzle devices now muzzle devices
  • 00:18:40
    tons of people are going to have
  • 00:18:42
    different opinions about these I tend to
  • 00:18:44
    go this route if I want to use a flash
  • 00:18:46
    hider I'm typically going to reach for
  • 00:18:48
    some kind of three-prong flash hider I
  • 00:18:50
    like these a lot better than your
  • 00:18:52
    standard A2 bird cages for a couple of
  • 00:18:54
    different reasons number one they do a
  • 00:18:56
    really good job at suppressing Flash the
  • 00:18:58
    second reason that I like these is they
  • 00:19:01
    actually do a really good job at
  • 00:19:02
    reducing muzzle rise and eliminating a
  • 00:19:05
    little bit of recoil and not the AR-15s
  • 00:19:07
    have a lot of recoil but a jerky gun is
  • 00:19:10
    not as fun to shoot as a flat gun and so
  • 00:19:12
    because of that if I'm going to run a
  • 00:19:13
    flash hider I always go for some kind of
  • 00:19:15
    three prong and honestly I'm not really
  • 00:19:17
    particular about the brand however I am
  • 00:19:20
    starting to unify most of my muzzle
  • 00:19:23
    devices to accept chemo although I don't
  • 00:19:25
    have suppressors yet that's a whole
  • 00:19:27
    other story I just don't like paying for
  • 00:19:29
    something that should be legal in the
  • 00:19:30
    first place it's it's a long story we'll
  • 00:19:32
    get into that later but in the future
  • 00:19:34
    I'm going to get suppressors um so I
  • 00:19:36
    want everything to have a quick QD mount
  • 00:19:38
    for the suppressors my next favorite is
  • 00:19:40
    going to be the vg6 gamma which I
  • 00:19:42
    actually don't have on a gun right now I
  • 00:19:44
    had it on another gun that I was
  • 00:19:45
    reviewing years ago and then I took it
  • 00:19:47
    off to review something else on it I had
  • 00:19:48
    them on a 308 AR-10 that I have and that
  • 00:19:51
    made my 308 shoot incredibly flat and
  • 00:19:54
    for a standard 223 556 they shoot really
  • 00:19:58
    really flat as well my next favorite
  • 00:20:00
    muzzle break I would say that cost less
  • 00:20:02
    than 100 and if you finagle it right
  • 00:20:04
    with codes you can get them for less
  • 00:20:06
    than 100 is the lantac dragon love that
  • 00:20:08
    thing to death it shoots flat as a
  • 00:20:10
    pancake every single time now with that
  • 00:20:12
    said one of the downside to most puzzle
  • 00:20:14
    brakes is you're going to get blast out
  • 00:20:16
    to the side and if you're shooting
  • 00:20:17
    indoors or if you're feeling the
  • 00:20:20
    concussive forces yourself you need to
  • 00:20:22
    do something with those and so that's
  • 00:20:24
    where blast mitigation devices come in
  • 00:20:26
    there's a couple of different blast
  • 00:20:27
    Universal blast mitigation devices that
  • 00:20:29
    you could choose from one that I've
  • 00:20:31
    always used from seven years or so is
  • 00:20:33
    this guy from Indian Creek design
  • 00:20:35
    essentially it comes with a piece that
  • 00:20:37
    goes behind your muzzle brake that
  • 00:20:39
    allows you to thread this on and thread
  • 00:20:40
    it off if your muzzle breaks longer than
  • 00:20:42
    two inches it might not work but it does
  • 00:20:45
    work very very well figure out what the
  • 00:20:47
    price is but they're really cheap the
  • 00:20:50
    next one that I've been testing for
  • 00:20:51
    about a year or so is this guy from
  • 00:20:53
    Strike Industries it's the same thing
  • 00:20:56
    they come with like a tri-lug type
  • 00:20:58
    adapter it also goes behind your muzzle
  • 00:21:01
    brake when you're installing it and then
  • 00:21:02
    this guy just clicks on and turns but
  • 00:21:04
    both of these are under 100 bucks and I
  • 00:21:06
    will say if you're gonna run a muzzle
  • 00:21:08
    break you need some kind of blast
  • 00:21:10
    redirection device for indoor ranges now
  • 00:21:12
    this next upgrade isn't really an
  • 00:21:13
    upgrade but I think you're going to like
  • 00:21:15
    it because it's super cheap and that's
  • 00:21:16
    going to be this stuff this is white
  • 00:21:17
    lithium grease I'll make sure to have a
  • 00:21:19
    link for this over at the parts list but
  • 00:21:20
    I use this on every single gun in the
  • 00:21:23
    buffer tube this makes your charging the
  • 00:21:26
    gun a lot smoother and it also quiets
  • 00:21:28
    the spring down a little bit as well
  • 00:21:30
    here's an example of a gun that has a
  • 00:21:34
    very loud buffer tube and buffered
  • 00:21:36
    spring listen
  • 00:21:40
    this gun has never been fired as of yet
  • 00:21:42
    listen
  • 00:21:44
    [Music]
  • 00:21:48
    that's without a break-in has never been
  • 00:21:49
    fired either all I did was Grease up the
  • 00:21:51
    spring and the buffer
  • 00:21:55
    I think you can tell the difference
  • 00:21:56
    between that
  • 00:21:59
    and that I know that a lot of people
  • 00:22:00
    like to get the JP silent capture
  • 00:22:02
    Springs and stuff like that I honestly
  • 00:22:04
    have never tested them I hope that I
  • 00:22:06
    will in the future but I don't believe
  • 00:22:07
    that those are less than 100 bucks so it
  • 00:22:08
    wouldn't even pertain to today's video
  • 00:22:10
    anyway now for these next few upgrades
  • 00:22:12
    these aren't really upgrades that you do
  • 00:22:14
    to the gun they're things that you add
  • 00:22:16
    to the gun the first one is going to be
  • 00:22:18
    lights for sub 100 rifle lights I'm just
  • 00:22:21
    gonna stick to one because it's my
  • 00:22:24
    all-time favorite and it's I think it's
  • 00:22:25
    very difficult to beat for the price you
  • 00:22:28
    can find these for less than 100 bucks
  • 00:22:29
    sometimes most of the time they're about
  • 00:22:31
    120 130 but because they can be had for
  • 00:22:34
    Less we're going to include it and
  • 00:22:35
    that's going to be the Streamlight
  • 00:22:36
    protac rail mount hlx this thing is
  • 00:22:40
    great it comes with the pressure pad
  • 00:22:41
    switch comes with the mount it uses
  • 00:22:43
    rechargeable 18 650 batteries I believe
  • 00:22:46
    I mean this thing is incredibly bright
  • 00:22:48
    you can also get the strobe mode on it
  • 00:22:50
    I've been running it on this gun here
  • 00:22:52
    for a little over a year love it to
  • 00:22:54
    death and it has not failed or anything
  • 00:22:56
    and I just like how you can mount these
  • 00:22:58
    right here on the the corner of the M
  • 00:23:00
    lock and it just looks dead sexy I'm not
  • 00:23:02
    going to go into a ton of detail about
  • 00:23:03
    it because there's not a whole lot of
  • 00:23:06
    rifle lights that I would recommend that
  • 00:23:08
    are as affordable as this one but all
  • 00:23:10
    you do is slap it on get you a ranger
  • 00:23:11
    band I'll have links for those over at
  • 00:23:13
    the parts list that way you can keep
  • 00:23:14
    your pressure pad on the gun without it
  • 00:23:16
    coming off and you can also you know
  • 00:23:17
    tuck up your wiring and things like that
  • 00:23:19
    as well now on my next favorite upgrade
  • 00:23:22
    is slings slings are great especially
  • 00:23:25
    when you're at the range and you don't
  • 00:23:26
    have anywhere to set your gun so for
  • 00:23:27
    slings I have three favorites and
  • 00:23:29
    they're all two point slings I don't
  • 00:23:31
    like single point slings very much the
  • 00:23:33
    first one is going to be the Magpul ms1
  • 00:23:38
    sling I like it because it has that
  • 00:23:39
    quick release so you can keep it cinched
  • 00:23:42
    up and a little extra tip for you when
  • 00:23:45
    you have them cinched up if you loosen
  • 00:23:47
    it a little bit wrap it around the butt
  • 00:23:49
    stock put it around the front grip and
  • 00:23:51
    then re-tighten it you can store your
  • 00:23:52
    guns just like this and not only that
  • 00:23:54
    say you had it in your truck or
  • 00:23:56
    something like that and you found
  • 00:23:57
    yourself pulling your gun out of your
  • 00:23:58
    truck you had it stored like that you
  • 00:24:00
    can still
  • 00:24:02
    totally shoot like this throw rounds
  • 00:24:05
    down range until you can get behind
  • 00:24:06
    cover and pull you know and take off the
  • 00:24:08
    sling and extend the stock you can still
  • 00:24:11
    shoot it in this configuration which is
  • 00:24:13
    why I prefer to do it like that the
  • 00:24:14
    thing I don't like about the ms1 sling
  • 00:24:17
    is I don't like how difficult it is to
  • 00:24:19
    pull this when you actually have it on
  • 00:24:21
    which brings me to my second favorite my
  • 00:24:24
    second favorite comes from Blue Force
  • 00:24:25
    Gear this has been one of my long time
  • 00:24:27
    favorites for a while it has a pull tab
  • 00:24:31
    right here so you can extend it and when
  • 00:24:33
    you have it on you can also pull it and
  • 00:24:36
    tighten it up really easily as well and
  • 00:24:38
    again it's the same as the Magpul ms1
  • 00:24:40
    sling and you can wrap it around and
  • 00:24:43
    store your gun as well now this isn't
  • 00:24:45
    the biggest deal in the world but the
  • 00:24:46
    one thing that I don't like about this
  • 00:24:48
    is how thick the actual material of the
  • 00:24:50
    sling is and it's not that it's bad or
  • 00:24:53
    anything but if you have one of those
  • 00:24:55
    stocks that doesn't have a QD Mount and
  • 00:24:58
    you only have those little slots to
  • 00:24:59
    stick sling through this guy doesn't
  • 00:25:01
    really fit through the there very well
  • 00:25:03
    especially if you have to double it over
  • 00:25:04
    and also because of the thickness it's
  • 00:25:07
    just not the most flexible sling ever
  • 00:25:08
    which brings me to my new favorite sling
  • 00:25:11
    this guy right here is the tier one
  • 00:25:14
    concealed X Flatline rifle sling it's
  • 00:25:18
    basically identical in function to the
  • 00:25:20
    Blue Force Gear but it's using a lot
  • 00:25:22
    thinner of material so that you can
  • 00:25:24
    really get this thing on and wrapped
  • 00:25:26
    around and it doesn't get cumbersome
  • 00:25:28
    when it's around your neck or if you
  • 00:25:29
    have a play carrier on and have it
  • 00:25:31
    around this thing is very lightweight it
  • 00:25:33
    also has a shoulder pad on it which the
  • 00:25:36
    previous two do not have these are less
  • 00:25:38
    than 100 bucks I forgot the exact price
  • 00:25:40
    of them and they come in a few different
  • 00:25:42
    colors they got them in this one which
  • 00:25:44
    is the coyote version you can get it to
  • 00:25:46
    match your gun if you want to they also
  • 00:25:47
    have it in Ranger Green Woodland camo
  • 00:25:50
    they also have it in Gray and multi-cam
  • 00:25:52
    with Ranger Green awesome slings love
  • 00:25:54
    them to death I'm actually going to get
  • 00:25:56
    a couple more to put on some of these
  • 00:25:57
    other guns because for now at least it's
  • 00:26:00
    my all-time favorite I might as well rig
  • 00:26:01
    up my favorite guns with them now for
  • 00:26:03
    our plus one upgrade today I'm going to
  • 00:26:06
    recommend these guys here called magpods
  • 00:26:08
    these work for Gen 2 and there is one
  • 00:26:11
    for Gen 3 pmags they replace your base
  • 00:26:13
    plates of your magazines and then as you
  • 00:26:16
    can see right up there you can stand
  • 00:26:18
    them up it's basically for a display
  • 00:26:19
    however there is a new version that came
  • 00:26:22
    out that has a multitaskers tool in it
  • 00:26:24
    and the magpod actually retains that
  • 00:26:27
    tool so if you're at the range you don't
  • 00:26:29
    have a tool with you you can get a
  • 00:26:31
    multi-tool to put on there and I think
  • 00:26:33
    that's kind of cool I don't have that
  • 00:26:34
    version as of right now but I will be
  • 00:26:36
    getting one in the very near future but
  • 00:26:37
    the downside to the magpods is they
  • 00:26:39
    don't work with my favorite magazines
  • 00:26:41
    ever with and that's going to be Lancer
  • 00:26:43
    L5 magazines a couple of things that I
  • 00:26:45
    don't like about the pmags is you can't
  • 00:26:47
    really see through them unless you get
  • 00:26:48
    the Gen threes and also if your rounds
  • 00:26:50
    aren't within that small little window
  • 00:26:52
    on the Gen 3s and you still don't know
  • 00:26:53
    how many rounds you got so I like some
  • 00:26:55
    translucent mags and the thing that I
  • 00:26:58
    liked about the Lancer mags the most was
  • 00:27:00
    not only can you get them in a bunch of
  • 00:27:01
    cool color that is translucent but they
  • 00:27:04
    also have metal feed ramps on them and
  • 00:27:06
    the metal feed ramps make a big
  • 00:27:08
    difference because if you've ever
  • 00:27:09
    noticed when you buy a PMAG they come
  • 00:27:12
    with these little plates that are on the
  • 00:27:13
    top of them a lot of people just yank
  • 00:27:14
    those plates off and discard them but
  • 00:27:16
    what those plates are meant for is if
  • 00:27:18
    you store your magazines loaded if you
  • 00:27:20
    don't have that plate to put on top of
  • 00:27:22
    it over time that spring tension will
  • 00:27:24
    start to separate the feed lifts at the
  • 00:27:26
    top and your magazines can be ruined and
  • 00:27:28
    so I like the fact that these have metal
  • 00:27:29
    feed lips therefore you don't need to
  • 00:27:32
    keep that top cap if you're going to
  • 00:27:33
    keep your magazines loaded so let me
  • 00:27:35
    know down in the comments section which
  • 00:27:36
    was your favorite upgrade that you do
  • 00:27:38
    like to do to your AR-15s for less than
  • 00:27:40
    a hundred dollars if there's something I
  • 00:27:42
    missed let me know that as well but
  • 00:27:43
    until next time guys I love you and you
  • 00:27:45
    guys stay sexy
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