For a while I've been running a reduced angle grip from Bravo Company Manufacturing on my ar15 and have fallen in love with the short throw ambidextrous safety selector from Battle Arms Development. Since my AR10 Carbine is set up pretty much for near/mid range tactical matches rather than long range precision shooting, I decided I wanted to update it with the same ergonomics. I'm going to do both at the same time since they interact with each other on the frame.
Below is the venerable A2 grip with it's deeper angle. Also seen is the standard safety selector.
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Here is the BCM Gunfighter grip Mod 3. It's more vertical and has a better feel when holding the rifle in front of you square to the target in my view. The Mod 3 is slightly thicker than the Mod 1.
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Below is the BAD-ASS-ST ambidextrous safety selector. The two best features of this is a) gives you ambidextrous access to the safety, b) It gives you a faster throw on the safety that requires less movement of the grip hand to toggle. To be honest, when you first get one of these, it's hard not to just go CLICK-CLICK-CLICK-CLICK-CLICK back and forth working the safety with the top and bottom of your thumb. Of course, the safety no longer flips all the way vertical which might confuse some glue sniffers, so there's a warning about using it without a lower specifically designed for it. You can ignore that (if you don't sniff glue).
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Here's the safety selector out of the box. Notice the little silver raised pin... That's the "lawyer pin" that keeps you from inserting this safety into a standard lower...
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Dremel says "F you Lawyer Pin"... Now it should go in without any trouble.
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My Armalite has a hex bolt in there, fortunately I had just the driver.
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Now I back off the grip and notice something interesting... Two springs? It would appear the detent for the takedown pin is held grip and not by the end plate on the AR10.
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Here's all the stuff before assembly... pardon the potato phone picture.
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I went ahead and put in the new spring and such with the short throw selector, and using the wrench to tighten it. Put a drop of CLP on it for the heck of it.
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The new grip goes on, make sure to get the springs in the right spots.
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And we're done. CLICK-CLICK-CLICK-CLICK... safety works great and I find the combination very comfortable.
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