Ar ambi safeties

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DPMS and Battle Arms on my guns. I like the Battle Arms better than the DPMS, due to better ergonomics, but there is nothing wrong with the DPMS.
 
Any pics of the hex 60 installed?

What's the advantage of a 60 degree safety over normal one?

Any slop or play in it?
 
I will try and get some uploaded tomorrow. Excellent fit and finish. Have them on several guns. Advantage of a 60 degree is less movement of the thumb going from safe to fire also easier to flip off safe due to the angle. I use mine as a index point for my thumb as well.
 
I'm running a BADASS 45 degree short throw. I think the short throw adds a bit of an advantage for 3-gun, especially if you have short fingers like me.
 
bullittmcqueen said:
I'm running a BADASS 45 degree short throw. I think the short throw adds a bit of an advantage for 3-gun, especially if you have short fingers like me.
can you expand on this?

I disagree with you at this point. These levers dont go anywhere your fingers go with a regular ambi safety. I think that the further the "safe" position is from the "fire" position, the less likely it to be mistaken of rifle condition as you dump it.
Same with getting it bumped off. or caught halfway between safe and fire.
Check it out, if I put my standard safety where the fire position is on a short throw safety, it would still be on safe, and i wouldnt be eating dairy queen
 
I've never had a problem with the stockers right out of your basic run of the mill LPK. Practice til you can't get it wrong and save your money for ammo.
 
I'm not a fan of the short throw safety either, I want definitive fire/safe locations and the halfway positions just don't give me the warm and fuzzies.
 
No ambi. Left thumb stays on the left side of the gun if I'm shooting lefty. Not ideal if you're actually a lefty, but works fine for righties.
 
mike cyrwus said:
can you expand on this?

I disagree with you at this point. These levers dont go anywhere your fingers go with a regular ambi safety. I think that the further the "safe" position is from the "fire" position, the less likely it to be mistaken of rifle condition as you dump it.
Same with getting it bumped off. or caught halfway between safe and fire.
Check it out, if I put my standard safety where the fire position is on a short throw safety, it would still be on safe, and i wouldnt be eating dairy queen
My fingers are short enough that in order to disengage the safety with my thumb, i have to release my normal grip on the pistol grip to flip a standard 90 degree safety. I agree with you that there is a little more confidence in knowing either the safety is on or off, and with a short throw you add the possibility of ambiguity.

Having to release my grip and then reacquire it costs me time. Maybe its all in my head, ive never tested it with a timer to see if there is any benefit, but the 45 works better for me than the 90 degree JP safety I was using before. It was just doggone hard to disengage. Cost me once on a stage when it didn't flip even though I thought I had.
 
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