Posted: 2/12/2014 10:20:54 AM EDT
It is more than the name of the product, it is the description! I got my selector in the mail today, thanks Duffy, and I am thoroughly impressed with the quality of work that went into this safety. The build quality and attention to details is outstanding...right down to the BAD INC on the screw heads. This one went into a pistol and I'm sold on one for my rifle to replace another ambi safety. This thing, and the company rocks! Top notch customer support and products.
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Thanks Pineapple! 
We never considered using any screws other than Torx, I've stripped enough of Allen screws and seen many similar stripped screws, the T10 was in the design spec from day one. The T10 Torx wrench we include is made by Bondhus, found on Amazon for just less than $4 each. The stainless steel detent is made by KNS, the Torx screws are custom made for us, we like attention to detail and consistency
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Thanks Pineapple!
We never considered using any screws other than Torx, I've stripped enough of Allen screws and seen many similar stripped screws, the T10 was in the design spec from day one. The T10 Torx wrench we include is made by Bondhus, found on Amazon for just less than $4 each. The stainless steel detent is made by KNS, the Torx screws are custom made for us, we like attention to detail and consistency
<a href="http://s75.photobucket.com/user/Duffypoo/media/1519561_687689514585026_1663471828_o_zpsabb53c05.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i314/Duffypoo/1519561_687689514585026_1663471828_o_zpsabb53c05.jpg</a> Great product. Do you recommend using loc-tite on the torx screw though? I lost my packaging before installing and noticed one of my levers needs to be tightened ever so often. |
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Thanks Pineapple!
We never considered using any screws other than Torx, I've stripped enough of Allen screws and seen many similar stripped screws, the T10 was in the design spec from day one. The T10 Torx wrench we include is made by Bondhus, found on Amazon for just less than $4 each. The stainless steel detent is made by KNS, the Torx screws are custom made for us, we like attention to detail and consistency
<a href="http://s75.photobucket.com/user/Duffypoo/media/1519561_687689514585026_1663471828_o_zpsabb53c05.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i314/Duffypoo/1519561_687689514585026_1663471828_o_zpsabb53c05.jpg</a> Great product. Do you recommend using loc-tite on the torx screw though? I lost my packaging before installing and noticed one of my levers needs to be tightened ever so often. The package says a non-permanent thread locker is recommended |
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Thanks Pineapple!
We never considered using any screws other than Torx, I've stripped enough of Allen screws and seen many similar stripped screws, the T10 was in the design spec from day one. The T10 Torx wrench we include is made by Bondhus, found on Amazon for just less than $4 each. The stainless steel detent is made by KNS, the Torx screws are custom made for us, we like attention to detail and consistency
<a href="http://s75.photobucket.com/user/Duffypoo/media/1519561_687689514585026_1663471828_o_zpsabb53c05.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i314/Duffypoo/1519561_687689514585026_1663471828_o_zpsabb53c05.jpg</a> Great product. Do you recommend using loc-tite on the torx screw though? I lost my packaging before installing and noticed one of my levers needs to be tightened ever so often. The package says a non-permanent thread locker is recommended Thanks! |
Yep definitely a tiny drop of non-permanent thread locker. The torque value for the screws is 5 inch / Lb, though I never use thread locker on my levers (have to change them out all the time to test lowers and triggers), I haven't lost a screw yet since 2010 
Similar experiences exist for many of our testers, but it's recommended and prudent to use thread locker on the screw. |
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Quoted: Saaaaay what!? I've never tried a 45 degree selector but it sounds BAD-ASS Quoted: Quoted: Rumor has it, my new rifle has a 45 degree BAD selector in it. Saaaaay what!? I've never tried a 45 degree selector but it sounds BAD-ASS My agency will not allow them in duty rifles. I train with guns that work the same as my primary duty gun. So I only have one currently and its in a rifle I can't use at work. The new rifle will come from the factory with one, which means, alas, I won't be able to take it to work. But I will use it. |
Times are changing, if only judged by the number of short throw selector in the market today, soon in the future we might look back fondly at the times when 90 degree was the only choice 
I wanted to call the short throw Unfair Advantage, for that's what it is. Alas, our naming convention didn't allow it, and a year later Magpul started using it 
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Yep, Midwest Industries receivers are the latest to be 45/90 compatible receivers 
45/90 degree compatible receivers Battle Arms short throw selector development history We didn't invent it, the short throw idea had bee floating around for a long time, we were the first to bring it to market commercially, but only by making it incompatible with standard receivers (by way of the "lawyer pin"), due to liability concerns, as at 45 degree, the pointer is somewhere between SAFE and FIRE, it could mean either or neither. A 45/90 Battle Arms ST selector compatible receiver has the FIRE or pictogram engraving relocated so the selector's position indicator groove will point to FIRE, whether it's 45 or 90 degree selector that's in use. |