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I’d like to see that lock Rasyad.

Gotcha! I’m a lefty too, but forced myself to shoot right handed. Somehow ended up right eyed dominant.

Thanks. I can’t remember if it was a cap from an Outdoorsman or if it was one I machined from a Scout Light. I like mine better than the Old Outdoorsman since there is more of a bevel on the cap. I’d love to have the light mounted on the right, but I like the activation button ahead of my support hand thumb. If I could build a solid tape switch embedded in to the forearm, I’d probably swap it. I don’t care for the Surefire pads. The newer scout Light pad is better than the old inner tube feeling ones. I tried to adapt a TNVC Taps pad in to the grip, but they have too much going on. The cheaper non programmable pad was useless. I never bothered to buy the expensive one to try.

I sent in some Freedom Fighter Tactical OEM reproduction handguards to Tango Arms for stippling work. OEM ones can also be done, but I wanted the US made part. I put one of the sets on my burnt bronze Benelli M4 that has 15,000 rounds through it. https://www.tangoarms.com/products/benelli-m4-stippling I marked the handguards discreetly to ensure that the actual handguards sent in were the ones coming back. The turn around time was amazing at about ten days with cross country shipping via USPS Priority mail. The handguards are aggressive. Like skateboard tape without the abrasive sand media coming off on your hands. If you want a better purchase on the handguard, this will certainly do it. If you have soft hands, you probably aren't going to like them. Cosmetically, the stippling is done very well. Here are a few pictures to give you a better sense of what you'll get back.

A polymer knob would be a good idea. Polymer is lighter than even aluminum and tends to be more forgiving when it comes to scratches or causing damage to other equipment. Coming up with the profile of the knob so everyone was happy would be the hardest part. I'd look to 3 gunners to see what works the fastest without tearing up their hands.

You took limited skillset to a level most only dream of.

Guess you’ll have to make a better one Joel!

To put it simply, it is plain and simple fear of the Government. What may be ignored today may not be ignored tomorrow. It depends who is in power and what they feel like enforcing. With most of the aftermarket components out there, you have a bunch of high quality parts that meet or exceed the original OEM component's function or performance. So it isn't like we're slapping Tapco parts on the weapon in order to comply.

Damn, that's a good deal. Someone aught to jump on this one.

I try not to gamble with felonies, particularly when protecting yourself is relatively easy these days. You have a lot of options these days with the M4; 1. US made stocks 2. US made hammers 3. US made triggers 4. US made disconnectors 5. US made trigger frames 6. US made handguards 7. US made followers 8. US made full length magazine tubes

I can't argue with anything Unobtanium said. All I really want is a method of mounting my weapon light near the muzzle to eliminate barrel shadow and illuminating my front sight tower and having the controls on the handguard. Then a switch in the handguard that actually works. No tools required for disassembly. No loose cables or plugs to snag on anything. Lower the weight, the better.

Are you developing or is there an existing product that fills those holes on the sides of the handguard to provide an even, ergonomic textured gripping surface? Are those groups of 3 holes decoration or do they serve some purpose? Can you show the barrel hanger engagement? Do you need tools to remove the rail or are those fasteners just for adjustment? Have you considered some kind of polymer insert to keep the rail from scraping up the barrel during installation and disassembly?

Interesting. Definitely want to see more. Hopefully the ergonomics copy the OEM handguards. Pairing this with a mLOK attached pressure switch from say TNVC Taps switch might be a huge win. Hopefully the weight is comporable to the OEM handguards as well.

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What are we complaining about again? They’re making the black anodized units for the M4 crowd. Their original market was 3 gunners who don’t care what color they were/are since the ramp is going to get scuffed up when loading anyway. The guy at A&S emailed me a month or so ago and asked what direction I thought the M4 crowd would like to go since I bought a bunch of these units. I advised that they should move their logo markings to the inside for cosmetics along with either anodizing or Cerakoting the visible area. We’ll see what we get. Sometimes you have to be careful what you ask for. You could end up with rough type 3 anodizing that won’t operate as smoothly as the existing finish. It’s easy enough to have to visible areas Cerakoted whatever color you want if it’s a concern.

I offered to buy 500 and it went nowhere.

I’d be certainly in. I have one on my burnt bronze M4. But I think a better one could be built. Such as one that locks in place so you can hold the weapon by the bolt handle while pulling the bolt to the rear, stock seated firmly in your shoulder pocket, to do slug change overs. I’m always concerned I’ll yank the bolt knob out if I’m not careful. All while still retaining the disassembly feature. Ergonomically designed not to tear up your hand when blading the knob with your support hand to eject a shell and drop a new round in before letting the bolt fly forward.

I don’t have a use for it. Someone here else might?

I’d recommend getting a free imagur account to host pictures. I have migrated over to it since Photosuckit went full retard. The image quality will be much better than what you can host here on the Benelli forum server.

They’re not as valuable anymore with the A&S units now. I’d have a hard time finding a buyer for one. Some might be interested in the aluminum oem units though.

They’re awesome. A step above even the cast aluminum units. Fit in finish is top notch. No pitting like the cast aluminum models. Much nicer than the polymer trigger packs. The ramp does help when loading doubles. The frames count as a US made part too. They’re competitively priced since I was always chasing OEM aluminum packs for clients.

The only big benefit of the Geissele hammer is the surface hardness. It doesn’t deform on the face from impacting the bolt carrier/firing pin like the oem and some aftermarket hammers do. The deformation doesn’t cause any harm, at least at the 15k round level. Other than that, there aren’t many features to be offered by a hammer. I do hope you get your money back for the hammer.