Chuck from United States, PA Public Profile

I am very happy with this UTG Selector. I have read all of the negative reviews, but decided to buy it anyway. I'm not sure you should trust those negative reviews. I have two of these and cannot reproduce any of the issues that the poor reviews have called out. I'm not a professional armorer, but I've built many ARs. I think most of the negative reviewers could remedy their issues with a very minimal application of armorer's grease. I always run the tip of my safety selector detents over a piece of 1000 grit sand paper or a diamond file to round it off slightly. Then I apply a tiny bit of armorer's grease to the detent and to the channel it will ride in. I've never once had a selector bind on me in SAFE or FIRE positions. Many of my friends have had these same binding issues with their non-UTG safety selectors and I have corrected those issues with the process described above. Overall, I think this is a well-designed safety selector and it works flawlessly on my rifles. For the money, this is a great selector. I think most of those negative reviews could have been avoided if people had a better practice for installing safety selectors. I buy these selectors with confidence.

I had a plan for my .300 BLK build, but I needed room enough to adjust my gas block and I wanted to have my can snugged up flush with the front of my handguard. I had accepted the fact that I would have to modify whichever handguard I bought for this build. Then I came across the STNGR HWK. It looked like it would work without modification, so I decided to buy it and hoped for the best. It was PERFECT for this build. I was so thrilled. The can is as flush as you can get and the gas block is still accessible for adjustments right out of the box. Install was a breeze, it looks very nice and the QD sling mount near the receiver saves me from installing one there. I am very happy with this one. If you're looking for a similar setup for a 7.5" barrel, I can tell you this one is the ticket. I love it.

I purchased this bag to be my computer bag (for a 17" laptop and accessories). Because it is designed for CC, I decided to build a backpack gun to fit it. I can say with certainty that an AR pistol/SBR with an overall length of 20" (or 20" folded) will fit in this bag. A folding stock/brace may make it a bit awkward to fit other things in the bag, but if that's all you're carrying, then it will work fine. I have a .300 BLK AR at 20.5" OAL that fits in here perfectly (with optics, sights, sling and with a 30rd magazine inserted). I have also attached a velcro holster inside the front pocket to carry a full frame 9mm pistol. This still leaves the entire middle pocket open for extra mags, snacks, FAK or whatever. When I use it as my computer bag, it's too full for the AR to fit, but the 9mm is still an easy access from that front pocket. It is a very well designed and rugged bag. I've been using it for a while and there are no signs of it falling apart. It looks used now and even less like a CC bag. I love it.

I buy these upgrade kits for all of my ARs. I have a stack of them for both AR15 and AR10. I add a few to my cart whenever I'm buying something small and I need to get to a certain amount for shipping reasons. I cannot say that it has ever made a noticeable change to the rifle, but I get peace of mind knowing that gas will never randomly leak though. For the price, why not upgrade your bolt with this kit? If you don't have the tools, you don't have to upgrade the springs. It's still worth it just to upgrade the gas rings. You can remove and replace your gas rings with simple pick or a pocket knife.

This is my favorite Dimpling jig. I have the .75 and the .875 versions. I'v e also got another jig from a different manufacturer that works well too, but this one is a much better design. If all you need is a jig that works, there are less expensive options. If you want one with a well-thought-out design and better build, this one is worth the extra cost.

I love these. I have two of the CQ-Bs (and one CQ-S). I bought them from another online vendor, but I wanted to leave a review here as well. I bought my first one when these first came out. My second one was a more recent purchase. Both have performed flawlessly and I think they look great.

I made a mess of the square hole on the back of the buffer tube on my first one. It was simply cosmetic, but I wanted to replace it. I tried to buy just a new tube from Odin, but they sent me a new one free of charge. I was amazed by that and very appreciative. I ordered the CQ-S (stock) version shortly after that as a thank you (braces were sold out).

My friends have seen all of my builds with these braces and stock and they always admire them. I had my first CQ-B brace Cerkaoted with all of my other AR parts for that build (this was before Odin offered different colors). It was easy to disassemble for this purpose and also very easy to put back together. The Cerakoted one is the favorite of mine and of my friends. It really shows off the design and just looks really good. The others I have are the standard black, but still look very nice on the builds I've done with them.

Form and Function, Quality Manufacturing and Stellar Customer Service. That's why these are my favorite braces/stocks to use on my personal builds and why I always recommend them to others who are unaware of them.

Jam nuts are the best things ever for installing and timing your muzzle devices. You just thread on a jam nut all the way to the shoulder. Then you thread your muzzle device on (and time it if necessary). Then you tighten the jam nut up against your muzzle device using two wrenches (one of them should be a torque wrench). That's it. Your muzzle device is mounted and timed. If the timing is off, you just have to loosen it and try again, but the jam nut is infinitely re-usable. You'll never have to deal with crush washers or shims again.

This one is is slightly thicker than others and it helped me to move my muzzle device just far enough forward that I can mount my blast cans/suppressors exactly at the end of the handguard. Before that they were inside the handguard enough to make it a pain in the butt to unlock and remove. This one was perfectly sized to work for this specific build. There are many sizes of jam nuts available, so find the sizes that work best for your build.

I've done at least three barrels with this jig, so the review that says it's only good for one and then its disposable is inaccurate. The other review that says one set of holes lines up and the others are off might have gotten a blem, but mine are not visibly off center and if one set of holes lines up then that's all you really need. You don't want to place two dimples in most cases anyway. If you do, you are stuck with that particular gas block, or you've got to find another one with the same spacing. You just dimple the one hole below the gas port. Tighten one set screw into the dimple to keep it in place and tighten the other set screw against the undimpled barrel. Now you can swap out gas blocks as you wish (upgrade, different style, adjustable, etc.) and they will all line up perfectly. So, for the money, this dimple jig is fine. It does the job and I've had no problems with it on any of the three barrels I've dimpled. I do have the SLR for my .875 journals and I like it better, but not enough to buy their .750 dimple jig when this one works just fine.

This is a very comfortable grip. I haven't given it any range time yet. It will be limited when I do, but that is not the fault of the grip. The backstrap is very nice. I love the feel of it and I have no doubt it would help reduce the felt recoil in the hand. The texture on the front of the grip is very nice too. Rough right now, but it provides a good hold.

The reason I will give it only limited range time is because my hands are relatively small. I wear a Medium size in gloves. Using this grip, with its thicker backstrap, my finger isn't reaching the mag well anymore and it floats over the trigger. Another thing to note is that I can no longer reach my mag release without changing my hand position on the grip. The safety selector is not as much of an issue. I could replace it with a different style and not have difficulty, but currently getting back into Safe requires a reposition of my grip hand or using my free hand. An ambi selector might make this a little easier.

Overall I love this grip. It just doesn't work for me and my smaller hands. I will take it to the range to know how it feels (AR-15, so recoil won't be severe anyway), but it will come off and be replaced with a smaller grip almost immediately afterwards. I will hold onto it though and hope that a smaller size backstrap is produced for it.

I recommend it to the folks with larger hands or longer fingers.