AR Bolt Release Levers

[herrwalther]

If you still don't like stuff in your trigger guard and you really want to panic, this is the M1 Garand safety.

The M14 had the safety in the same spot as well. Compared to both rifles, the AR has a lot more room inside the trigger guard. So having a BAD lever in there is a non issue for me.

 

[BobCat]

Where the BAD lever shines is shooting a scope sighted AR in a tight sling. Your left hand is pinned to the handguard and to reach over the scope with your right takes some serious contortion.

Exactly. Iron-sights, reach over the top and trip the bolt release with your right hand (that just inserted the fresh mag). Scoped AR Service Rifle, many people BAD lever or Troy, but sometimes the added mass keeps the bolt from locking back.

Creedmoor sells this - https://www.creedmoorsports.com/product/trigger-guard-bolt-release/AR-15-Parts-Accessories - that rides on the (extended) roll pin, adds no mass to the bolt catch, and works as claimed.

It does require you to push it with your finger in the trigger guard, but I've never come close to touching the trigger while doing that.

 

[tarosean]

Tried one when they 1st came out.. was always loose and flopping around.

Im sure its in a parts bin somewhere.

 

[FL-NC]

I played with 1 once. Kept forgetting it was there and continued to release my bolt the normal way. Ended up taking it off. Gimmicky.

 

[Rexster]

I am not blessed with long fingers, yet have no trouble operating the original-GI-dimension parts, whether shooting righty or lefty. (Yes, that does include the selector lever; I do not like ambidextrous selectors, even when shooting lefty.) Every extended part, that I have tried on an AR15, has gotten in my way, in some annoying way. My first AR15, a Colt AR15A2 Govt Carbine, had some of these doodads, but I sold it to an LE colleague with younger eyes, to use as his patrol rifle. Other than one of my several AR lowers having a slightly oversized “ping pong paddle,” and all of them having somewhat extended extended charging handles, I use AR15/M4 rifles and carbines with normal-dimension controls.

Notably, however, I do not shoot competitively. My standard has always been, “What do I want, on the weapon, if I have to rush through a SE Texas thicket, in the dark?” We have big thickets, down here, in this wet, green part of Texas. Others’ needs may vary.

I do not claim to be any kind of expert.