Posted December 2, 2015 1:00 pm by Comments

By Jeremy S

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I double-checked and, indeed, Elftmann Tactical, makers of my favorite AR-15 drop-in trigger, have named their newest product the ASS. That’s short for Ambidextrous Speed Safety and, believe it or not, it’s a cross-bolt safety for your AR-15 or AR-10. While this seems absurd and everybody I’ve spoken to immediately imagines how difficult it would be to push back onto “safe” with your trigger finger, that really isn’t the case at all and this thing lives up to the “speed” part of its name in spades . . .

The push-type ambi speed safety is a replacement for the AR platform’s rotating safety selector. It uses the same type of detent — slightly rounded for smoother operation — in the same location, and on “safe” it physically blocks the rear of the trigger bar in the same manner.

A rotating selector makes perfect sense with three firing modes — safe, semi-automatic, and full-auto — but the ol’ cross-bolt has been a staple on rifles for generations due to its simple on/off function. That said, I’ve never been much of a fan of cross-bolt safeties and I’m quite used to the AR selector and I like …Read the Rest

Source:: Truth About Guns

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