Video Transcript
So there are a number of reasons out there for why you might wanna swap out the pistol grip on your AR-15 or similar carbine out there. There's a lot of rifles on the market such as this, uh, DD5V4 that come with a standard, a two grip, um, on the lower that has the little nub in that can be fairly uncomfortable depending on your hand size. It has a traditional a two angle, which is not always conducive for, um, holding the weight of the entire rifle while you're doing inch shoulder reloads or being at a angle that allows you to manipulate the trigger fast. And so there's a lot of folks out there who transition to grips that have a much shallower angle, uh, compared to the A two style that's a little more aggressive like a German luger or more like a, a Glock handgun.
So, demoing what I'm talking about as far as, um, holding up the weight of the rifle. So this is a dmr, it weighs, it weighs a little bit just due to being a .308 gun. If I'm doing any sort of in shoulder reload, this grip angle with the A two is not allowing to me to use all of the muscles in my wrist or my forearm due to the angle that it is positioning my wrist. If I transition to a grip that is, uh, much straighter, uh, that actually will allow me to, uh, allow my wrist to be more of a right angle with the rest of my forearm and actually be able to support the ri the weight of the rifle, uh, much more effectively. I've had people ask in the past, Hey, you're a skinny guy. How can you reload a scar 17 inch shoulder?
And a lot of it just comes down to having the right grip on the rifle, uh, to actually hold up the gun because of natural body mechanics and all that good stuff. So the BCM grip in particular is the one that I've been using for the last, I think eight years now, nine years on a lot of rifles out there. There's a couple reasons I like this one. Um, it has really good texture as far as, um, when you're sweaty or you know it's a hot day out and you're shooting, it's also not so rough that it's gonna destroy your hands like a few other grips on the market. And it also has a little, uh, a nub in protector on the front. And, uh, what this does is this fills the uncomfortable, an unfortunate gap that can sometimes arise, uh, such as this, uh, cult lower where you have a standard, uh, metal trigger guard plate and then you have your A two grip.
And there's this really unfortunate gap right here, um, that if you're shooting for hours on end, um, your knuckle is riding inside of that on both of the hard edges, um, of the trigger guard. And it is, uh, quite painful over time. So the BCM grip, but that little nub in protector as that will show later, fills that in and makes it just a lot more comfortable without having to upgrade the floor plate, which you could also upgrade for like 10 bucks if that's something you want to do. So let's go ahead and remove this traditional nostalgic a two grip off of this Daniel rifle and put on the BCM. When you remove the grip off your rifle, you'll find the spring, who knows what it does, but you probably should have it, uh, in the rifle so that it can continue to function. So, uh, we're gonna drop that spring into this convenient little hole right here on the BCM grip. And as you see that is going to align with the hole that is positioned here on the lower of your rifle . Who knows what it does? So we're gonna drop this on.
There's also a compartment in the grip, so if you wanna run your CR123 s your optic batteries wherever happens to be. Uh, what I've done in the past is I put all that in a little Ziploc bag so it's a little bit waterproof, somewhat waterproof, and then I jam the whole thing in there and I make sure it doesn't rattle, uh, in the bag. Kind of helps with that kind of filling the void so the batteries aren't just rattling around in there. Uh, but that's really convenient. Uh, but now if I'm doing any sort of manipulation, um, with this rifle, that straight up and down grip is just gonna make holding and supporting the weight of all this a lot, uh, easier. And I don't have that little nub in this kind of uncomfortable with my hand. Um, plus it also, uh, makes the grip a little bit straighter when it comes to manipulating the trigger.
Um, you know, there's a lot of, uh, you can see like PRS guns, guys going to a straight 90 degree angle. Uh, that's not something I would necessarily do on this gun as a a dmr, uh, but it is giving me an angle, a grip angle that's a little bit straighter. Um, so that if I am running my hand completely on one side, um, you know, I'm not running that, you know, weird a two angle on there. So a lot of advantages to running a grip like this. This is the Mod 3. BCM has a lot of different models out there that have a little interchangeable component so that you can make it all modular and, uh, you know, have the nub in on the front or not have the nub in on the front. Um, we standardize to just carrying this one, which is kind of the best of all worlds combined into one. Um, but if you're interested in one that gives you a little bit more, uh, modular options, I definitely head over to BCM's website and check those out. If you have any other questions about these grips, their compatibility with different guns out there, go ahead and email us at team@trex-arms.com.