Looking for some help with my Magpul BAD levers. I bought one about 2-3 years ago from Midway, which has since been sitting on my BR99 shotgun and has worked flawlessly for the whole time. It also works (without modification) on my S&W M&P 15-22.
Rather than continually swapping it between the two guns I bought another one, this time from Brownells, and have noticed that it is not the same as the first one, it also doesn’t work properly on my 15-22 as it stops the last round bolt hold open from working.
I note however, that this is a common problem and people have said that it needs to be bent to work on the 15-22 without interfering with the BHO. This leads me to think that either Magpul has changed the design of the BAD lever over the years, or the first BAD lever wasn’t genuine.
Midway lever;
Brownell lever;
The Midway BAD lever has a painted/baked almost gloss finish, whereas the Brownells one is matt and a phosphor type finish. The Midway one is also has a much more pronounced bend to it when viewed from the side. The Brownell one is also very slightly heavier.
Does anyone know if the first one may not be genuine? And more to the point, where I can get another one that actually works properly on both guns!
