Lefty Essential: Left Handed Bolt Carrier Groups (BCG)

Second to the left handed upper, to complete a left handed AR-15, you will need a left handed bolt carrier group, or BCG. At first, the only place you could get one was from Stag Arms. But now, there are quite a few places that make left handed BCGs.

Here’s a growing list of left handed bolt carrier group manufacturers.

• Bear Creek Arsenal – Side charging lefty BCG
• Black Rain Ordinance – NiB and QPQ coated left handed BCGs
• Cryptic Coatings – Lefty BCG with their Mystic Coatings
• Dark Storm Industries – Left handed BCG
• Davidson Defense – Black Nitride BCG
• F1 Fireams – CrN, DLC left handed BCGs
• First Texas Tactical – Left handed BCG
• Ground Zero Precision – Left handed BCG
• Next Level Armament – AR10 Left BCG (with upper)
• Red X – Left handed BCG
• Stag Arms – The quintessential lefty BCG
• Toolcraft – OEM manufacturer
• Tromix – Left handed BCG for .458 SOCOM
• Underground Tactical – Black Nitride lefty BCG
• Young Manufacturting – Chrome plated lefty BCG