color fill for safety...big argument lol

[daawiz69]

So I built my 1st AR. I color filled the safety selector. I did RED for fire and WHITE for safe. I am having a HUGE battle with my brother-in-law and he is insisting the SAFE should be green. I've only seen white, and in my newby brain GREEN means GO and I think THAT is confusing. I did online searches and only see white. He starts saying all his "shooting professional friends" agree that it should be green. Help me decide thanks.

[TEAMRICO]

I fill mine in with clear....flat clear.
Do what YOU want.

[def90]

I prefer no fill but I do have a couple FALs that I have filled to match historical examples.. of which safe is white and fire is red.

[Zundfolge]

HK says white for safe and red for fire ... so your BIL wants to argue with Heckler and Koch?

[hollohas]

If safe is any color at all, all I've ever seen is white.

I'm curious to know what sort of "shooting professionals" those apparent experts are.

[AirbornePathogen]

Every firearm I've ever seen that had colored markings had white for Safe and red for Fire. I would also like to see him show his work.

That said, it's your AR, so it's your call. Do what you like with it, and screw what anyone else thinks.

[Irving]

Tell him that all my shooting professional friends have brother-in-laws that are smart.

[powerstroke79]

The US Army trained troops for WW2 with the Mossberg M44 It had green and red buttons at the rear of the rifle for safe and fire markings.

[whitewalrus]

I?ve never seen anything other than red/white markings where color is used. Red = dead.

Red/green may be an issue for those with colorblindness.

But as others have said, it?s your gun. Go with whatever makes you happy. Most ARs do not have color fill.

[daawiz69]

OK I laughed out loud on that one!