I know most of your questions have already been answered but.... A couple of years ago Scott Zeagle on this site worked with another vet. I believe he lost his right arm and was not comfortable releasing the weight with his left arm, so Scott worked with him and they made a ranger or it might have even been a Brigade with the ripcord on the right for no extra cost. It may have been the left arm, but the point is Zeagle went out of there and redesigned one of there BC' to help one of our solders. "Zeagle" an American company that helps Americans, what a concept