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1/6/2009 10:29:02 AM EDT
Who all makes their carry handles with the milspec height? I'm debating on whether or not to order the taller front site post to be used in conjunction with a milspec carry handle, or to keep the standard post and run a civi CH.

Where can one purchase said milspec CH's? I see PK has one listed @ $85, but doesn't say who's it is. I assume BM, RRA, DPMS, etc. are all civi with Colt and LMT being milspec.
1/6/2009 1:25:29 PM EDT
[#1]
I have CMT/Stag, DPMS, RR, and Colt carry handles.  I don't get this Milspec/Commercial thing with the carry handles because mine are all the same.
1/6/2009 1:40:56 PM EDT
[#2]
Just order an LMT carry handle directly from their website.  www.lewismachine.net
1/6/2009 1:47:59 PM EDT
[#3]
What do you get for the extra $30?
1/6/2009 2:22:11 PM EDT
[#4]
Quoted:
What do you get for the extra $30?


The guarantee that your sights aren't just for looks?

Turns out that commercial carry handles may have improperply configured rear sight assemblies, and the markings on them are useless.

Not that most people with AR-15s have the marksmanship, or opportunity to shoot at range with irons anyway...
1/6/2009 3:09:34 PM EDT
[#5]
Improperly marked? No shit?

What I was most concerned with was the height over rails. Apparently civi CH's are lower than milspec so that standard FSB's can be used with the standard site post rather than the .04" taller post.
1/6/2009 3:35:31 PM EDT
[#6]
Like I said before.  I have CMT/Stag, DPMS, RR and colts carry handles and they are exactly the same!  I measured them.  FYI  the aperture on my LMY rear sights was off and had to be replaced.  They were machined wrong and would not fold flat......   This commercial being .040 lower stuff is total BS!
1/6/2009 3:35:55 PM EDT
[#7]
Quoted:
Quoted:
What do you get for the extra $30?


The guarantee that your sights aren't just for looks?

Turns out that commercial carry handles may have improperply configured rear sight assemblies, and the markings on them are useless.

Not that most people with AR-15s have the marksmanship, or opportunity to shoot at range with irons anyway...


This is a bunch of BS!  Proof?????

1/6/2009 3:40:28 PM EDT
[#8]
What does everyone's LMT Carry Handle look like (markings)? Below is mine I ordered from a dealer. Just seemed a bit odd this one had no logo (like their rear tac sight), since LMT seems to like to mark many parts with their logo, even the selector switch.


1/6/2009 3:42:50 PM EDT
[#9]
That is just like my LMT. All measurments will be the same as CMT/Stag, DPMS, RR, and Colt.
1/6/2009 4:01:24 PM EDT
[#10]
I got this one from Del Ton when I ordered a flat-top rifle kit.




ETA: My ears are different than that other one.  Odd.
1/6/2009 6:08:57 PM EDT
[#11]
Again, supposedly it's .04" not .4. Probably not enough to measure with a yard stick.

ETA: ...of course that's an LMT...looks purple in pics and everything. j/k
1/6/2009 6:14:11 PM EDT
[#12]
I have the tools to measure .040......   They are all the same!
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