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1/25/2014 11:33:21 PM EDT
These look good but they want $12 bucks for shipping. Has anyone used one. How are they?

FAA Corp AR Charging Handle Latch
1/26/2014 12:26:48 AM EDT
[#1]
For the cost of it and the shipping you can get a BCM charging handle.
1/26/2014 8:21:54 AM EDT
[#2]
raptor

1/26/2014 9:09:03 AM EDT
[#3]
How is it that just about every new member finds an unknown company that no one more established has heard of?
Ok, I know the answer, it is just so F-ing shallow.

That latch looks like it will break in short order without relocating the pivot pin deeper into the material.  Lots of leverage on a weak pin at the edge of aluminum.  Not a recipe for longevity...

The light weight rails look promising...
1/26/2014 10:14:27 AM EDT
[#4]
Wow, that was awful snooty. But thanks for the, "looks like", review.
1/26/2014 11:37:19 AM EDT
[#5]
Personally I do not like extended charging handles, they catch on everything when slung, or trying to transition. I do like the Rainier Arms Raptor Charging Handle, still has a lot of real estate to grab on to yet it does not extend out a whole lot to catch on to everything.
1/26/2014 6:40:40 PM EDT
[#6]
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Wow, that was awful snooty. But thanks for the, "looks like", review.
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Probably, but 10 years from now you will be saying (or at least thinking) the same thing.

Edited to add: The BCM units are redesigned for the reason I mentioned, and come in several lengths to suit your needs.  The Raptor is another good option.

OTOH, the listed one could serve as a hook to hang up your rifle.
1/27/2014 5:03:18 AM EDT
[#7]
A new type of Forward Assist has been invented
1/27/2014 8:10:39 AM EDT
[#8]
Ugly as sin.  I cannot see any benefit to this part.
1/27/2014 12:09:21 PM EDT
[#9]
Looks like an inelegant and kludgy solution to a problem that has already been addressed, in a better manner may I add, by several other companies.
1/27/2014 4:03:24 PM EDT
[#10]
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1/27/2014 4:04:32 PM EDT
[#11]
The handle itself is a blatant rip off of the BCM/Vltor gunfighter handle. unless of course they just stuck their latch on a gunfithter. I have no idea why they designed the latch to look like it does.






 




 

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