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Old 09-03-2018, 02:27 AM
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I'm too young (35) to have been trained like that, but watch some old military training videos, and they charged the guns back then with their right hand, by first removing the right hand from the pistol grip.
Guess I'm too old to have "learned it" that way.

The only time we would manipulate the charging handle
with the 'trigger hand' was in the manual of arms, i.e.
when standing in formation and presenting the rifle
during an in-ranks inspection.
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I’ve thought about buying an aftermarket charging handle because I wanted to blow money on something, not because I was looking for something better than stock - always talked myself out of it.

As with 98% of the folks on this site, I am no longer operational and never shot competitively with an AR so I don’t don’t need any tacticticool stuff for range play or self/home defense. For most I feel it’s about looking and feeling cool, not that there’s anything wrong with that, especially when chasing hogs with your buddies across the south 40. In fact, I don’t ever remember seeing aftermarket charging handles in war footage or while working in law enforcement, Afghanistan, Palestine, Israel, etc. not sure how we survived without em.
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I survived, "neat", "cool", "rad", "bad", "groovy", "state of the art" and "tactical". I suppose that I'll survive "mil-spec"!
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Does an expensive ($100 or less seems to be the range) charging handle make any difference? Other than being ambi, is there a noticeable difference in the feel when you charge it, or is it just for looks?



I like the BCM Gunfighter AR-15 Charging Handle, Mod 4. When you have a scope on the AR the extension makes charging the AR a lot easier
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Stock CH is fine, no real reason to change it out. I do however usually change out the CH lever to one from PRI just because I prefer it
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Old 09-03-2018, 12:25 PM
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If you're a left handed shooter especially if you are using a scope an oversized handle might be an improvement. Otherwise I think it is just improving a nonexistent problem. As a lefty w old eyes so optic almost mandatory I'm thinking about trying one to see if it helps.

So far the only things I have done to any of my ARs are

1 ambi safety
2 sling hardware bc I won't own a rifle w/o a sling
3 choice of optic
4 flashlight mount on 1 rifle
5 change out grip bc nothing w a fingergrove grip fits my hand
6 rubber butt cover bc on my DPMS rifles the factory butt plate has a sharp edge and
7 on DPMS rifles change handguard to a slimmer flatter handguard bc the DPMS Glacierguard handguards work to keep heat down by being big and fat too fat for my paws.
8 my 1st AR does have a set of back up iron sights. Since it has a battery powered optic that makes some sense.

Ambi safety almost necessary for fast left hand use.

Numbers 2,3 and 4 are common sense to me especially sling hardware.

Rest are for comfort and handling which depends on the shooter. All of my ARs still weigh the same or less than stock plus the optic weight.

On optics I found out if you have astigmatism a red dot looks like a fluffy red cotton ball rather than a round dot. I think it loses some precision but not much. All of my scopes are low power variables. 1x - 4x or 6x illuminated. The 1-6x is on a 308.

All rifles have standard barrels. I've shot heavy barrel ARs and have no need for such a rig. For target shooting or longer range I prefer a bolt action.

I've seen ARs w everything known to man hung off them and have no use for any changes other than those mentioned. That is me though. I use factory triggers because they work for their intended purpose. My brother built a heavy AR for prairie dog shooting but it didn't work as well as a good bolt gun.

Realize that drifts from original question but that is my experience w ARs.
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Old 09-04-2018, 08:53 AM
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I’ve thought about buying an aftermarket charging handle because I wanted to blow money on something, not because I was looking for something better than stock - always talked myself out of it.

As with 98% of the folks on this site, I am no longer operational and never shot competitively with an AR so I don’t don’t need any tacticticool stuff for range play or self/home defense. For most I feel it’s about looking and feeling cool, not that there’s anything wrong with that, especially when chasing hogs with your buddies across the south 40. In fact, I don’t ever remember seeing aftermarket charging handles in war footage or while working in law enforcement, Afghanistan, Palestine, Israel, etc. not sure how we survived without em.
I believe you summed it up pretty good, the stock will and does work just as good as any, it's only about having a "kewler" one.
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I'd rather spend the $ on ammo.
Yep, gasoline and ammo, do it for me, too!
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