does not work as intended. *** product.
I'm in the same boat as you and to top it off the website says they are back ordered now. I opened a dispute with PayPal, I have emailed twice with no response. They'll never get my business again that's for sure.
So, as I stated previously. I ordered my handle on the 31st of March.
It's now April 19th. Not an iota of information from doomsday. Not only that, but Eric still hasn't responded to an email I sent on the 17th.
Now get this guys. You'll get a good laugh.
Being the good friend that I am, when I got notice from Eric that the handles where ready for order again. I told my close and fellow 15-22 owner/friend and he proceeded to order one.
So my friend got his handle yesterday..... despit the fact that he ordered his 4 or 5 days after I did. And despite the fact that we live in the same town. He also never got a tracking number or anything either.....
So naturally I got him to come over. He brought it over my house last night. The tolerances are really well done,....... However the handle does not function at all.
Here is my best example to try and describe it.
When the handle is out of the weapon, the hook on the left side designed to grab the plastic bump on the rifle sits very close to the inside of the handle. Pretty much touching the long part that the bolt slides around inside of.
It's important to remember both sides of the handle function the hook as intended when not installed. Further use proved when installed it does not open the hook nearly enough when grabbed on the right hand side.
When it's installed on the rifle; the hook sits much farther away from its natural point of rest and is now being pushed out by the thickness of the rifles plastic walls. Normally this would be fine.
However.... because of the ambi feature. When pulling on the right hand side of the charging handle grips, it does not function the fulcrum action at all. In fact the right side of the handle is loose when in position locked to the rifle.
In other words, the right side is very lose when fully installed, ....when trying to function the handle from the right side, the hook does not lift away and my action of pulling the charging handle back is the only reason the hook lets go of the bump. (It didn't give up easily either) I need to actually put a good amount of force on it to get it to finally "slip" off the plastic bump.
Suffice to say... it didn't work at all. At this rate my plastic bump will be worn down and won't keep the handle in place as designed because the hook is gouging plastic out little bit by bit.
This is really a shame because when functioning the handle from the left hand side, the hook clears the bump with no problems at all and the feeling of pulling back is super smooth because of the tight tolerances ... Exactly what we all wanted and complained about from the PT charging handles lacking.
The right side will literally not function as intended. It just won't allow the right side handle part to slide far enough back to create enough fulcrum action on the opposite side
The farthest it can be pulled back does not function the left side past the "original thickens of the plastic rifle walls."
Might move half a mm. At most.
My friends handle is also missing his logo as well as having tons of "used" marks and scratches on the grip parts in the anodizing.
Really really rough product.
Leaving the worst taste in my mouth from Doomsday Industries.
At this point I probably won't ever buy another thing from them and plan on sending the one I get in the mail back.... If it shows up haha
......fit and finish is superb,does not damage
......pm me
