What Charging Handle ?

[Sak007]

I'm in need of a new charging handle and was curious if anyone has any time behind an AXTS freedom bone or a Geissele super charging handle which are supposed to be good for suppressed sbr's ?
I will be running it on an 10.5 in 5.56 90% of the time suppressed in a CMT lefty upper with an AR vent & haven't decided if I'm gonna run the Geissele gas block that came with MK8 rail I managed to score on 50% off sale or a Superlative arms gas block my buddy gave me , any thought on these also appreciated .

[Former11B]

Griffin SNACH.

I did a little review on here a while back. I run it on a rifle that is suppressed 100% of the time while shooting

[SINNER]

Mega Slide lock or Raptors.

And for the life of me I can't figure out how they market that SNATCH as a ambi charging handle. That gas vent directs the gas directly into the face of a lefty. I shot 1 magazine with mine and gave it to a right handed friend. He loves it BTW.

[Former11B]

Mega Slide lock or Raptors.

And for the life of me I can't figure out how they market that SNATCH as a ambi charging handle. That gas vent directs the gas directly into the face of a lefty. I shot 1 magazine with mine and gave it to a right handed friend. He loves it BTW.

Some people are just soooo hard to please

Kidding, btw. I'll fire some rounds lefty next time out and see how big of a carbon stain I get on my face. Never thought about it as a righty.

[cjd3]

Mega Slide lock or Raptors.

And for the life of me I can't figure out how they market that SNATCH as a ambi charging handle. That gas vent directs the gas directly into the face of a lefty. I shot 1 magazine with mine and gave it to a right handed friend. He loves it BTW.

Thanks for that info, I;'ll stay away from them on my lefty rig. SwissyJim is sold on one that I can't remember for his surpassed rigs. It looks like it sandwiches the top end of the upper, right over the rail.

[UWone77]

Mega Slide lock or Raptors.

And for the life of me I can't figure out how they market that SNATCH as a ambi charging handle. That gas vent directs the gas directly into the face of a lefty. I shot 1 magazine with mine and gave it to a right handed friend. He loves it BTW.

The problem with the slide locks ... they sometimes unlatch while shooting.

[mustangfreek]

The problem with the slide locks ... they sometimes unlatch while shooting.

Really huh..first I've heard

Was that while suppressed or ?
Need a CH and have considered a mega

[SINNER]

Lol Without a doubt a worst case scenario. Way over gassed rifle with an ACOG. The gasses seemed to really impact my right eye. Really nice charging handle except that. Actually like the lever design more than the Raptor.

[Default.mp3]

I have a Freedom Bone on order from DSG. I'm hoping it'll be less gassy than my regular Raptor on my PWS MK110 Mod1 with a Surefire SOCOM RC556. I'll update this thread once I've had a chance to play with it; if it doesn't work, I'll probably try out the Geissele, too.

[Default.mp3]

I have a Freedom Bone on order from DSG. I'm hoping it'll be less gassy than my regular Raptor on my PWS MK110 Mod1 with a Surefire SOCOM RC556. I'll update this thread once I've had a chance to play with it; if it doesn't work, I'll probably try out the Geissele, too.

Well, in my limited testing today (was mostly confirming zero), there seemed to be minimal difference between the regular Raptor and the Freedom Bone. Tested on a PWS MK110 Mod1 on the smallest gas port with a Surefire SOCOM RC556 using Winchester X556TG (their 3 Gun line-up ammo). Then again, there was far less blowback on the regular Raptor compared to what I usually shoot, Federal XM193. I'll see if I can't try it out with a wider gas port setting this weekend.

[JGifford]

I personally like my Badger G3

[UWone77]

I personally like my Badger G3

The Badger is underrated. Great CH.

[JGifford]

The Badger is underrated. Great CH.

Somehow it just...fell through the cracks. I love it though, and I've used many of them. PRI, BCM (ambi and non-ambi), SNACH, USGI, AXTS. I prefer the G3 badger hands down.

[UWone77]

Somehow it just...fell through the cracks. I love it though, and I've used many of them. PRI, BCM (ambi and non-ambi), SNACH, USGI, AXTS. I prefer the G3 badger hands down.

I discovered them by accident through Slippers at Arisaka.

Their marketing is Nil... I think they're still known for scope rings and not much else. I doubt a lot of people even know they make a great ambi CH.

[JGifford]

I discovered them by accident through Slippers at Arisaka.

Their marketing is Nil... I think they're still known for scope rings and not much else. I doubt a lot of people even know they make a great ambi CH.

They make a great bolt-release, too. Love it. Jim Hodge turned me on to their stuff. Badger doesn't have to market. All of their stuff has contacts with DoD/FBI/etc. They are kindof the salesman who doesn't take "lot-ups" anymore.