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Are the Alum. latches out? Would like to get one vs my steel one I have now just for added insurance.
We will be bundling the AXTS charging handle with our selectors, with about $20 saving (compared to purchased separately)![]()
Roger Wang
Forward Controls Design
Simplicity is the sign of truth
I'd been looking around for pictures of a Raptor on a rifle with no forward assist----sure enough, military moron had the pics. I really like that setup, the Raptor and no forward assist. Dad gum it.
Using the "search" button does pay off.![]()
Sometimes I specialise in overthinking things, and I spent a couple of hours trying to figure out the "best" setup to run an AR either left handed, or ambi. (Since I shoot left handed, I started off thinking selfishly.)
At first I was all hot for a side-charger, with a right side lever. Then I did some search here, and thought about it some more, and concluded "Cutting holes in a receiver can't be the world's best idea."
My general theory is that I'm willing to deviate from the standard if its in ways that don't sacrifice parts replacement. I've got a 16" middy BCM with a Geissele trigger and Battle Arms selector----but if the gas system shit the bed, I could pull the barrel and replace it with a 6920's barrel, I could drop in a standard trigger, and I could drop in a standard selector. Adding the Rainier Raptor to that list wouldn't change anything.
I've got BCM Gunfighter charging handles on my two rifles now, and like them. When I did "pretend my Gunfighter is a Raptor" drills, I could see some advantage, but my right hand couldn't get a clean run at the charging handle because of the forward assist.
I know there are at least some proponents of never ever using the forward assist----names like Pat Rogers and Clint Smith. I'll give it a tap when I do a reload, but that's just reflex. I honestly don't think I can say I've ever needed it. Then it becomes a question of trying to evaluate whether giving up the forward assist for easier access to an ambi charging handle is worth it.
Particularly given the fairly rearward location of the charging handle, I think that the trade-off is probably a good one. Hopefully this'll generate some feedback from the more experienced.
Duffy:
You guys ought to consider a "super bundle" that packages your selector, the AXTS charging handle, and a Geissele trigger. I know that's a bundle I'd snap up for any new assembly, and I doubt if I'm the only guy that thinks that way. I think we're living in an exciting time in terms of AR development and refinement. It's cool to be in the middle of it.
Did you know in advance you were getting the aluminium version? Is there any visual way to tell if the handle is the old steel version, or the new aluminum? I'm interested in ordering one or two of these (to replace a gas buster and a G.I. CH), but I don't want the steel version.
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