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Thread: Leave as is or buy a BCM GUNFIGHTER Ambidextrous Charging Handle

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    If it's not broken don't fix it. ARs have been running with same charging handle for about 50 years in general. I'm "running" a factory standard in my duty rifle, reason... Dept. Issued
    All Dept. Rifles set up same. Single Pt. Slings, 552 EOTEC.
    What would you be getting if you was "running" a pick up rifle probably factory standard. Could lead to "training scar" of use non-standard equipment.
    About half of mine have stock Charging Handles the rest BCM and tac latch to clear scopes.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Abraham View Post
    discreet,

    Those Raptor look great, but $90.00 - UGH!

    Heck, I thought the BCB's were costly, but the Raptor's are waaaaaay out there in cost!

    P.S. They do look good though...
    Wait til you see one in person. They're big. I never got to run one though.


    Quote Originally Posted by blade_68 View Post
    What would you be getting if you was "running" a pick up rifle probably factory standard. Could lead to "training scar" of use non-standard equipment.
    I see what you're saying... but my hand was slipping off stock CH's and hitting me in the head long before Gunfighters were around. If I had wet or bloody hands, that Gunfighter would be worth its weight in gold.
    "You people have too much time on your hands." - scottryan

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    I know those Raptor handles are expensive, but IMO they're worth every penny.
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    It's not terribly difficult to find some broken standard charging handles if you dig a little. BCM obviously thought there was generous room for improvement and did so with the gunfighter by eliminating the stresses put on the roll pin of standard charging handles. If I were looking to go ambi I'd spend the extra $20 or so (I don't remember the costs) and spring for the Raptor over the ambi Gunfighter. The latch "wing" design of the Raptor handles eliminated the occasional pinch (which is admittedly rare) I get with a mod 4 and the roll pins are quite a bit beefier on the Raptors. The Raptor is just an awesome piece of equipment all the way around IMO.I wish Raptors, BAD ASS selectors (I prefer the short throw version) and ALG QMS triggers were standard on all modern AR-15s. I think they are useful and practical upgrades (this becomes more evident the more you use them) and in no way reflect a "just adding parts for the heck of it" mentality.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Abraham View Post
    discreet,

    Those Raptor look great, but $90.00 - UGH!

    Heck, I thought the BCB's were costly, but the Raptor's are waaaaaay out there in cost!

    P.S. They do look good though...
    Honestly if they were 200$ I'd still use them. Honestly there just isn't a comparison between the BCM and Raptor. The raptor is completely on a different planet. It's something you will see quite a bit. Many people who have tried one or switched will never go back to anything else. But then you have those "hardcore" guys who just say run stock this and that (who obviously haven't tried the product to begin with).

    BCM or Raptor you should be happy, but keep in mind, if you do eventually try a Raptor after you buy a BCM, you will smack yourself for wasting the money on a BCM and not just putting a little more into a much better handle.

    Only issue right now is I think most places are out of stock on the Raptor, so something I'd do the notify me ordeal on each site before. (and only buy from reputable dealers to not get a clone)
    From TOS ... "buy the shit out of that thing, all the mil spec is just nonsense."

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    Quote Originally Posted by ffusaf23 View Post
    I wish Raptors, BAD ASS selectors (I prefer the short throw version) and ALG QMS triggers were standard on all modern AR-15s.
    It's standard on all my ARs.

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    I'm in line with most here in the thinking that if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

    I have seen my bud's BCM handle and though I liked it, I cannot justify buying that over more mag's or ammo.

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    These are a good deal,I have them on 2 AR's an they work good. They are out of stock right now, but you don't seem to be in a big hurry.

    http://www.bravocompanyusa.com/BCMGU...aining-use.htm

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    Quote Originally Posted by markm View Post
    Wait til you see one in person. They're big. I never got to run one though.




    I see what you're saying... but my hand was slipping off stock CH's and hitting me in the head long before Gunfighters were around. If I had wet or bloody hands, that Gunfighter would be worth its weight in gold.
    Maybe you knocked your dislike for LWRCI into yourself lmao


    I never understand peoples well stock is fine comment for this part. It seems all the people who say this don't have much experience actually using something else... otherwise I doubt they'd actually still be using the stock handle.

    BCM or Raptor IMO are the ways to go. Now blowing money on one of those Fortis handles ora PRI handle imo is just ****tarded.
    Last edited by discreet; 03-06-14 at 13:08.
    From TOS ... "buy the shit out of that thing, all the mil spec is just nonsense."

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    Oh man, you guys are influencing me. The more I read about the Raptor, the more I want one.

    Without, I hope, not sounding like a blowhard, I have the discretionary income to afford pretty much anything I want, but I'm kinda of a cheap bastard at times...

    I have a FDE Magpul configuration LE6920 that I've loaded up with all sorts of goodies and wanted to keep my KISS LE6920 fairly unadorned.

    That said, about the only thing I want on it is: A better trigger (ALG ACT or a Geissele G2S) and the slimmer B5 Keymod handguards. Now, dammit, I may buy the Raptor Ambi C.H. or not...I haven't decided yet, but yeah, I'm leaning...

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