I broke an aluminum handle years ago. Busted it clean off.
But this was after hammering on it with a block of wood. I had a case rupture and actually bend the extractor out and into the barrel extension.
Would a steel charging handle have made a difference? Maybe. But we're talking once in a lifetime occurrence.
“The rifle itself has no moral stature, since it has no will of its own. Naturally, it may be used by evil men for evil purposes, but there are more good men than evil, and while the latter cannot be persuaded to the path of righteousness by propaganda, they can certainly be corrected by good men with rifles."
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