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    How does it compare to the Raptor? Is it better?

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    How is the G's gas busting qualities? Compared to a CH with the RTV method (that I currently use thanks USMC03) ?
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    AXTS has released the "Freedom Bone" version of the Raptor to deal with gas to face issues. Anyone try it yet?

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    It'll be a while before I hit the range so I won't be able to comment on how it handles gas. With the Raptor, my eyepro, nose, and lips were dirty at the end of a range day shooting suppressed.

    I'm a right handed shooter and the buttstock is one position away from fully collapsed.

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    I did the RTV trick to the Raptor and it did help with gas. (10.3 bbl SpecwarK556)

    The freedom bone looks intriguing, but I hate the name

    Hey guys, check out mah new freedom bone

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    I'm just generally very surprised at how much premium charging handles cost. About $10-12 for a standard one, but BCM/VLTOR runs $50-75, Raptor about the same, Aero (which I think is more of a value brand) is also right up there for $70-80. I can't say that Geissele is CH is too overpriced at $90-100, I just think the whole market for charing handles is too expensive. If you think of it you can get a good bolt carrier with the proper mil-spec bolt for about $100.

    Bolt as a part alone would be around $40-70. You can't compare a precision machined part such as bolt or bolt carrier with a piece of cheap stamped aluminum.

    Edit: I just saw that a KAC ambi charging handle is listed at $150 (http://shop.knightarmco.com/ProductD...ductID=KM31177). All others listed above look like a bargain now.
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    Quote Originally Posted by alx01 View Post
    Bolt as a part alone would be around $40-70. You can't compare a precision machined part such as bolt or bolt carrier with a piece of cheap stamped aluminum.
    They are not a cheap piece of stamped aluminum. There is now a lot of competition at the $50-100 price point, so if they were 'overpriced' they would have come down in price by now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by elephantrider View Post
    They are not a cheap piece of stamped aluminum. There is now a lot of competition at the $50-100 price point, so if they were 'overpriced' they would have come down in price by now.
    Yeah, there's a lot of machine work (some CNC) that goes into these charging handles. I think there's a little room for the price to go down but, that's for the market to decide.
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    Quote Originally Posted by elephantrider View Post
    They are not a cheap piece of stamped aluminum. There is now a lot of competition at the $50-100 price point, so if they were 'overpriced' they would have come down in price by now.
    Everyone seems wait to get them when they're on sale/discounted, thus negating the full retail price point. Primary Arms' Raptor sales being the most well known. If these products generally only move due to discounted sales, that right there is a pretty good indicator of the retail price being 'too high' to begin with.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cane55 View Post
    How does it compare to the Raptor? Is it better?
    Slung across my chest the Raptor does not stab me, the Geissele does.

    Geissele has nicer texture grip to it when pulling.

    I'll by more Raptors, not another geissele.

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