Which Ambi Charging Handle?

[Alex V]

With ambidextrous becoming more and more prevalent I figured I would jump on the bandwagon and see what it's all about.

I am having trouble deciding between the BCM Gunfighter and the Giessele Airborne. Currently I am running non ambi BCM CHs in all my ARs, both 5.56 and 7.62 and I like them. I have no experience with Giessele CHs.

What does M4C say?

Thanks!

[Stickman]

BCM and Raptor are both solid.


ETA- I left out Geissele.

[RHINOWSO]

Much love for the Geissele SCH (optic equipped rifles) and the smaller latched ACH (RDS rifles), but I never pay full price and stocked up on the 50% off Xmas sale. Before that the most I had paid was $57 for one.

The new BCMs look nice (older versions pinched the #$%& out of my fingers often), but as I'm good with Geisseles offerings, I haven't used one.

[MountainRaven]

I <3 the Geissele. SCH or ACH, doesn't matter. I like them both.

I've also used the Raptor. The Raptor's fine. If I had one, I probably wouldn't feel any great need to buy a Geissele. But I'd rather have the Geissele, all the same, and would probably end up buying a G, anyway.

If BCM had come out with their newer charging handle before the Geissele charging handle, I'd have probably bought and tried one by now. But I haven't, because I have no complaints about the Geissele and see no reason to go with something I haven't tried when I like the Geissele so well.

Like Rhino, I've used the older BCM charging handles and got my fingers pinched every now and again.

[wigbones]

Between the BCM and Geissele Airborne I prefer the Airborne.

[BoyScout4Life]

Between the BCM and Geissele Airborne I prefer the Airborne.

+1 I love my airborne model.

[rpoL98]

another AR-15 ambi is the Troy. has controls that's about the size of USGI mil-spec, but ambi small paddles. goes on sale every now and then at PriArms for about $60, at least that's what it was a few years back.

another option to consider, especially if you don't want BIG control surfaces, paddles.

[TexasAggie2005]

Much love for the Geissele SCH (optic equipped rifles) and the smaller latched ACH (RDS rifles), but I never pay full price and stocked up on the 50% off Xmas sale. Before that the most I had paid was $57 for one.

This.

[drtywk]

In order: Raptor, Badger Ordnance, and BCM. The Raptor family is very well thought out and extremely robust. I also like that they offer a vented version for suppressed use. The Badger ones are excellent as well. Very smooth, radiused lines, but on the upper end of the price spectrum. BCM speaks for itself and I really like the current generation for being lower profile than the previous versions and the cost is extremely fair for what they are.

I have had the Geissele SCH and the Airborne version and I'm not a fan or either, they are bulky and expensive. Plus I refuse to give Bill any more of my money for how they have handled a specific government contract.

[markm]

BCM all the way. My reason is that I can't stand MASSIVE charging handles. And their current model is awesome. We run one on Pappabears SPR. Solid, good size, and works right.

If you like monster charging handles, no problem, but my sternum hates them.