The carry handle

[ckmark]

carrying your weapon by the carry handle was a smokeable offense when i was in the army. big no no.

Being in the army is a smokeable offense :P

[Failure2Stop]

The original Stoner AR-10 featured the upright charging handle, protected by the rear sight assembly/carry handle, as noted by apb2772.


Image from sturmgewehr.com.

My understanding is that in the redesign of the Stoner the carry handle was left over as reducing the sight height would not have been helpful due to the receiver extension requirement and natural head position/eye-level above the stock. Further, the "rail" of the carry-handle was used for archaic optic mounting.

The first removal of the carry handle as far as I know was to chop off the "handle", leaving the rear sight in place in order to place an Aimpoint forward of the rear sight on the receiver. While it didn't do much in the way of mounting ancilliary gear, it was a big step forward in escaping the gooseneck mount.

[Iraqgunz]

ck,

You may want to spell check "National Gaurd".

Being in the army is a smokeable offense :P

[markm]

The original Stoner AR-10 featured the upright charging handle, protected by the rear sight assembly/carry handle, as noted by apb2772.

Finally. The right answer.