Aside from the obvious benefits such as no roll pin stress and the longer life span of the CH, there is also the benefit of a straight pull back with one hand. If you take a standard charging handle and rack it about a hundred times you will see serious wear and tear on the right hand side of the CH from racking it with your left hand. Compare that to a Gunfighter, you will see hardly any wear and tear. Why?
Simple. With the standard CH you end up riding the latch more so than the actual handle. This puts a lot of leverage against the CH forcing it to rub against the upper.
When using a Gunfighter, the latch doesn't move as much because of the design, and therefore the force applied is more evenly distributed and the CH is pulled straight back. This means longer life of the CH and less wear and tear on the upper and on the CH.
Also the Gunfighter is a bit thicker than a standard CH and doesn't flex as much either. Overall the Gunfighter is arguably the best. If they could just somehow mix the GF and the GB charging handles you would have the pinnacle of charging handles (one CH to rule them all).![]()



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