A local machine shop has come up with a phenomenal new design for charging handles... They are 2 piece construction. The plunger is 4140 heat treated steel that is milled and then titanium nitride coated. It is then attached to the handle and latch with two allen bolts. The handle portion is 6061 aluminum that is anodized and has a extended tactical latch. The steel plunger is milled at a 90 degree angle to the plunger so that there is no stress or strain on the screws whatsoever.

The beauty of this is that the plunger can be replaced without having to replace the handle and latch mechanism. The steel should not bend but if it ever would it could be replace.

These are high end units designed for high end competition shooting where it is not uncommon for competitors to bend a plunger from time to time...

The entire piece is machined at a top quality machine shop here in the USA.

Want to get some feedback from guys as to what they think of these units...

Prices are $110 each.







Thanks in advance for any and all feedback.

They will be going into full production in the next few weeks. In the meantime I have a few available from the first (small) run...

Thanks,

Nathan

This post has been edited by LancoTactical: September 21st 2009 2:37 AM

That's a beautiful piece of work.




TS

I agree!

Is the latch aluminum or steel? (If I missed that above, I apologize).

Thanks guys for the positive feedback...

The latch is steel. It is actually a part that the shop just purchases and installs. They are even kicking around the idea of selling them without the latch at all that way the buyer can get whatever type of latch they want...

I also started a thread on the Non-FFL items For Sale section to get some feedback there if you want to check that one out too...
http://www.ar15armory.com/forums/Feedback-...pie-t65793.html