Strike Industries ARCH AR-15 Charging Handle Extended Latch - Red

ive been having this charging handle since 2016 it works for what it needs to do and hasnt failed me yet

OK, I'm an old fart, up-dating my competition rifles, float tubes on my varmint hunting rifles. I ordered two of these charging handles, one red (competition rifle) and one black (varmint rifle). I also like to keep as much of my money as possible without compromising on reliability.

Having seen the price on other charging handles, I took the risk and bought the two above. Well I'm order a two more as my budget allows at the present, need I say more. They are great, same, same originals only better looking.

I use the Red, Blue and Black charging handles to differentiate between 5.56, .300 Ham'r, and 6.5 Grendel. The plan went into place when a shooting friend picked up 5.56 AR and a magazine full of .300 Ham'r ammo.

Can twist/bend when charging if you're not to careful. If I can go back, I'd just stick to a milspec.

Nice looking charging handle. I bought to go with the red ambi-switch and dust cover from TimberCreek.com.

My only knock against it is that the red finish comes off really fast. After a few magazines and charges, you will see what I'm talking about.

I bought a blue one too, and I rate it the same.

Latch locks well and operates fine. Red matches other red parts. Nothing bad to say here, especially at the price point.

Well made and anodized evenly. Latch locks up great and fits the hand well. I built a Red, White and Blue AR and this fit the bill for one of the ingredients.

I have several of these and one of the HUGE advantages I like is being able to use it for a chamber flag at my local range (Red Charging Handle) At cease fire I have to have a Red, Neon Orange, Hiviz Yellow/green indicator that the chamber is empty, and this qualifies at my range.

The additional real estate on the paddle is great for charging.

The standard charging handle on my PSA AR15 was very gritty and rough and I hated it. I replaced it with this Strike Industries charging handle and immediately was impressed at how much smoother it is to pull back especially with the extended grip. For those of you who have scopes mounted know it can kind-of get in the way of your charging handle. Having the extension on the side makes it so much easier to rack the bolt back. I will definitely get another one of these for my next build. The color is also awesome and stands out against a black rifle.

Great Quality