Accidentially stumbled upon an "extra-power" charging handle latch spring today

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Accidentially stumbled upon an "extra-power" charging handle latch spring today

I just replaced the latch on a charging handle I have and I also happened to be cleaning a couple of SKS bolts with the Murrays firing pin spring installed.

I pulled the latch off, and much to my surprise, the spring that Murrays uses for his SKS firing pins is the exact same size (just 2 coils longer) then the spring for the charging handle latch.

I stuck the firing pin spring in the charging handle and it works great! It's just a touch harder to disengage, but I think it's a good idea because if it's harder to disengage the latch, that means it's also being held in place by more force, which means there's less of a chance that your charging handle could become dislodged accidentally.

Anyways, I thought it was worth mentioning here if anyone else is interested.

He sells them for a couple of bucks each on his website, just Google "Murray Firing Pin".
 
Never head of anyone having their charging handle disengage from the stock spring. Why do I want to make it tougher to engage the lever/lock than it needs to be? If I'm not mistaken, the BCG rides loosely in the slot of the charging handle and will keep it locked when the gun is in engaging a round, not like it's going to come flying back into your face with any kind of force unless your BCG is binding to your charging handle if that's possible.
 
Trinimon said:
not like it's going to come flying back into your face with any kind of force unless your BCG is binding to your charging handle if that's possible.
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You really think a tiny spring and latch would stop the BCG from coming back if they had welded themselves together?

All this "mod" does is compromise your rifle for zero added benefit.
 
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