An I the only one who like side charging handles more than rear charging handle? Lol

lawn gnome said:
My first rifle experience was learning the FN the army way.
"Left hand operated" was a brilliant concept to me as a right handed guy.
The right hand stayed put on the trigger and grip and the left hand did what ever was needed.

There is no perfect rifle and the concept of amnidextruous is mere admission to it.
Stag is probably the only AR builder who address the pronlem by offering mirror image ARs in left hand mode.
Yet, even then they still have the centered cocking handle problem.
That's right, I said problem.
You still have to poull your face away to #### the thing.
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Right on!

That is it right there.

Having a side charging handle/controls etc on the off trigger hand side lets you do the work without losing target acquisition or control of the firearm.

Important when hunting etc for all kinds of reasons such as efficiency, speed and accuracy etc.

Even when on the right side you can do it with your left hand kind of anyway but prefer the charging handle be 100% on the side versus rear.

lawn gnome said:
The closest thing that I have found to my FMC1 perfection is,,,wait for it,,,, the Robinson XCR.
Left hand charging handle and ambi everything else.
Latest rifle to impress me has been the WK180C with the option of putting the cocking handle on what side you want.

There are a few other rifles with the changing the side option.

Some have stuck with the true ambi concept of the original AR10 like the T97, but folks don't want to hear things like that about the little ol' T97. For leftoes ejection ports matter. My advise is to grow a mustache to hide the hot casing scars.

I like charging handles on the side of the off hand.
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One of the reasons I 'favour' the Tavor! :)

You can switch it around as desired.

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Lol forgot I started this this thread, I look and it’s got 3 pages lol.....

I have tried a raptor charging handle on a stag 10 and I still don’t like it. I want a modern sporter but this now has me thinking of a modern varminter cuz of the side charging handle. How reliable and durable is that atrs side charging system?
 
I have only shot a Modern varmint once so I cant speak to durability - accuracy was very good although I have heard about ammo fussyness. There are also other NR black rifle options to consider with left hand charging (such as the Tavor, XCR and ACR platforms to name a few).
 
I have a Modern Hunter and a Modern Sporter. The side charger has been excellent on the MH (about 1500 rounds to date) and I really do prefer it with medium to large scopes to the rear charger of the MS.
They both what they are supposed to do, but it gets harder to get my fingers into the rear charge handle with a bigger scope. Perhaps if I set it higher up it would be easier.
As well, I had the Aussie FN before they took that away from me, and I really got used to the side charger years ago.
 
It looks like the modern varminter would be more quality than an acr or xcr. More accurate too I’m thinking. Not so bulky like the acr. I’d like to see what guys are saying about the modern varmint after thousands of rounds of use. I like how it looks.
 
Having used side charging, L1A1 and SKS and centre pull AR15 I think that side charging is easier to use especially with a scope. Having said that I don't think it is a big deal as you typically release the bolt rather than pull back the bolt with an AR. A nice little feature of the L1A1 was the charging handle automatically folds out of the way when you release the slide.
 
Funny. No one has brought up the fact that quite often it is not neccessarliy the charging handle that is the problem but the nature of the optic mount and if it interferes with the manipulation of controls.

I have found the odd optic can not be used with certain rifles strictly becaue they interfere with manipulation of the controls.
EG, the nuts were so close to the cocking handle that you would inevitably shred your knuckles every time you cocked the rifle.
 
I prefer the AR rear CH.

- design is capable of simultaneous ambidexterity
- easier to locate relative to trigger-finger hand and your head (low light, stress, etc,)
- the design seals up the action to prevent ingress of debris, vs the open slot on many side chargers
- more flexibility to mount stuff on the rifle without getting your fingers jammed up
 
There is a decent deal on a Modern Varmint on the EE right now if you're seriously considering going with a side charging handle platform.

https://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php/1816048-ATRS-Modern-Varmint-223

I have bought a bunch of Modern Sporter receivers BUT I will never sell my MV because I absolutely love the side charging handle and the ambi bolt release.

I would buy that Modern Varmint myself if I didn't spend a small fortune lately on MS builds and a Stag 10 build.

That being said I have NO issue with the standard AR rear charging handle. Whatever platform you have you will get used to how it operates.
 
I like many others was trained on the FN back in the mist of time... oh and we had a cold war going on too :)

I like the side charging handle and have never really warmed to that rear charging handle. I still grab it left handed. Screw your fancy pants drills I'll do them my way :)
 
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