Yea, it hurts. but it is great. - Aero Precision .308 Ambidextrous Charging Handle

Running an AR-10 with a big piece of glass at any sort of reasonable eye relief means that you are going to be hating life if you run a run of an out of the box, run of the mill charging handle.

This was the case for me which is why I started shopping. My main criteria was that I needed a handle which was ambidextrous - you never know when a barrier’s corner will prevent you from clearing a discharge with the left side of the handle, so the entire paradigm around left-side on handles really needs to disappear - they simply don’t take into consideration that environments aren’t always perfect and they change on a dime, let alone the fact that you never know when you may need to switch hands to shoot depending on barriers or injuries.

I also wanted something that stuck out a fair bit. On my AR-15’s I run Strike Inudustries latchless handles with extended nubs and they are just AWESOME…but I couldn’t find a latchless system quite like that for the 10.

So yes, the bear-claw latch buttons hurt like a mother if you’re bare handed, but they are absolutely worth it because you never know if your environment will create a purchase problem (such as if it’s raining, snowing, or your hands are covered in grease) so despite their pain, they will assure you ALWAYS get ample purchase.

This handle is awesome and absolutely recommended