Reviews & Ratings for POF USA Archangel Ambidextrous Charging Handle .223 Caliber Black Anodize 00813P — 1 review — Page 1

Full disclosure, this is my first aftermarket charging handle, so please take this with a grain of salt. I've been using it for a little over a year and several hundred to a thousand rounds with a lot of disassembly to clean in between and some immediate action, both intentional and annoyingly unintentional. These are just my personal thoughts. Some people love this charging handle, others not so much.
Now I, like many introduced to shooting in recent decades, got introduced to shooting by the military via M16/M4s. So since the first time I learned to strip and reassemble to my thousandth rep of SPORTS, it's the platform I'm most familiar with. Now anyone that's got an entry-level AR15 or handled a basic-issue M4/M16 knows that the charging handle has a catch that has to be engaged on the left side. Honestly, I'm not sure what the rationale was behind this design since the platform easily favors right-handed shooting. As a result, you either have to grab both sides of it to charge, or if you're left-handed you discovered your one advantage in only having to grab one side.
The advantage of ambidextrous charging handles of course is that you can grab either or both. Now, as far as the functionality of this particular product, it fulfills that purpose just fine. Aesthetically it has a crusader vibe to it. The broadsword down the middle is cool and the handles are little angel wings, hence its name "Archangel." The edges are a little sharper than some other OEM variants, not sh...
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