New Cartridge Developments and Implications for Dismounted Infantry Soldiers

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That's Pretty much the idea I was trying to convey. The method he uses to charge is along the lines of more modern manual of arms techniques used on AR's nowadays, with varying approaches as to how the support hand is oriented when using the latch. With extended latches, you can palm them like he did...in your case, the palm might work without needing the loop idea I mentioned, depending on your ability to maintain muscular tension in your wrist in combination with your upper body mechanics.

Practicing a slightly modified variation of the technique (while sitting here at the computer), it seems as if it might work for me if I hold the grip with my right hand and use left palm on the charging handle. Need to try it with a real gun, though.

A complication is that, although I'm right-handed, I'll have to shoot left-handed. So, when I try the movement with hand positions reversed, it doesn't work at all well. However, since it's unlikely I'll be doing any tactical shooting, I suppose that doesn't really matter. For leisurely shooting from a bench, if what it takes to get the bolt all the way to the rear is to hold the grip with my right hand, then switch hands in order to shoot, who cares if it isn't tactically efficient...

I would recommend the BCM/VLTOR Large Latch Gunfighter Charge Handle over these, since it doesn't have a split in the Charge Handle like a standard CH. Basically, people running high round-count courses using aggressive one-handed charging techniques have broken piles of standard Charge Handles with extended latches, because the extended latches have the tendency to torque down on the rear "T" section of the handle, causing the thin bottom section to snap off, giving you a nose-slamming reciprocating charge handle.

Ouch! I hadn't heard of that before. Thanks for that tidbit.

I'd probably never shoot enough for that to be a concern, but it's good to know, anyway.