Is it okay to pick my AR up by the carry handle? - Actual question Ive seen on multiple AR forums.

“Is it okay to pick my AR up by the carry handle?” - Actual question I’ve seen on multiple AR forums. What’s wrong with them, /k/?

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  1. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Every time you do, a DI rapes a recruit.

  2. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I'm faping to you in your dreams!

  3. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Well?
    Is it??

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      It makes mustard gas.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        No it doesn't, it makes nerve gas.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          No you fricking ding dong it makes 93 octane gas

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            My mower never cut so good!

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        No it doesn't, it makes nerve gas.

        isn't that good if you're in a warzone

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          No. If you're caught using chemical weapons Obama will intervene

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      The Military hates it because it's not a "ready carry" and you'd need to reposition your hand to shoot the gun. Boomers hate it because they once read in "Shooting Times" that the Carry Handle wasn't made to be used as a carry handle (it wasn't, it evolved from a charging handle guard from back when they were top charge instead of rear charge).

      Neither of these reasons to "avoid carrying the rifle by the carry handle" address whether carrying the rifle by the carry handle hurts anything. Because it doesn't hurt anything, it's fine, carry it by the handle all you want unless you're using a carry handle mounted scope.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        In fixed carry handles? No, nothing happens, but it's potentially not the optimal way to carry your rifle depending on what you're doing.
        For detachable carry handles? Yes, because they are known to occasionally pop off from their rail when you carry them around with it, which is one of the many reasons that the detachable carry handle is an extremely moronic invention.

        >(it wasn't, it evolved from a charging handle guard from back when they were top charge instead of rear charge).
        It was a multipurpose part. Guard for the charging handle, a place to mount a scope, and a raised position to put the rear sight in to match how the stock is fully in-line, as well as being usable as a carry handle.
        It's extremely slick in that aspect, but the main issue is that the charging handle inside the carry handle tends to get hot pretty fast with shooting.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          Can you put a scope on the top chargers? I thought the scope mount nut would end up interfering with the stroke of the top charge hook.

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            Actually, I may be mistaken about that, the old AR10s with the top-chargers don't have the hole (at least this one doesn't), so perhaps that was devised at a later time after they changed to the T handle.

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            https://i.imgur.com/dTH9J8o.jpg

            Actually, I may be mistaken about that, the old AR10s with the top-chargers don't have the hole (at least this one doesn't), so perhaps that was devised at a later time after they changed to the T handle.

            The Brownell's BRN-Proto uppers with the top mounted trigger-style charging handle did not come with a hole for mounting optics. In theory if it did have a hole for mounting an optic, you could remove material from the charging handle to clear the nut on the underside. But that would be dumb.

            Not sure about the Brownell's AR-10 models, but I'd also guess they didn't for the same reasons.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          >known to pop off
          >actually references morons who don't torque down/witness mark their knobs
          Why do you people do this? Stop using morons as an argument against shit.

  4. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    A1/A2 you're probably fine. Detachable, no. That's your goddamn sight man. Why would you in either scenario though? There's way better ways to hold your ar.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      I see high-tier long range competitive shooters carry their rifles by the scope. I can swing my AUG around by scope and there's no shift. Why are ar15s so finicky and weak?

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        they're not, people just believe fuddlore way too much
        I carried a 20in HBAR around by the detachable carry handle for years and never had an issue, never lost zero.

  5. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I tralala with mine like I'm a kid with a lunchbox.
    no problems yet. if it doesn't work, it deserves to be scrap, and I'll find something that works.

  6. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    it's a carry handle.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      It’s not even an ambiguously named handle.

  7. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Detachable carry handles like in your pic should not be carried by the handle. Their dimensions are much smaller than a normal carry handle. I've tried using the handle and can not fit my hand in it unless I squeeze it in and then it becomes a liability.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      dude, you're not powerlifting. use the tips of your fingers.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        I can't think of any other object that has a handle that is only designed to be carried with finger tips. If it's designed to only fit your fingertips, then it is not designed to be carried.

  8. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >non functioning carry handle
    Ngmi

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