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223 vs 308 Charging handle latch?


acgeorge

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3 hours ago, acgeorge said:

Is the charging handle latch interchangeable between 223 and 308?

For the most part, yes indeed.  The standard latch is still the standard latch, doesn't matter if it's 5.56 or .308 handle.  Same part.  Extended latches that you can buy for 5.56 stuff will work in a standard .308 handle, if it's replacing a standard-design latch.

You won't be finding any BCM large Mod 3 latches and sticking them in a standard .308 handle, though. 

Any Badger Tac latch, PRI Big latch, PRI Combat latch,etc - will work in a regular, run of the mill .308 handle, though.  I'm a fan of the PRI Combat latch, myself, if I must go that course.

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31 minutes ago, Robocop1051 said:

Changing a CH latch may be my least favorite task. Even more so than a gas tube roll pin. 

Yup....old charging handles are banished to the spare parts box.  Holding a tiny spring in place while lining up tiny holes and pounding a tiny pin into that tiny hole without the spring popping out is no fun.

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