Strike Industries Latchless Phantom Charging Handle Now Available In Three Colors
In the first of many new products that Strike Industries now has notified us about, they are now offering the Phantom charging handle in a gray color. For those of you not familiar with the Phantom charging handle, it is an ambidextrous charging handle that uses a hidden spring clip to keep it in place instead of a latch. When the charging handle is in its resting position the spring clip engages the cutout that allows you to get the two ears on the charging handle shaft into the channel.
Somehow we hadn’t run something on the Phantom until now, but the charging handle was introduced at SHOT 2016 when we covered the prototype. The production model is made from a 7075 aluminum and has some cutouts in the bottom of the handle to vent gas and keep it out of your face.
The Phantom charging handle is for standard mil-spec AR-15s only, it will not work correctly with suppressors, full auto fire, or barrels under 14.5″ in length. I understand that the gas blowback on suppressed, full auto and short barrel guns is strong enough to overcome the spring and damage the charging handle. As long as you are using it on a rifle that is semi-auto and has a barrel longer than 14.5″ you will be good to go.
You can learn more about the Phantom charging handle over at Strike Industries website. MSRP is set at $35.95 and they are available for purchase now.
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I am not a fan of these "latchless" charging handles, but of all the ones I have seen...
This one looks to be one that has a chance to actually work, without damaging the receiver.
Other designs I have seen high speed video of them not working, or pics of rapid wear at the latch point.
I will stick with my gunfighter CHs.
Funny how they're recommending a charging handle that doesn't function on suppressed weapons when nearly every single post relating to suppressors on this blog INSISTS that all guns NEED TO BE silenced and aren't complete until they are.