With modern optics and some batteries lasting in the years, I don't see why you would not trust your optic to always be on? Some folks remove all buis from their rifles just to save some weight. While it might not sound like a lot, shaving just a tiny bit of weight and carrying it all day will help greatly.
I have a carry handle on my Ruger AR556… I grew up in the 80s and got into guns in high school in the early 90s, so I come from the day when pic rails and flat top receivers weren’t a thing. That carry handle look *is* the AR15/M 16 to me.
I LOVE the carry handle sight system. A1 or A2, both are excellent. Nowadays, the best I could do was get a flat top with a detachable handle. Nobody makes the old A1 or A2 receivers! Remember just twenty years ago, the built-in carry handle was the default and you paid extra to get the "fancy" flat tops! I must be getting old.
Fit'n Fire It works great to carry the rifle, too! I made a lot of use of that hiking around old mining districts in southern Arizona. A 20" pencil barrel carries great...
It wasn’t originally meant to be a carry hand, was supposed to be a guard for the “trigger” style charging handle in some early AR-10, but it stay en the later models with the current type of charging handle as a based for the rear raised sight. But I agree it really works great for carrying the thing
I spent the earlier years of my AR hobby time building flat tops with various optics. I never went full "tacti-cool" rail insanity, but played with various co-witness dots and flip up BUIS. I have now gone old school, and have 2 carry handle AR's. A third one is in the works right now - M16A1 clone. All of these complement a Mauser bolt gun and an M1 Garand. I am loving the retro fun, and appreciate the stripped down lack of supertech. Every trip to the range with iron sights is a true indulgence in man married to machine. Nice vid, nice guns!
Until yesterday I had never shot an ar15. 40 years ago, however I was awarded my expert marksman ribbon with my pos m16a2. So when I took the plunge into ar15dum I built that exact same a2 hbar (with carry handle) that you were cuddling in the video. Now, I too have romantic /nostalgic feelings. This one just shoots a little better. Bob Woodrow Wilson 2
I love them too, but what feels like home to me is what I just bought. A Colt AR 15 SP1 with a original 3x20 scope on the carrying handle. I was in the USAF for 21 starting in 1984, when I was issued the M16 model 604 which looks and feels like the SP1, which means no brass deflector or fwd assist. The only real difference between the two weapon systems is semi vs full auto and the fwd take down pin, SP1 has a screw assembly.
The carry handle guns are the basic foundation for a highly effective, and efficient, battle gun. They look slick and I too and a big fan of their simplicity.
I'm with you. I can't get enough of the ar15 platform rifles and carbines. I've a lot of configurations. but I always come back to the basic rifle with a carryhandle 😊
Got my first AR from Palmetto 2 weeks ago and they are still out of stock on the carry handles, did a search for what's the best available reviews, here I am !! Just subscribed and look forward to your videos. I had help in choosing what I got thru 2A Edu and his channel and followers. We're Michigan guys!!
The M16A2 is very nostalgia for me. I’m a young man 36 years old master stepdad who adopted me when I was four years old, was retired from the military and fall in Vietnam. The first gun I shot was the M1 carbine, and then the A2 with the carry handle.
Kotaboy I have two m16a ones with carry handles one is a retro one is a 1968 Colt that has a tax stamp paperwork and yes has a fun switch. I had an M16 A2 that I carried for the beginning of the Iraq War later switched over to the M4 once our battalion Commander got them for us. Give me a 20 inch barrel M16 any day over a 14 and 1/2 in especially in Afghanistan when you're reaching out a little further than a couple hundred yards.
20" barrels are the best. Shoot some mild steel with M193 out of a 20" and a 16" or 14.5", then compare the effects on the target. There is a significant difference.
I recently picked up a madhouse carry handle, I found it brand new in a clearance section at my local tacticool store, paid $20.00 for it. These are a modern take on an old school design. I didn't think that I would like it but damn once I put it on an upper the rifle went from plain Jane to space force cool.
My carry handle makes me think of the song "I don't know why I love you but I do." I have the A2 carry handle on one build and a vortex 1-6x24 on the other. I don't play favorites with my children but the A2 makes me happy. I did the RIBZ modification on the A2 yesterday at the range. Fun! Thanks!
I have two A2 carry handle rifles, a 20” barreled bushmaster I bought in ‘92 and an 11.5” heavy barreled DPMS with a pinned/welded 5.5” flash hider. I love them both!
My fixed carry handle sight was modified by White Oak Precision now moving up/down on 2 guide rods to assure no twist of sight base as it is adjusted from 200 yard to 600 yard range. This assures my no-wind zero does not need to be readjusted going from 200 to 600 yards. Also the mechanism is 1/4 MOA elevation instead of stock 1 MOA and windage is 1/4 MOA instead of 1/2 MOA. Of course the sight no longer has a BDC function like the stock A2 rifle. It now is marked for 200, 300, 500 and 600 yards. For 1000 yard shooting I use the 600 yard rear sight setting and run down the front sight 3 full revs.
My first AR was a "pre 1994 ban" used pawn shop 1987 PWA lower with a 20" Colt upper with a fixed carry handle that I bought in 2006. I had no idea that the "cheapest, crappiest, oldest" AR-15 in the whole store was worth a small fortune :) I never liked the carry handle, but the iron sights were very accurate. I no longer own anything with a carry handle to show!
I love the old-school look of the AR-15 I was never in a military but I'm from the 1980s I guess you got to be from the sixties seventies and eighties to love the classics each to their own I guess
I have a 16" AR with a detachable carry handle. My Army career started out with an M16A1 and I had those for the 3 years I was reserve in the early 90's. Then I carried the A2 when I was active in the mid 90's and took it on my first deployment, Bosnia, 1996.
NICE!!, My latest build is like your last one, PSA fixed stock kit with polished trigger, and 20" upper with detachable carry handle I got for $220 before they raised the price to $249. Added my premium PSA bolt and carry handle and an Anderson lower. total cost $500. what a great rifle for a great price.
I have one that is similar to your 14.5 carbine but I got the fat body handguard and carbine stock instead. I like how you have to dial in the drum. I set it where it bottoms out 6 clicks below the 6/3 marking so that I can have a 100 yard zero and 300 yard zero at the same time. I don't ever go past the Z marking on my drum mostly because the range I'm at is 300 yards max and I don't think you can really shoot beyond that with an ar.
I love reflex optics for flat tops and yes, I will uninstall the optic and run the carry handle time to time. If you have AR15 parts that you still use, always practice with them for optimal efficiency and to maintain a high safety factor of their use. I have an AR15 lower set up exactly how I want it upgrades an all. I have 3 AR15 uppers set up for my change-ups. (1) Home Defense (it’s normal day to day set up), (2) Plinking (3) Hunting. My mounts are all solid QD platforms that maintain zero excellently. This allows easy transitions between the uppers for accessories etc. Any tool is only as good as the Hand, Body, and Soul that welds it. Practice! Practice! Practice! When your CQB, Medium Range, Long Range skills, as well as your particular weapon knowledge and use of it, you know it’s strong points as well as its weakest, and can operate it effectively in inclement weather, day-night conditions, shooting from different positions as well as left-right, and can maintain high safety gun control whether alone, with friends, or bad conditions. You are that person! Worthy of our Countries Constitutional Rights to bear arms. Whether you taught yourself, learned in the armed forces, law institutions, or gun training operations and classes. To ‘Own’ should be much more than just the right to have. Be that person! Who knows how to maintain, be efficient with, control and keep high standards of safety. Our future with our ‘Rights’ may just depend ‘own-it’.
Here’s what research will reveal: the detachable carry handle sight has a .5 MOA per click elevation value when attached to an A4 and a .75 MOA per click value when attached to an M4. These conditions mean an exacting BDC function from an A4 shooting M855 but a very poor BDC function when shooting M855 from an M4. For example: 24 clicks from 6/3 to 6/3 represents 12 MOA on an A2, which is pretty close to the 12.3 MOA adjustment need going from 300 to 600 meters; however, when the sight is attached to an M4 the 6/3 to 6/3 adjust delivers 19 minutes of adjustment when the need is only for 14 minutes, meaning the shooter will shoot about 2 feet over aim on a 600 meter target. At any rate, the bottom-line is the detachable carry handle sight’s BDC function is awesome when the sight is attached to an A4 when shooting M855 but so bad on an M4 that the M4 should have had BDC markings reset, but of course that did not happen. My solution has been to remark the wheel with fingernail polish.
I have a colt 6920 with a detachable carry handle currently on it, my other is a early 601 clone from Brownells which is my favorite so far, since it has a 1 in 12 twist rate on a 20" barrel. I love it.
Love carry handles and irons. My dots and scopes are always better groupers, but a dialed in carry handle with the BDC dial is an awesome piece of engineering to behold with the IBZ.
I have a dissipater with A1 furniture...triangle h/g, 3 prong flash, A1 stock, canvas sling, and detachable carry handle (mock 605)....big hit at the range
I've had my A1 build with a surplus M16A1 upper since before retro was cool. Now also rocking an A2 carbine with fixed carry handle. Love them more than my flat tops.
I bought an a2 upper to put on the psa 20 inch kit. All ill need to do is pull the barrel out and swap uppers. (Then figure out what upper to build with the a4 upper that comes off the psa kit.)
i love iron sights in general, I always wanted a full m16a2 style ar just like you have. When i was looking for my first ar15 i found a DTI used with a burris scope mount and a ncstar scope for around $400. The first thing i did was give the mount and scope to dad for his ar and found a used carry handle sight in a discount bin at a peddlers mall. I want to put a light on the gun but other than that you can't go wrong with iron sights plus i can't afford an ACOG lol.
I have a 16 inch PSA M4 carbine with a Anderson lower with a carrie handle on it. I love love it. It's my favorite one. I have others but I always go back to it and shoot at the range. 😀
My issue in basic was a m16a4 that was still relatively new. First or second issue new. When I got to my unit, we had M4s that still had the CAR15 stocks and the half handguard, with the 1913 rails on the bottom. We also had the crappy M68s that would fog up and I could never use due to color deficiency. So it was carry handle only until I got issued an Acog in Iraq.
Just built my first and second AR’s, neither with carry handles. Got a scope on one, red dot and flip-ups on the other. Unfortunately, I do however, have fairly substantial “love handles!”
I bought a Colt 6920LE M4A1 years ago. It didn’t come with a carry handle, had the matech rear sight, also had Knights armament panels and collapse stock. So it’s not 100% classic. Anyway I found a brand new Colt carry handle and I was tickle pink. So yeah for me the Colt with the carry handle is classic and I’ll never change it. I have other ARs to play dress up with, I’m keeping the Colt classic.
dealer had sale on bushmaster ARs for $600.i picked the one with a carry handle.the sights are tight and works well.i wanted a basic ass in the grass AR.rifle shoots straighter than i do.
My main rifle right now has a C7 carry handle with a Primary Arms 2.5x prism optic (I believe your videos helped me choose that one - great glass for the price!). I'm looking to replace the C7 upper with a flattop, and bite the bullet and put a TA01NSN or TA31 on the rifle. Life is too short to not buy the best available when money permits.
Yeah I'm pretty much like a heroin junkie when it comes to AR-15s LOL I have 26 of them my wife came home from work the other day and I had them all laid out on the floor in the living room and I was taking some pictures and I laid down in between them and had all of them I've got pistol versions 9mm carbines 556 458 Socom 6.5 Grendel and I'm getting ready to build a Spike's 9mm carbine and a 224 Valkyrie gun and I still have six sets of receivers that I have to build so I should have over 30 by the time I'm done and I'll still be looking for more and that's not the LR 308 or the AR-10 either LOL hopelessly addicted LOL. I have to sneak them in the house now if my old lady catches one more gun box she threatened to put me in the garage full-time. However I do have a shower and a bathroom in the garage so it's not that bad LOL take care brother!
Mike Carlson not a big fan of the 5.7 by 28 millimeter round. The bullets that were good to get that would penetrate soft body armor and actually were effective were banned or at least impossible to try to get a hold of. And the regular rounds that you fire in the FN pistol and in the AR 5.7 s just really does nothing after about a hundred and seventy-five yards it's good for close-up work. Just loses the power that a cartridge needs to make significant penetration at over 200 yards. More like 175 and I was getting bullets that wouldn't penetrate 3 mm of aluminum. When it first came out I was on board because I liked the AR-15s that had the 50-round magazines I believe that the P90 uses. Then after firing the ammunition that is available to the General Public I wasn't impressed. If we could get the more powerful rounds in 5.7 by 28 mm I would consider building 1. But there's just new cartridges that are coming out that are doing really really well in ballistic such as the 224 Valkyrie and that's really what I'm interested in because the price of the 224 Valkyrie is the same as 223 Remington. And let's face it after spending almost $3 around for my 458 Socom and almost $2.10 around for my 6.5 Grendel I'm down to cheap stuff. LOL
LoL, I totally agree with you on those people who hang everything off their AR’s including the kitchen sink😂 I like and assemble my own A1/A2 clones, real carry handles, ( iron sights) real butt stocks ( not that rickety adjustable crap) and I shoot just as good as my buddy with his flat top/ dot thingy.
I "grew up" in the Army first with the Ms16A1, later with the A2. After 20 years enlisted, I got a commission, and while at training at Fort Benning, we had to qualify with the M4 WITH OPTICS! I could not, for my life, hit the target. I can't remember how I did it, but I did not used the optics and finally qualified using the iron sights.
Really? That seems strange to me. I had the opposite experience. I used to really like the A2 sighting, then I got an EOTech and wow, what a world of difference. I was able to hit targets really fast and easy with it. Matter of fact, I never really looked at the target with the A2. I just concentrated on the front sight post and it would line up and hit the target. With the eotech, I thought it was so cool that I could look at the target. Oftentimes being able to identify and hit targets really easily within a split second compared to the iron sight which was you see the target, then you concentrate on the front sight and hope your target didn't move.
I have a 20” ar with a carry handle sight. It’s a formidable rifle and shouldn’t be underestimated. I can make hits consistently at 300 yards on my 12” steel gong. don’t overlook iron sights.
im in the middle of building a 11.5 pistol with an a2 upper kinda like the comando from heat with the shockwave brace instead of a stock right now i have a 11.5 spikes pistol with a detachable carry handle but i figured if i went with the a2 upper it will save me the weight plus bcm has a 11.5 barrel under 1lb
Just bought me a Colt carry handle and I’m just Getty as a pig 🐗.... I’m watching all your videos on carry handles!!!! P.S. I do have multiple AR’s & can shoot them very well, but now I need to sight my carry new/used handle lol.
I personally love the carry handles but never used one in the marine corps just the acog. I also notice that with each rifle I build i go more an more basis instead of having all the junk on it Haha . I watch an support all your videos keep it up lol.
I like the carry handles too. Built my left handed Stag 20" barrel into a M16A1 tribute with the triangle handguards. Not to fond of the detachable carry handles, though. Anyone know of a company that makes a left handed upper with the carry handle built in?
I've built all my are in the m4 flat top style. And don't own a carry handle a2 style but am interested. Want to buy it this time strait out of the box which one do you recommend? I feel the cheaper ones won't have chrome lined barrels. So I prolly will need to spend 1k or more for one?
Lotaboy please help. I want to use a primary arms ACSS 4X prism scope mounted to the top of my carry handle. Any ACOG mounting solution works with it. What is the best way to do that? Just screw in one screw through he carry handle hole? where do I get a special screw like that? It is hard to use an allen wrench to fasten in the existing screw to the scope and it does not fit flush.
You can get an adapter for the carry handle that also allows the use of the iron sights if that helps ya any. www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_4_7?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=ar+carry+handle+scope+mount&sprefix=AR+carr%2Caps%2C219&crid=2JCOJ1ZX4AI6Q
USMC 1984 - 1994 We had the A2 with carry handles. I want to buy a carry handle but i dont want to spend $175 for a colt. Looking for the best mil spec on a budget. Any suggetions?
I love carry handles and I like my PSA PA-15. I'm building a Bravo Company AR soon but the PA is just so I can beat the shit out of it and not have to worry about scratching it up.
Saying its home to me would be the M16A2 rifle sorry we didn't have carbines in the USMC so my personal build is the A2 I do have a M4 with A2 upper too.
During my short "visit" to that South East Asia country in 1970, before I was medevacked to Guam, I never saw a Marine Grunt ever carry their M16 by the carry handle.
Yeah I'd rather build a bunch in a task specific per rig setup. My ONLY AR right now i built for range and durability and the only "extra" is backup sights. Definitely building an m4 and an A2 soon.
My first experience was in 1985 Ft.Sill OK. And it was with a M16A1. Beat to hell, no finish left on the weapon and rattled like a 72 pinto. Must of came from the jungles of Vietnam. SGT said to use a bullet tip to adjust rear sight. ( my ass!!) Site was seized up, but I wasn't going to complain to a drill sergeant. Was lucky to get Marksman out of that thing but I will have to say one thing for it ,it never jammed, never gave me one lick of mechanical problem. So i say thank God for red dots!!
Kotaboy32 Tactical that is what my drill sergeant called my school 31V "Hollywood". Self paced classes at night. Spent most of my time at the bowling ally that was behind my barracks. What a blast. Them army boys could do some drinking!!
I have a flat top But I also have very bad eyes so my glasses make regular shooting a pain. so now I have a removable carry handle with a rail adapter on top of that, with an aimpoint pro on top of that
I bought a PSA AR 15 carrying handle, and it was a piece of junk. The rear sight component was night, a tight fit to the charging handle body, and that caused the rear sight aperture/ring to kant to the left. I could not get a battle sight zero without adjusting the windage all the way to the opposite direction almost and still had issues! Make sure as soon as you buy a retro carrying handle for an AR, go shoot with it and get a battle sight zero at 25m/yards just the iron sights before you decide to keep it and mount a picatinny rail and red dot into the carrying handle!! PSA got me for $65 for a POS PSA carrying handle that is worthless if I ever need to resort to my iron sights! I only bought the PSA carrying handle to make an AR15 - M4 retro clone, and I wasted my fkin money on the PSA carrying handle!
I love the carry handle sights. I trust them more than a red dot or any other optic. Especially when dropped.
I love carry handles, if your optic goes down, it’s a solid sight system.
With modern optics and some batteries lasting in the years, I don't see why you would not trust your optic to always be on? Some folks remove all buis from their rifles just to save some weight. While it might not sound like a lot, shaving just a tiny bit of weight and carrying it all day will help greatly.
@@Dan-di9jd ,because Murphy was a wise man!
I have a carry handle on my Ruger AR556… I grew up in the 80s and got into guns in high school in the early 90s, so I come from the day when pic rails and flat top receivers weren’t a thing. That carry handle look *is* the AR15/M 16 to me.
I LOVE the carry handle sight system. A1 or A2, both are excellent. Nowadays, the best I could do was get a flat top with a detachable handle. Nobody makes the old A1 or A2 receivers! Remember just twenty years ago, the built-in carry handle was the default and you paid extra to get the "fancy" flat tops!
I must be getting old.
I believe Del-Ton makes A2 uppers, that’s what I bought back in 2017 for my A2 clone
Lmao...the carry handle you were never allowed to "carry" your rifle with 😂😂😂...great vid!!!
Fit'n Fire It works great to carry the rifle, too! I made a lot of use of that hiking around old mining districts in southern Arizona. A 20" pencil barrel carries great...
haha I always found that pretty weird considering the name and purpose of it
Fui Gebhardt we were never allowed to carry our M16's by the carry handle. We didn't ask why either.
It wasn’t originally meant to be a carry hand, was supposed to be a guard for the “trigger” style charging handle in some early AR-10, but it stay en the later models with the current type of charging handle as a based for the rear raised sight. But I agree it really works great for carrying the thing
Man, you grab that thing in the Marines, and your drill instructor would blow a fuse..
I spent the earlier years of my AR hobby time building flat tops with various optics. I never went full "tacti-cool" rail insanity, but played with various co-witness dots and flip up BUIS. I have now gone old school, and have 2 carry handle AR's. A third one is in the works right now - M16A1 clone. All of these complement a Mauser bolt gun and an M1 Garand. I am loving the retro fun, and appreciate the stripped down lack of supertech. Every trip to the range with iron sights is a true indulgence in man married to machine. Nice vid, nice guns!
Until yesterday I had never shot an ar15. 40 years ago, however I was awarded my expert marksman ribbon with my pos m16a2. So when I took the plunge into ar15dum I built that exact same a2 hbar (with carry handle) that you were cuddling in the video. Now, I too have romantic /nostalgic feelings. This one just shoots a little better. Bob Woodrow Wilson 2
I love them too, but what feels like home to me is what I just bought. A Colt AR 15 SP1 with a original 3x20 scope on the carrying handle. I was in the USAF for 21 starting in 1984, when I was issued the M16 model 604 which looks and feels like the SP1, which means no brass deflector or fwd assist. The only real difference between the two weapon systems is semi vs full auto and the fwd take down pin, SP1 has a screw assembly.
Mid 80s production Colt SP1 20" 1x12 twist... The best of the best. 20K+ rounds and not a single failure... none.
The carry handle guns are the basic foundation for a highly effective, and efficient, battle gun. They look slick and I too and a big fan of their simplicity.
I love carry handle, don't even care for optics when I have a carry handle
I'm with you. I can't get enough of the ar15 platform rifles and carbines. I've a lot of configurations. but I always come back to the basic rifle with a carryhandle 😊
My first AR-15 had a carry handle but that was many moons ago you have gone through a lot of ars since then but I still miss that little guy
Got my first AR from Palmetto 2 weeks ago and they are still out of stock on the carry handles, did a search for what's the best available reviews, here I am !! Just subscribed and look forward to your videos. I had help in choosing what I got thru 2A Edu and his channel and followers. We're Michigan guys!!
I have the “carry handle” on my home defense rifle I like the classic look of the carry handle look of an M4
Getting a handle for my 16" PSA AR, it's what I know......and no way were we to use it to carry our rifle in the Marines. Love your videos!
I have an A2 20" that I put a Vietnam era triangle handguard so I could put it in my "American History" collection.
Milsurp Mike. Somehow i knew you would...
I prefer AR-15s with M-4 14 inch barrel, carry handle, sliding CMMG M-4 stock and quad rail handguard.
The M16A2 is very nostalgia for me. I’m a young man 36 years old master stepdad who adopted me when I was four years old, was retired from the military and fall in Vietnam. The first gun I shot was the M1 carbine, and then the A2 with the carry handle.
Kotaboy I have two m16a ones with carry handles one is a retro one is a 1968 Colt that has a tax stamp paperwork and yes has a fun switch. I had an M16 A2 that I carried for the beginning of the Iraq War later switched over to the M4 once our battalion Commander got them for us. Give me a 20 inch barrel M16 any day over a 14 and 1/2 in especially in Afghanistan when you're reaching out a little further than a couple hundred yards.
20" barrels are the best. Shoot some mild steel with M193 out of a 20" and a 16" or 14.5", then compare the effects on the target. There is a significant difference.
I recently picked up a madhouse carry handle, I found it brand new in a clearance section at my local tacticool
store, paid $20.00 for it. These are a modern take on an old school design.
I didn't think that I would like it but damn once I put it on an upper the rifle went from plain Jane to space force cool.
I’m a youngster with a few carry handles and a Car15 style with the old colt scope.
What kind of car
My carry handle makes me think of the song "I don't know why I love you but I do." I have the A2 carry handle on one build and a vortex 1-6x24 on the other. I don't play favorites with my children but the A2 makes me happy. I did the RIBZ modification on the A2 yesterday at the range. Fun! Thanks!
I have two A2 carry handle rifles, a 20” barreled bushmaster I bought in ‘92 and an 11.5” heavy barreled DPMS with a pinned/welded 5.5” flash hider. I love them both!
My fixed carry handle sight was modified by White Oak Precision now moving up/down on 2 guide rods to assure no twist of sight base as it is adjusted from 200 yard to 600 yard range. This assures my no-wind zero does not need to be readjusted going from 200 to 600 yards. Also the mechanism is 1/4 MOA elevation instead of stock 1 MOA and windage is 1/4 MOA instead of 1/2 MOA. Of course the sight no longer has a BDC function like the stock A2 rifle. It now is marked for 200, 300, 500 and 600 yards. For 1000 yard shooting I use the 600 yard rear sight setting and run down the front sight 3 full revs.
My first AR was a "pre 1994 ban" used pawn shop 1987 PWA lower with a 20" Colt upper with a fixed carry handle that I bought in 2006. I had no idea that the "cheapest, crappiest, oldest" AR-15 in the whole store was worth a small fortune :) I never liked the carry handle, but the iron sights were very accurate. I no longer own anything with a carry handle to show!
Dirt Road W.T.F. I'm thinking about building one... Easy to carry in their find with gloves
I am with you, John. I also "grew up on A2" in the Army as well as A1 in the Reserves unit. Those are great rifles with few differences.
Five of my six AR have carry handles! Three are detachable and the other two are A1/C7 upper receivers
John B what one do you recommend for detachable
I love the old-school look of the AR-15 I was never in a military but I'm from the 1980s I guess you got to be from the sixties seventies and eighties to love the classics each to their own I guess
I have a 16" AR with a detachable carry handle. My Army career started out with an M16A1 and I had those for the 3 years I was reserve in the early 90's. Then I carried the A2 when I was active in the mid 90's and took it on my first deployment, Bosnia, 1996.
NICE!!, My latest build is like your last one, PSA fixed stock kit with polished trigger, and 20" upper with detachable carry handle I got for $220 before they raised the price to $249. Added my premium PSA bolt and carry handle and an Anderson lower. total cost $500. what a great rifle for a great price.
I have one that is similar to your 14.5 carbine but I got the fat body handguard and carbine stock instead. I like how you have to dial in the drum. I set it where it bottoms out 6 clicks below the 6/3 marking so that I can have a 100 yard zero and 300 yard zero at the same time. I don't ever go past the Z marking on my drum mostly because the range I'm at is 300 yards max and I don't think you can really shoot beyond that with an ar.
I love reflex optics for flat tops and yes, I will uninstall the optic and run the carry handle time to time. If you have AR15 parts that you still use, always practice with them for optimal efficiency and to maintain a high safety factor of their use. I have an AR15 lower set up exactly how I want it upgrades an all. I have 3 AR15 uppers set up for my change-ups. (1) Home Defense (it’s normal day to day set up), (2) Plinking (3) Hunting. My mounts are all solid QD platforms that maintain zero excellently. This allows easy transitions between the uppers for accessories etc. Any tool is only as good as the Hand, Body, and Soul that welds it. Practice! Practice! Practice!
When your CQB, Medium Range, Long Range skills, as well as your particular weapon knowledge and use of it, you know it’s strong points as well as its weakest, and can operate it effectively in inclement weather, day-night conditions, shooting from different positions as well as left-right, and can maintain high safety gun control whether alone, with friends, or bad conditions. You are that person! Worthy of our Countries Constitutional Rights to bear arms. Whether you taught yourself, learned in the armed forces, law institutions, or gun training operations and classes. To ‘Own’ should be much more than just the right to have. Be that person! Who knows how to maintain, be efficient with, control and keep high standards of safety. Our future with our ‘Rights’ may just depend ‘own-it’.
Here’s what research will reveal: the detachable carry handle sight has a .5 MOA per click elevation value when attached to an A4 and a .75 MOA per click value when attached to an M4. These conditions mean an exacting BDC function from an A4 shooting M855 but a very poor BDC function when shooting M855 from an M4. For example: 24 clicks from 6/3 to 6/3 represents 12 MOA on an A2, which is pretty close to the 12.3 MOA adjustment need going from 300 to 600 meters; however, when the sight is attached to an M4 the 6/3 to 6/3 adjust delivers 19 minutes of adjustment when the need is only for 14 minutes, meaning the shooter will shoot about 2 feet over aim on a 600 meter target. At any rate, the bottom-line is the detachable carry handle sight’s BDC function is awesome when the sight is attached to an A4 when shooting M855 but so bad on an M4 that the M4 should have had BDC markings reset, but of course that did not happen. My solution has been to remark the wheel with fingernail polish.
I carried a CAR15 when I was in 3rd Ranger Battalion. Had a cmore red dot screwed into the carry handle.
WickedSensation thank you for your service
Alaskan Ballistics was my honor
WickedSensation thank you for your service brother.
Thanks for service. I respect military, police and SWAT the most.
I have a colt 6920 with a detachable carry handle currently on it, my other is a early 601 clone from Brownells which is my favorite so far, since it has a 1 in 12 twist rate on a 20" barrel. I love it.
Love carry handles and irons. My dots and scopes are always better groupers, but a dialed in carry handle with the BDC dial is an awesome piece of engineering to behold with the IBZ.
I have a dissipater with A1 furniture...triangle h/g, 3 prong flash, A1 stock, canvas sling, and detachable carry handle (mock 605)....big hit at the range
I've had my A1 build with a surplus M16A1 upper since before retro was cool. Now also rocking an A2 carbine with fixed carry handle. Love them more than my flat tops.
I ❤ carry handles. Classic.
Back in my Army days I carried the A-2 but we couldn't use the carry handle. After that I was issued the M-9.
I love that 14.5 that paint job with stock and foregrip just brings it all together
I bought an a2 upper to put on the psa 20 inch kit. All ill need to do is pull the barrel out and swap uppers. (Then figure out what upper to build with the a4 upper that comes off the psa kit.)
i love iron sights in general, I always wanted a full m16a2 style ar just like you have. When i was looking for my first ar15 i found a DTI used with a burris scope mount and a ncstar scope for around $400. The first thing i did was give the mount and scope to dad for his ar and found a used carry handle sight in a discount bin at a peddlers mall. I want to put a light on the gun but other than that you can't go wrong with iron sights plus i can't afford an ACOG lol.
I have a 16 inch PSA M4 carbine with a Anderson lower with a carrie handle on it. I love love it. It's my favorite one. I have others but I always go back to it and shoot at the range. 😀
My favorite rifle is A-2 with 20" barrel. Stock, grip, EVERYTHING...
Only thing I'd like to change is side charger on it vs the crappy claw grip CH.
My first issue was an A1, then MP5, Then M4.
Hated the carry handle then because we couldn't use it and refuse to buy one now. Mine have optics.
DoubleStar a2 with non-detachable carry handle and 20 inch barrel. My favorite design of all time.
I am gonna have 2 AR-15s. One with carry handle for close range, one with scope for long range.
My issue in basic was a m16a4 that was still relatively new. First or second issue new. When I got to my unit, we had M4s that still had the CAR15 stocks and the half handguard, with the 1913 rails on the bottom. We also had the crappy M68s that would fog up and I could never use due to color deficiency. So it was carry handle only until I got issued an Acog in Iraq.
Daniel Frakes thank you for your service
Just built my first and second AR’s, neither with carry handles. Got a scope on one, red dot and flip-ups on the other. Unfortunately, I do however, have fairly substantial “love handles!”
I bought a Colt 6920LE M4A1 years ago. It didn’t come with a carry handle, had the matech rear sight, also had Knights armament panels and collapse stock. So it’s not 100% classic. Anyway I found a brand new Colt carry handle and I was tickle pink. So yeah for me the Colt with the carry handle is classic and I’ll never change it. I have other ARs to play dress up with, I’m keeping the Colt classic.
dealer had sale on bushmaster ARs for $600.i picked the one with a carry handle.the sights are tight and works well.i wanted a basic ass in the grass AR.rifle shoots straighter than i do.
My main rifle right now has a C7 carry handle with a Primary Arms 2.5x prism optic (I believe your videos helped me choose that one - great glass for the price!). I'm looking to replace the C7 upper with a flattop, and bite the bullet and put a TA01NSN or TA31 on the rifle. Life is too short to not buy the best available when money permits.
Did you get rid of your other PSA freedom upper? The stainless 5.56 one
I've got two carry handles- one colt on my colt LE6920 and one that I ordered from BCM.
Lol, I hear ya. See some with 15lbs of accessories on them. Good deal, nice rifles and vid!
Yessir - Armalite M15A2B2. I also trained on an M16A2. Also have an M1A because I did drill with an M14 - there is a theme here
Dag gone it! Now I have another theme build to make! The M4orgery!
I only have one build with a carry handle, it's an A2 with a Vietnam era style hand guard
Looking forward to the PSA 20in upper review. Been looking to pick one up for a m16a4 clone'ish build I plan on doing
Yeah I'm pretty much like a heroin junkie when it comes to AR-15s LOL I have 26 of them my wife came home from work the other day and I had them all laid out on the floor in the living room and I was taking some pictures and I laid down in between them and had all of them I've got pistol versions 9mm carbines 556 458 Socom 6.5 Grendel and I'm getting ready to build a Spike's 9mm carbine and a 224 Valkyrie gun and I still have six sets of receivers that I have to build so I should have over 30 by the time I'm done and I'll still be looking for more and that's not the LR 308 or the AR-10 either LOL hopelessly addicted LOL. I have to sneak them in the house now if my old lady catches one more gun box she threatened to put me in the garage full-time. However I do have a shower and a bathroom in the garage so it's not that bad LOL take care brother!
I had 14 at one point in various stages of build...you got me beat! Have an AR57 yet?
Mike Carlson not a big fan of the 5.7 by 28 millimeter round. The bullets that were good to get that would penetrate soft body armor and actually were effective were banned or at least impossible to try to get a hold of. And the regular rounds that you fire in the FN pistol and in the AR 5.7 s just really does nothing after about a hundred and seventy-five yards it's good for close-up work. Just loses the power that a cartridge needs to make significant penetration at over 200 yards. More like 175 and I was getting bullets that wouldn't penetrate 3 mm of aluminum. When it first came out I was on board because I liked the AR-15s that had the 50-round magazines I believe that the P90 uses. Then after firing the ammunition that is available to the General Public I wasn't impressed. If we could get the more powerful rounds in 5.7 by 28 mm I would consider building 1. But there's just new cartridges that are coming out that are doing really really well in ballistic such as the 224 Valkyrie and that's really what I'm interested in because the price of the 224 Valkyrie is the same as 223 Remington. And let's face it after spending almost $3 around for my 458 Socom and almost $2.10 around for my 6.5 Grendel I'm down to cheap stuff. LOL
You got money I could borrow??
Bruh, that's like a whole platoon.. lol
26 AR-15s? Wow. Many people have that many firearms of any kind, but 26 AR-15 only... That's a lot.
I really want a xm177 upper. One of my favorite Stoner variations.
I’m a fan of the carry handle as well. My AR didn’t come with one, so I ordered one online 👍
What brand carry handle?
Love the M4 and M16A4 setups!
At the end of the day we Marines qualified 200-300-500 yds iron sights mid 70s. Semper Fi America
LoL, I totally agree with you on those people who hang everything off their AR’s including the kitchen sink😂 I like and assemble my own A1/A2 clones, real carry handles, ( iron sights) real butt stocks ( not that rickety adjustable crap) and I shoot just as good as my buddy with his flat top/ dot thingy.
I "grew up" in the Army first with the Ms16A1, later with the A2. After 20 years enlisted, I got a commission, and while at training at Fort Benning, we had to qualify with the M4 WITH OPTICS! I could not, for my life, hit the target. I can't remember how I did it, but I did not used the optics and finally qualified using the iron sights.
Really? That seems strange to me. I had the opposite experience. I used to really like the A2 sighting, then I got an EOTech and wow, what a world of difference. I was able to hit targets really fast and easy with it. Matter of fact, I never really looked at the target with the A2. I just concentrated on the front sight post and it would line up and hit the target. With the eotech, I thought it was so cool that I could look at the target. Oftentimes being able to identify and hit targets really easily within a split second compared to the iron sight which was you see the target, then you concentrate on the front sight and hope your target didn't move.
Thank you. I love carry handle too. By the way, what is the brand and description of the handguard of the camo AR 15?
I have a 20” ar with a carry handle sight. It’s a formidable rifle and shouldn’t be underestimated. I can make hits consistently at 300 yards on my 12” steel gong. don’t overlook iron sights.
im in the middle of building a 11.5 pistol with an a2 upper kinda like the comando from heat with the shockwave brace instead of a stock right now i have a 11.5 spikes pistol with a detachable carry handle but i figured if i went with the a2 upper it will save me the weight plus bcm has a 11.5 barrel under 1lb
I think if I didn't have a optic I would definitely put on the carry handle. That would be a solid setup.
Just bought me a Colt carry handle and I’m just Getty as a pig 🐗.... I’m watching all your videos on carry handles!!!! P.S. I do have multiple AR’s & can shoot them very well, but now I need to sight my carry new/used handle lol.
My first carry handle was a Colt Hbar preban. I wish I still had it
I carried the A2 when I was in the Corps
What Carry handle do you recommend to buy? I want one but what is one worth buying
Fellow Michigander here... Love the carry handles :)
Hello sir, what is the 2nd rifle you show?
I built a commando clone with the kak brace of course.
In the service we couldn't even use the handle lol
Just ditched my TA01 ACOG & gone back to an A2 upper on my 14.5 carbine
I’m looking for a company that makes a quality carry handle, any recommendations? I was going to go with Areo but read bad reviews.
I own two Aero Precision carry handles and they've been solid for me so far. I think FN, LMT, BCM, and or Colt make the best ones.
I personally love the carry handles but never used one in the marine corps just the acog. I also notice that with each rifle I build i go more an more basis instead of having all the junk on it Haha . I watch an support all your videos keep it up lol.
I like the carry handles too. Built my left handed Stag 20" barrel into a M16A1 tribute with the triangle handguards. Not to fond of the detachable carry handles, though. Anyone know of a company that makes a left handed upper with the carry handle built in?
The G-3 utilizes sling carry system . And (no ) Stoppages.
I've built all my are in the m4 flat top style. And don't own a carry handle a2 style but am interested. Want to buy it this time strait out of the box which one do you recommend? I feel the cheaper ones won't have chrome lined barrels. So I prolly will need to spend 1k or more for one?
Im 44 and love the fixed carry handle.
Love them. Yeah the last one was like mine Except I had the triangle hardware in front and full auto not that 3 rd burst stuff. In the late 70s
I would show you mine, but I don't think my wife would like it lol
Lotaboy please help. I want to use a primary arms ACSS 4X prism scope mounted to the top of my carry handle. Any ACOG mounting solution works with it. What is the best way to do that? Just screw in one screw through he carry handle hole? where do I get a special screw like that? It is hard to use an allen wrench to fasten in the existing screw to the scope and it does not fit flush.
You can get an adapter for the carry handle that also allows the use of the iron sights if that helps ya any. www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_4_7?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=ar+carry+handle+scope+mount&sprefix=AR+carr%2Caps%2C219&crid=2JCOJ1ZX4AI6Q
USMC 1984 - 1994 We had the A2 with carry handles. I want to buy a carry handle but i dont want to spend $175 for a colt. Looking for the best mil spec on a budget. Any suggetions?
Look at Palmetto State Armory
I love carry handles and I like my PSA PA-15. I'm building a Bravo Company AR soon but the PA is just so I can beat the shit out of it and not have to worry about scratching it up.
Saying its home to me would be the M16A2 rifle sorry we didn't have carbines in the USMC so my personal build is the A2 I do have a M4 with A2 upper too.
During my short "visit" to that South East Asia country in 1970, before I was medevacked to Guam, I never saw a Marine Grunt ever carry their M16 by the carry handle.
Yeah I'd rather build a bunch in a task specific per rig setup. My ONLY AR right now i built for range and durability and the only "extra" is backup sights.
Definitely building an m4 and an A2 soon.
I don't own one yet, but I will. Which carry handle do you recommend?
I think the carry handle gives the AR a really cool look
Catching up on videos, or at least trying to. I carried the A2 as well, and it holds a place in my heart as well. Great idea as usual brother!
Ya I like all your ARs .........that paint job on Hoss is awesome... Stay Safe.....Steve from Illinois.
My first experience was in 1985 Ft.Sill OK. And it was with a M16A1. Beat to hell, no finish left on the weapon and rattled like a 72 pinto. Must of came from the jungles of Vietnam. SGT said to use a bullet tip to adjust rear sight. ( my ass!!) Site was seized up, but I wasn't going to complain to a drill sergeant. Was lucky to get Marksman out of that thing but I will have to say one thing for it ,it never jammed, never gave me one lick of mechanical problem. So i say thank God for red dots!!
Kotaboy32 Tactical that is what my drill sergeant called my school 31V "Hollywood". Self paced classes at night. Spent most of my time at the bowling ally that was behind my barracks. What a blast. Them army boys could do some drinking!!
I have a flat top
But I also have very bad eyes so my glasses make regular shooting a pain. so now I have a removable carry handle with a rail adapter on top of that, with an aimpoint pro on top of that
Kota - making me home sick. I had to put all my items in storage before coming to Bolivia.
I bought a PSA AR 15 carrying handle, and it was a piece of junk. The rear sight component was night, a tight fit to the charging handle body, and that caused the rear sight aperture/ring to kant to the left. I could not get a battle sight zero without adjusting the windage all the way to the opposite direction almost and still had issues!
Make sure as soon as you buy a retro carrying handle for an AR, go shoot with it and get a battle sight zero at 25m/yards just the iron sights before you decide to keep it and mount a picatinny rail and red dot into the carrying handle!!
PSA got me for $65 for a POS PSA carrying handle that is worthless if I ever need to resort to my iron sights!
I only bought the PSA carrying handle to make an AR15 - M4 retro clone, and I wasted my fkin money on the PSA carrying handle!