zzt Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 I prefer Left so my hand never leaves the grip, especially when clearing a FtF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregg K Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 After using a left side charging for almost 2 years now I'll not be buying anything else. It's also nice to have a little extra light around the chamber to actually see clear when someone has a weak extractor that leaves a round behind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KelsonAK Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 I use a right side charging handle. Mostly because I'm poor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillChunn Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 Left side because I came from Service Rifle competition and chambered a round with the left hand while holding the rifle's pistol grip. BC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kokeman Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 All mine are right hand but would prefer if they were left handed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaylanGivens Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 I also voted for a left hand charging handle... I'm used to ARs and PCC carbines... I borrowed a friends right handed RFRO about a year ago and found it to be awkward... Now I'm building one and it will be left hand charging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpierrat Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 My PCC is left charge as is my wife's 22 RFRO as there are advantages to clearing with the left hand... My RFRO is right hand but I have not found it to be as big a problem as I first thought... I keep my right hand on the grip and roll the rifle to the right and reach under and around the receiver with my left hand to clear a malfunction with the ejection port pointed almost down it usually clears just fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apoc4lypse Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 I've never used a left side one for SCSA, but I figure if you need to use the charging handle, your string is toast anyway, so the position isn't as important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BentAero Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 At the risk of hijack, I'm shopping for a new left-charging receiver and leaning toward a MR Switchbolt. What others should I be looking at? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mchapman Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 1 hour ago, BentAero said: At the risk of hijack, I'm shopping for a new left-charging receiver and leaning toward a MR Switchbolt. What others should I be looking at? MR switchbolt and tactical innovations are the only two I know of, other that TK has a rail adapter that has the left side handle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregg K Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 7 hours ago, BentAero said: At the risk of hijack, I'm shopping for a new left-charging receiver and leaning toward a MR Switchbolt. What others should I be looking at? I'm running a couple of Tactical Innovations left side charging receivers. Do not use their trigger housing, they just put Ruger BX trigger parts in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzt Posted January 21, 2021 Author Share Posted January 21, 2021 10 hours ago, BentAero said: At the risk of hijack, I'm shopping for a new left-charging receiver and leaning toward a MR Switchbolt. What others should I be looking at? I looked hard at the Switchbolt and the Tactical Innovations. I went with the TI receiver and bolt and Kidd single stage trigger. Super happy. Everything is super slick. I had to polish nothing. 12 hours ago, apoc4lypse said: I've never used a left side one for SCSA, but I figure if you need to use the charging handle, your string is toast anyway, so the position isn't as important. You can clear the FtF in less than a second and you don't even move the rifle off target. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racerba Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 49 minutes ago, zzt said: You can clear the FtF in less than a second and you don't even move the rifle off target. less than a sec??? maybe from the time you touch the racker and the time you release it...but when runs are in the 2 second range - that run is toast... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdawgbeav Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 15 hours ago, RaylanGivens said: I also voted for a left hand charging handle... I'm used to ARs and PCC carbines... I borrowed a friends right handed RFRO about a year ago and found it to be awkward... Now I'm building one and it will be left hand charging. Same here... i have left on my PC Carbine, but my 10/22 only has the right side option Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaylanGivens Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 17 hours ago, apoc4lypse said: I've never used a left side one for SCSA, but I figure if you need to use the charging handle, your string is toast anyway, so the position isn't as important. That's absolutely correct... I just found the right side charging handle to be super awkward in general. Looked at the Magnum Research receiver first but found it difficult to find one, plus it was a proprietary bolt/charging handle setup... Several friends bought complete MR rifles and slipped them into Wiland chassis systems, but that was too expensive for me... I checked out the Tactical Innovations receiver and talked to @Gregg Kabout his and decided to try one... I have all the parts except the Wiland chassis and barrel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apoc4lypse Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 Well the theory is sound but at least for me, if there are any failures on the gun, that string is toast no matter how fast I can clear them. But my current goal is to beat the 100% peak time so every hundredth of a second matters. Heck, if there was a setup with no bolt handle that required a tool to rack it, I'd do it, if that got me 100% reliability on the gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzt Posted January 22, 2021 Author Share Posted January 22, 2021 (edited) 18 hours ago, apoc4lypse said: Well the theory is sound but at least for me, if there are any failures on the gun, that string is toast no matter how fast I can clear them. But my current goal is to beat the 100% peak time so every hundredth of a second matters. For you, I agree. For me, at 73, there is no way on Earth I will ever shoot anywhere near Peak Time. I've been trying hard to make Class A for the past two or three years, depending on Division. Every time I get within a second they change Peak Times and I'm back to 4-5 seconds out. Same for RFPO. So left charging is a real advantage to me. Sometimes the string where I cleared the FtF is not the throw away. BTW, 99.9% of the time the problem is caused by ammo that did not go bang. Edited January 22, 2021 by zzt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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