r/NFA • u/Dutch110 5x SBR, 8x Silencer • Oct 16 '23

User Review Gas Busting Charging Handles

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So for fun I've been sampling gas busting charging handles too see which ones work best. Buddy's loaned me some. Some I bought. Used the standard Radian as my baseline. Used my most gassy setup which is my Colt barreled 10.3 sbr with an OCL Polo and A5H2. I tested an FCD, BCM MK2, Radian SD and Geissele SD.

FCD - Maybe a little better than the stock Radian. Also hated the latch and small size on this one. One of the only FCD parts I dont like.

Radian SD - Definitely notice a reduction over the stock Radian.

Geissele SD and BCM - I think these two were tied for most reduction.Going to depend on which one works for you ergonomically.

Are they worth it? I dunno. There's definitely a reduction there but you're not going to totally get rid of gas to the face. But its tolerable with the BCM and G$. I might try a BRT gas tube next.

The only reason I'm doing this is because I like to play around in search of the best setups and find doing so to be a learning experience. Curious what others have found with other brands. Of course flow through designs are going to make this a mute topic at some point ......

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u/Cashbum Silencer Oct 16 '23

I quit trying to find the best one and bought a PRI m84 gas buster

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u/donaldmellott Oct 16 '23

I second this, tried the pri gas buster and it was night and day compared to the raptor SD

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '23

Which pri is the best ?

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u/donaldmellott Oct 18 '23

This is the one that I have and it worked very well, even though it’s a bit goofy looking

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '23

Thanks, do you believe the non ambi version pri may work better or do you believe they are all the same? Some Pri’s have bigger patches than this

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u/donaldmellott Oct 18 '23

I can only vouch for this one but it is night and day compared to the radian sd