Strike Industries Extended Charging Latch & Cookie Cutter Brake
The quality of the Strike latch speaks for itself so the added claims of "we were the first" or "aggressive" just cheapen the perception of the product itself. Ninja warrior marketing aside, the Strike Extended Charging Handle Latch is easy to install, looks great, and functions from my perspective just as well as any other $30+ competing versions and it does it for under $10. Actually I bought a half dozen on Amazon for $8.95 each with free shipping. Drive out the stock latch pin on your Mil-Spec or other compatible charging handle and reinstall the Strike latch with the included latch spring and enlarged latch pin. If you have some wear on your stock latch pin, the oversized and stepped Strike latch pin will tighten things up, however I just reinstalled the stock pin and have had no issues. For under $9, you get the functionality of the high dollar charging handles and it looks the part as well. I have bought a dozen of these things at this point and love them for the price.
Functionally, the Strike Cookie Cutter is stupid freaking loud.. actually deafening loud and probably one of the single loudest brakes I have used. It does however work very well. One concern is that from a safety perspective I would not do another SBR/AR15 short barreled pistol with any brake such as this with high 90 degree exhaust gasses.
The gases do have enough force to sever dangling fingers. Well at least the carrot I hung out in from of the left side of the brake. This brake topped off and interesting 7.62x39 AR15 build, however the brake's final home will be on a custom Remington 700 .308 rifle build. Although effective the sound pressure is just far too loud to be enjoyable on an AR15 pistol when other "blast shield" or Krink style brakes offer shooters a much more comfortable shooting experience. For $59.99 it is a hell of a brake.
FINAL THOUGHTS
SPECS
Strike Industries Extended Latch - $9.99
-Enlarged extended grasping surface for smooth operation under extreme conditions
-AR Latch co-existed with the SI ARCH for enhanced operation
-Aluminum construction for minimized weight
-Fits all Standard Mil Spec Charging Handles including the Strike Industry ARCH
-Enlarged extended grasping surface for smooth operation under extreme conditions
-AR Latch co-existed with the SI ARCH for enhanced operation
-Aluminum construction for minimized weight
-Fits all Standard Mil Spec Charging Handles including the Strike Industry ARCH
Cookie Cutter Comp - $59.99
Product Spec .223/5.56
Product Spec 300BLK / .308
- O.D.: 2.14”
- Weight: 8.11oz
- Thread: ½” x 28 or ⅝” x 24
- Materials: Steel
- Color: Matte Black
Product Spec 300BLK / .308
- O.D.: 2.14”
- Weight: 8.11oz
- Thread: ½” x 28 or ⅝” x 24
- Materials: Steel
- Color: Matte Black
-Large Single Gas Port expels gas on both right and left sides.
-Heavy-duty parkerized finished steel construction
-Unique functional design.
-Heavy-duty parkerized finished steel construction
-Unique functional design.
Strike Industries - http://www.strikeindustries.com/
6 comments:
An specs on that build? I'm lovin it like A Big Mac.
Stay tuned. That was an initial prototpye build I used to work out the tuning issues on the 7.62x39 barrel. I have a top end AR15 pistol build coming in 7.62x39.
I chopped a Troy Alpha rail and used a variety of blemed components to cobble together the upper. The Cookie Cutter comp is VERY loud and I had concerns that my fingers would get in the way of the muzzle blast so I have moved that great comp to a Remington 308 build.
Did you find any issues after installing the SI Cookie Cutter being that the 7.62x39 is .311 vs. .308?
Nope works with 7.62x39 and 308 just fine.
Can you measure exactly how long is your rail and report back? I know the manufacturers usually say like 7" rail, but it will vary slightly. I'm trying to make sure to get it spot on!
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