Savage MSR-10 Charging Handle Length

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  • AlBeight

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    Mar 30, 2017
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    Hampstead
    Quick question for anyone that has a Savage MSR-10 - Have you upgraded / swapped out the stock charging handle? If so, what did you use? I just bought a new Radian Raptor SD “for AR10/SR25”. It doesn’t fit my rifle. It’s too long, and won’t latch closed. See attached pics, the comparison btw the stock handle and the Raptor. I wanted a handle with more extension so I could grab it better from underneath my rifle scope’s eyepiece. The one pic shows the stock charging handle installed with the BCG, and it latches perfectly, while the Radian won’t reach far enuf to latch due to it being about an inch too long.

    Is this just a common thing in the AR10 platform? I understand there are no real consistent standards with the AR10 / SR25 platforms. This sucks, has anyone else had an issue with the Savage MSR-10 parts & pieces? I re-shopped for a handle to resolve this issue, and nobody gives their overall length dimension for me to confirm fit. My next call is to Savage I suppose, but hopefully someone on here had/has this same issue and can point me in the right direction. Thanks in advance.....
     

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    erwos

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    Mar 25, 2009
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    Rockville, MD
    MSR-10 CH is proprietary. You're SOL. My DPMS and Aero AR-308s both use the same CH just fine; it's when people get clever and decide they're smarter than everyone else that you run into these problems.
     

    IX-3

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    Aug 21, 2018
    424
    Eastern Shore, MD
    Savage basically took a AR-10 and tried to make it the size of an AR-15. The upper is .7” shorter than a standard AR-10 upper and the bolt is shorter so standard AR-10 charging handles won’t work.

    I was looking at getting one until I realized I wouldn’t be able to make any changes I want. It’s unfortunate because the base models are decently priced.
     

    AlBeight

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    Mar 30, 2017
    4,519
    Hampstead
    MSR-10 CH is proprietary. You're SOL. My DPMS and Aero AR-308s both use the same CH just fine; it's when people get clever and decide they're smarter than everyone else that you run into these problems.
    Well I be a monkey’s ....... That sucks. Proprietary huh? Jackasses, all of them. Looks like the OEM handle plus some sort of bigger handle it is. Thanks for the help, everyone. I was beginning to think I lost my marbles. I’ll give the $$Raptor a nice home in my DPMS LR-SASS. I like the handle on that one, but it is a little hard on the hand, this Raptor should help that.

    Thanks again fellas, I knew you guys wouldn’t let me down!
     

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