forward ar charging handle

[kwaters4]

the other day at free state i noticed a guy at the range was shooting an AR but he had a forward charging handle that was in the actual front rail portion as well as a regular charging handle. he left before i could ask him about it but the most important feature about it was being able to charge the weapon without breaking shoulder contact. i was wondering if any one knew about a kit, aside from buying a completely new upper, that worked the same way. my thoughts were that it must be in the piston, portion of the front rail in order to charge the bolt back.

 

[ridethemessiah]

prob an ACR

 

[mbz300sdl]

Adcor

 

[kwaters4]

it was really clost to the ad core. defiantly not an acr. it was an AR 15 with a set up close to the adcor but not both sides only the left. the right side of the rail was normal.

 

[kwaters4]

i do like the adcor though, its just too expensive for an entire upper right now.

 

[tim410]

probably adcore. I would say there is no kit that would be cost effective. Better to buy upper with it probably

 

[RW2111]

yea as the above post mentions sounds like a Adcor to me

 

[Dogabutila]

I believe the adcor is only left hand forward. Although you could change it to the right side, I don't believe both sides are chargeable at the same time.

 

[kwaters4]

the adcore's that i have seen have been both sides ambi, i believe. but either way that was the general principle. does it charge the bolt carrier via the gas system?

 

[Dogabutila]

Adcors are piston.

 

[Yoshi]

Adcors are piston.

And Gas Impingement.

 

[huesmann]

Question: except in a case of FTF/FTE why would you need something like that to maintain shoulder contact?

 

[kwaters4]

not that i would ever be in the situation and in all likely hood i won't proceed further into research of it, but i got to thinking, ( I'm a mechanical engineer, i love mechanics, and how they work) and just in the case if someone was ever on the ground and had not charged the rifle, was looking down the scope, they could charge the rifle but using the forward instead of the rear.
and with the gas impingement system how does that actually work?

 

[r3t1awr3yd]

 

[niftyvt]

I can charge my AR without breaking shoulder contact. . . a side charger on an AR is unnecessary in my opinion. I do admit that the picture of that upper above looks sick.

 

[tim410]

Interesting. Never seen that before

 

[tim410]

Who makes it?

 

[r3t1awr3yd]

Who makes it?

http://www.americanspiritarms.com/

 

[r3t1awr3yd]

http://www.largrizzly.com/web/guest/ops-4-uppers

 

[Dogabutila]

And Gas Impingement.

Whoaa, I wanted an ADCOR before but I decided I didn't want one cause Chad dislikes piston AR's. So. Now. Maybe..... I guess I need money.