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In this guide, we'll show a device that's going to help you rack the slide safer, easier, and quicker!
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Assist Charging Handle Makes Racking the Slide Easier, Quicker, and Safer!
Racking the slide is a balance between person's strength, technique, and pistol's (sometimes poorly designed) slide.
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If one of these is out of balance, racking the slide can be a challenge. This is where an assist charging handle device can help!
Having a larger area to pull on the slide can allow for easier, quicker, and safer slide pull.
In this guide, we're going to focus on the pistols slide which we know is not always designed for ease of use.
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What is an Assist Charging Handle?
A charging handle is an after market device that is designed to make it easier for you to rack the slide by giving you more leverage with a larger area to pull.
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Assist charging handle typically attaches to the back of the pistol's slide and adds an additional area or device for the user to pull for better grip making it easier, quicker, and safer to pull slide.
Charging handle device will not interfere with your sights or the slide's normal function.
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2 Types of Assist Charging Handles
There are 2 common types of charging handles. The most typical is assist charging handle that takes on the shape of the serrated slide, but adds more volume to the back of the slide.
1. Standard Assist Charging Handle
2. Pull Assist Charging Handle
Second device is the slide pull assist handle or ring. These devices is not as common as the assist charging handle.
It typically takes the form of a ring or lever that attaches to the back of the slide.
Installation
Installing the assist charging handle is usually a simple and easy process.
Depending on the model you've purchased, installing the charging handle may require you to remove the slide cover plate during the installation.
Otherwise, the assist charging handle is typically attached to the slide's serrations with couple of screws and does not require any disassembly.
Having Problems Racking the Slide?
Are you having problems racking your the slide on your pistol? If you're an EDC enthusiast, you've probably owned several types of pistols.
If you have, you know that all pistols are not made equal and the parts that make up the pistol are not always designed for ease of use.
Racking your slide can be difficult if the spring is heavy on the pull and the serrations are shallow and hard to grip especially with sweaty hands.
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Operating the pistol's slide is one of the most important skills we must have when using our pistols.
We need to perfect the skill to chamber a round, check to see if a round is chamber, clear the weapon, disassemble the weapon, etc.
So, it's important that we're able to easily, safely, and comfortably use the pistol's slide.
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