CH-1301 (Beretta 1301 Charging Handle) is a our way of improving the already superb 1301.
We like the 1301 a great deal, but one thing that stood out immediately was its tapered charging handle that flares outward by about 5 degrees. 5 degrees may not sound much, except the angle forms a triangular shape that in our opinion, is less than helpful on a charging handle.
The 5 degrees angle never felt right to us and we quickly found the reason: when the user pulls back on the tapered charging handle, it wants to be pulled back off axis at 5 degrees to the bore since the polymer handle isn't perpendicular to the bore but at a 5 degree cant. The bolt cand carrier is parallel to the bore and can only travel along the bore (not at an angle), which effectively corrects the charging handle's tendency to pull to the right, but not before the energy is already wasted on the charging handle trying to travel rearward at a 5 degree cant.
The factory 1301 charging handle can be pulled back that's parallel to the bore, the user needs to grasp it close to the bore, not towards the flared end.
Ideally, we want the charging handle to be pulled in a linear manner and parallel to the bore, it's the path of least resistance and the most efficient one.
CH-1031 is machined from 17-4 stainless steel and nitride treated, it incorporates the classic short, hour glass shaped handle that's been use on numerous firearms successfully in the last few decades, Sten Gun and metric pattern FAL are two of such examples. The hour glass shape is a simple and very effective design that retains and auto centers the user's fingers, to the point serrations on the handle are not needed, thus CH-1301 doesn't have any.
We also found the factory 1301 charging handle unnecessarily long, we made CH-1301 a bit shorter as (factory: 2.28", CH-1301: 2.02"). Being machined from a solid piece of 17-4 does make it heavier (factory: 0.32oz, CH-1301: 0.57oz), the tradeoff is the solid, one piece CH-1301 is far stronger than the steel + polymer factory charging handle, it's more than an acceptable tradeoff for a heavy duty charging handle.
Material: machined 17-4 stainless steel, black nitride treated
Length: 2.02"
Weight: 0.57oz
Proudly designed and made in USA.
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