johnnywick

Cool thanks, sounds like normal wear then. Just to clarify my original post. I meant that I never used the OEM charging handle for shooting and only for tightening/loosening the pistons. For the KZ handle I shown with the wear marks; I never used it as a tool for tightening/loosening the pistons. The wear you see are all from shooting the gun. Thanks again

Hi All, Is the wear on the charging handle itself normal? This is a KZ handle and have about 500 rounds through it. Best I can tell there's no extreme chipping or anything on the handle itself, and no contact or marks on the receiver. And no sorry, I actually never shot this M4 with the OEM handle ?, I left it in my service kit as a Gas Piston tightening/loosening tool ?

Since I have shot well over 500rnds of slugs and 00 Buck without any issue. I’m confident function is not effected, though still want to throw it out there for datapoint and reference purposes. But I saw that my M1014 (11701) came with a regular stainless gas plug and a H20 one… The unfortunate thing is that I can feel some galling on the H20 plug’s threads so while it functions fine, I still ordered a replacement from Midwest Gun Works. Which.. the replacement had some patina on the new plug…. Just can’t catch a break I think. ? Also, new to the forums and this place have been indispensable on guiding me though building up my dream M4/M1014. Thanks ?