why are carry handles so expensive?

[Bobby Ricigliano]

true, but then you can just get a front sight tool for like $4

You don't even need that. You can adjust the front sight elevation with the tip of a bullet. But that still doesn't replace the versatility of the CH sight.

[valley82]

They aren't too expensive...you are too cheap...

[Whiterabbit]

By the way, if no one gave a real answer yet, the carry handle "style" is surely a small market segment these days with the boner for picatinny everything, leading to a small production. Combine that with the likely chance that people that want a carry handle config REALLY want a carry handle config and you have small but strong demand with little supply. That's a double whammy for high pricing. (for example, price a nodak old style upper recv vs cheapy A4 from PSA)

[xsefan]

Plus one on the utg. I had an old colt. I stripped the knob and rear sight put in on the utg. Then sold the colt body for the same price as the utg and the used colt.