AR's Forward Assist saved Rittenhouse

[EHJ]

I caught this on the Tucker interview.

Pretty sure Stoner is smiling somewhere.

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[arakboss]

good thing he didn't have the original sport model

 

[Ghoul]

I caught this on the Tucker interview.

Pretty sure Stoner is smiling somewhere.

Didn't Stoner not like the forward assist?
Maybe my mind is off today.

 

[DirectDrive]

Didn't Stoner not like the forward assist?
Maybe my mind is off today.

I think it was the Army that wanted the FA.

 

[Stomper]

LMAO….

 

[TTSX]

I must be the only person in this country that has no opinion on these things

 

[GrayGoose]

Black Forward Assists Matter!

 

[Tony617]

I think it was the Army that wanted the FA.

Yes the Air Force did not want a forward assist but the Army did and so FA was designed in. I have never had to use the forward assist either.

 

[DirectDrive]

"I noticed that my bolt was out of battery"
Would have sounded better.

And an "inch" is a long way out. It was probably much less.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

In all of my shooting of various AR15 type rifles / carbines while as a civilian ....I've only had to use the forward assist a handful of times...

However...when using the M16A1 -A2 series of rifles and the CAR-15 series / M4 Carbine , while in the Army and in combat ...
I have had to use the forward assist a lot....I don't have a exact number and yes I know anecdotally gotten information is flawed....
But I was glad it was there nevertheless.
Andy

 

[EHJ]

 

[Longwalkhome]

A clean rifle runs the best.

 

[Nosferatu]

I must be the only person in this country that has no opinion on these things

You're not alone. Maybe there needs to be a support group.

 

[SonicBlue03]

The Forward Assist: The Appendix of the AR.

 

[Nutty4Guns]

Fellow soldiers will remember S.P.O.R.T.S

 

[Retired Guy]

I did have to use the Forward Assist once and it was at a critical moment. One other time, I just pushed forward on the BCG with my thumb. So I don't mind having it.

 

[FourTeeFive]

I'll admit I'm not an AR guy. But I never understood a semi-auto or select-fire weapon design with something to help manually seat the chambered round. Why was this considered needed? Sounds like a way of addressing the symptom of a design flaw, but not fixing the actual flaw.

I'll put on my body armor and wait for incoming flak.

 

[kmk1012]

Last time I used my foreword assist if just really jammed the out of spec round deeper and that gun was done for the day.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Why was this considered needed?

I can not say why it was needed when first designed or first fielded...as I wasn't there.
I have heard many reasons as to the why....but again I wasn't there.

I can say that when I used it on the M16 series of guns , it was to fully chamber a round in the breech....what caused the round to not fully be seated...?
Well when I had to use the forward assist , I really didn't have the time for a detailed check...but I really needed my rifle or carbine to shoot and shoot now.....

I would guess it is there to help fully seat a round in a dirty or not lubed breech.....

So again....at least for me...I like 'em....even if I won't be in a position to have use one again.
Andy

 

[Stomper]

In all of my shooting of various AR15 type rifles / carbines while as a civilian ....I've only had to use the forward assist a handful of times...

However...when using the M16A1 -A2 series of rifles and the CAR-15 series / M4 Carbine , while in the Army and in combat ...
I have had to use the forward assist a lot....I don't have a exact number and yes I know anecdotally gotten information is flawed....
But I was glad it was there nevertheless.
Andy

Don't you worry about them anecdotal haters, they were abused children and forced to wash in elderberries.