I added this to our “Guns for Beginners” category, but the truth is this isn’t just for beginners. I see sooo many experienced shooters suffer the consequences of getting this wrong. Guys whose lives depended on their rifle functioning don’t get this wrong, but I bet 95% of everyone else has never performed either of the two “checks” seen in the video above.
Give it a watch and let me know which camp you’re in!
that time you called the bolt assist plunger the ‘forward charging handle’.
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LOL yeah. Believe me, I know what a forward assist is haha. Talking on camera and all 🤦. I struggle not to be thinking two sentences ahead of what my mouth is saying.
Thank you. For showing the AR-15 owners what I was taught in Army basic, training over 40 years ago. On my issued M16A2.
So many have purchased these rifles. And they know nothing about them.
Absolutely. I’ve only received this specific training from certain military and SWAT guys and, in my experience, it’s something most shooters haven’t encountered before (even experienced ones). In my personal practice I very very rarely do the step of dropping the magazine to make sure the top round was stripped out, but pulling on the magazine after inserting it to make sure it’s fully latched has become muscle memory and I think it’s important.