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I made a post above about the forward assist being 99% useless, in hopes the thread would not die, but go to the usual 27 pages and inevitably turn to cars, smoked cheese, and various bodily functions...epic fail on my part.
In all seriousness...the forward assist has it's place as long as the operator knows when that is. Obviously in the case of Rittenhouse, it worked...but have seen way many more times it made the situation worse.
In most cases where the bolt does not close...do a quick rack of the charging handle and proceed vs jamming it harder. It's always preferred to be able to find the cause, but in the middle of a confrontation where pills have the right of way is not the time to dissect the cause.
If it fails to close again...proceed cautiously with the remedy. If ya gotta use the assist, tap light to medium force and it should solve the problem. Go full force and it might need a hammer and rod to remove a stuck case.
Be well all...
But I was counting on the various odd subjects that some threads morph into.
In all seriousness...the forward assist has it's place as long as the operator knows when that is. Obviously in the case of Rittenhouse, it worked...but have seen way many more times it made the situation worse.
In most cases where the bolt does not close...do a quick rack of the charging handle and proceed vs jamming it harder. It's always preferred to be able to find the cause, but in the middle of a confrontation where pills have the right of way is not the time to dissect the cause.
If it fails to close again...proceed cautiously with the remedy. If ya gotta use the assist, tap light to medium force and it should solve the problem. Go full force and it might need a hammer and rod to remove a stuck case.
Be well all...
But I was counting on the various odd subjects that some threads morph into.