Valkman
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until I took it to Nevada where it lives in banishment.
Gary, consider me your own personal gun-sitter. For a small fee I will care for your AR like it was my own.
until I took it to Nevada where it lives in banishment.
Actually it's because it's a civilian rifle that's never intended to set foot on a battle field.No, they dont have a shell deflector, or a forward assist, but when the rifle is so reliable you dont need the forward assist.
You're right, with a slick side upper ejected brass won't touch a right handed shooter. You need the big A2 deflector if you're a lefty firing left handed. On a newer rifle with little wear and fresh ejector & extractor springs I'd expect nothing less than consistent ejection.Every single expended cartridge lands on a neat little pile exactly in a 1 ft area, they never hit you or even come close.
You're wrong again. The extended A2 brass deflector is there to send the brass forward and to the right, so a lefty, SHOOTING LEFT HANDED, isn't hit in the face and chest with spent casings. The military teaches all shooters to shoot oriented to their dominant eye. Where do you come up with this stuff?The shell deflector is a feature for left handed shooters to fire a right handed rifle (a military requirement, as all soldiers and marines are taught to shoot righthanded regardless of orientation).
Wrong again. The forward assist is used to chamber a round when the bolt is slowed by sand, dirt, mud, grit, moisture, or ice.If you have an improperly sized round, or out of spec round, why would you ever want to force it into the chamber? Never is the answer, because you would have to take your rifle apart to extract the spent cartridge with a cleaning rod and possibly a mallot.
I suppose that's why the military teaches SPORTS as the malfunction clearance drill?If you are in a situation where your survival counts on your rifle functioning why would you intentionally force a bad cartridge into your rifles chamber and place yourself into a situation where you now have to spend several minutes with tools, exposing yourself to the enemy to have to remove it? Ask any experienced armorer, or gunsmith, they will tell you the same thing, ask anyone who has real experience with having to use the forward assist on an M-16 in battle, its best to simply eject that round and load the next one, then drive on.
you should read this thread.Thoughts on DPMS ARs?
i have alot of experience with the ar/m4/m16 series, in the army, combat and in the civilian side and i disagree with you.Ask any experienced armorer, or gunsmith, they will tell you the same thing, ask anyone who has real experience with having to use the forward assist on an M-16 in battle, its best to simply eject that round and load the next one, then drive on.