DustyGmt
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In a video interview with Tucker Carlson, Rittenhouse discusses how before he was about to be shot by Grosskreutz. he looked down at his rifle and noticed his BCG wasn't all the way forward (he erroneously refers to the BCG as the "Ejection Port") and gave it a smack to put it back in battery. I know there are very few people who believe that the forward assist is even necessary, Eugene Stoner probably being the most ironic and notable, I can't directly quote Stoner verbatim but he said something to the effect that he couldn't imagine a scenario where the forward assist would do anything for somebody engaged in combat except compound the failure and make extraction impossible which would be the last thing you'd want to happen in a firefight.
I'm curious, for vets and other AR users, have you ever used your FA during shooting or combat, and for those who don't think they are necessary would this incident make you change your mind about how you view them?
I can say if KR hadn't happened to look down and see his BCG out of battery when he went to pull the trigger at the most critical time (as a gun is being raised up and pointed at his head) when he went to pull the trigger, nothing would have happened and he very likely would have just been executed by Grosskreutz. Thoughts.
I'm curious, for vets and other AR users, have you ever used your FA during shooting or combat, and for those who don't think they are necessary would this incident make you change your mind about how you view them?
I can say if KR hadn't happened to look down and see his BCG out of battery when he went to pull the trigger at the most critical time (as a gun is being raised up and pointed at his head) when he went to pull the trigger, nothing would have happened and he very likely would have just been executed by Grosskreutz. Thoughts.