I think it's a nice thing to have. It won't be used much during shooting at the range, as usually your gun is clean and the conditions are normal; but, I think it is handy in a bad environment such as combat where you would have the probabilty of getting the action of your AR dirty. I've heard about swat teams using them before entry to check the chamber of their rifle. You would do this my pulling back about an inch or so on the charging handle, verifying that there is a round in there and then using the forward assist to secure the round in battery
I use my thumb to pull the bolt forward when doing a chamber check. But I'm wrong handed, so my right hand is right there anyway.I've heard about swat teams using them before entry to check the chamber of their rifle. You would do this my pulling back about an inch or so on the charging handle, verifying that there is a round in there and then using the forward assist to secure the round in battery.
I've heard about swat teams using them before entry to check the chamber of their rifle. You would do this my pulling back about an inch or so on the charging handle, verifying that there is a round in there and then using the forward assist to secure the round in battery.
The shooter in question had an AK-47 not an AR-15 ... exactly what forward assist were "they" talking about?. said:remember those two guys that shot up Los Angeles a few years back with full body armor? well the one guys gun jammed and they shot him in the neck or face area because his rifle jammed and he was tryin to unjam it. so after it was all over they said if he had just gave his FA a good smakc he would have kept going.