John's Thoughts: Do You Need A Forward Assist?

Me: sees forward assist. Taps forward assist.

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If you don't have a forward assist, you can push your BCG forward by putting your thumb in the cutout where the dust cover latch goes.

As a fellow dinosaur I also like having it on mine. 👍👍

No. If a round won't go in on its own there has to be a reason. As long as I have been running an AR, if a round stalls I just cycle the bolt and load a new one. Works every time.

Wut. I thought that was the sniper button that made the AR-47 shoot fully semiauto?

I thought this button made my gun full overlapping auto. I've been so afraid of it that I never tested it out...

the AR platform was originally designed without a forward assist. The weapons designer, Eugene stoner only added it after the US army insisted it when they were going to adopt the rifle. Just a random fun fact. It does have its uses and has potential to cause problems as well.

Sully at "The Defensive Edge" used to make a gas deflector for suppressed rifles that replaced the forward assist. Stopped making them but they were actually super helpful with non flow through suppressors.

The way we train, you will be better off with one.

You absolutely DO NOT need a forward assist on an AR-15/M-16/M-4. Until you do.