Forward Assist

[Jarvy]

Does anybody still alive actually know what the scalop in the carrier is for?

Its made to use your thumb and thumb your bolt forward.

Just a few posts above yours I talked about trying to use it to fix a stoppage and it was useless.

 

[Sinasta]

Does anybody still alive actually know what the scalop in the carrier is for?

Its made to use your thumb and thumb your bolt forward.

The fowars assist has probably never ever saved one life, and I would venture a guess , has probably actually cost lives.

One of the guys who got captured with Jessica Lynch. I remember he said he kept having to hit the forward assist after each round and his palm was bruised after. But that also has to do with their unit's lack of PCI.