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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - FTF (click no bang), after I do a press check

Posted: 7/21/2008 7:04:37 AM EDT

If I do a press check to verify I have one in the chamber, I'm likely to get a 'click', no bang, when I pull the trigger.

If I reload that round, it will fire properly next time.
If I don't do press checks, I don't have problems with 'click, no bang'.

What steps am I missing when I'm doing a press check to get everything reseated properly and back into battery ready for use?

Posted: 7/21/2008 7:35:10 AM EDT

[#1]

Don't do a press check on the AR bolt.

Instead note where the round is indexed in the mag. after releasing the bolt, remove the mag and make sure the you have a new round at the top of the mag. Ie. if the index was on the right, if chambered properly you will have a new round on the left.

Posted: 7/21/2008 7:52:01 AM EDT

[#2]

Quoted:
Don't do a press check on the AR bolt.

Instead note where the round is indexed in the mag. after releasing the bolt, remove the mag and make sure the you have a new round at the top of the mag. Ie. if the index was on the right, if chambered properly you will have a new round on the left.

Ok, approach change. In the pistol world, I was taught to press check/chamber check, to make certain you have a round in the chamber. How is this guarantee performed in the rifle world, if you say 'don't do a press check'. Even Frontsight's practice guide makes reference to doing a chamber check

Posted: 7/21/2008 8:23:22 AM EDT

[#3]

Press checking is fine (bolt pulled back far enough to just see the back of the brass, but remember to go after the forward assist with some vengeance!!!

Don't just finger press the button, but use the palm of your hand a few time against it to confirm that the bolt has been re locked home.

Posted: 7/21/2008 8:27:42 AM EDT

[#4]

Use the forward assist after you do it to make sure the bolt is fully seated. I'm sure when you learned to do it on a pistol you also learned to check and make sure the breech fully closes afterward. Same idea.

Posted: 7/21/2008 8:46:14 AM EDT

[#5]

Quoted:
Don't do a press check on the AR bolt.

Instead note where the round is indexed in the mag. after releasing the bolt, remove the mag and make sure the you have a new round at the top of the mag. Ie. if the index was on the right, if chambered properly you will have a new round on the left.

This is an excellent technique for all double stacked rifle mags and is also taught for night ops. You don't need to see the rounds. Feel where the top round is in the mag, insert it, rack, release and feel the mag, reinsert it and make sure it is seated.

Posted: 7/21/2008 8:53:42 AM EDT

[#6]

Just press on the forward assist (the only good use for the forward assist) and make sure the bolt/bolt carrier is fully seated after opening the breech.

Posted: 7/21/2008 9:21:13 AM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:
Just press on the forward assist (the only good use for the forward assist) and make sure the bolt/bolt carrier is fully seated after opening the breech.

+1

BSW

Posted: 7/21/2008 7:15:49 PM EDT

[#8]

Quoted:
Don't do a press check on the AR bolt.

Instead note where the round is indexed in the mag. after releasing the bolt, remove the mag and make sure the you have a new round at the top of the mag. Ie. if the index was on the right, if chambered properly you will have a new round on the left.

+1

This is what I was taught at FLETC.

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