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Posted: 3/13/2006 8:49:19 AM EDT
| I really like the looks of a slickside A1 upper, but am I crazy to give up the bolt assist? I was looking at Fulton Armorys uppers. Thanks |
Well we all know the Air Force is way smarter the Army! After all it was the Air Force Infantry the said that the forward assist wasn't needed. And you all know the Air Farce is doing all the ground fighting over in Iraq! Some people. 
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LOL! I'll go to the Air Force when I want to know what features to put on a Fighter plane. I'll ask the Army as to what features a combat rifle needs, they are the people that acutally use the things. |
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i hate climbing into deer stands with a loaded AR15. i also hate loading an AR15 in a deer stand. so i use the forward assist to quitely close the bolt. sure i could use the dished out thingy on the side of the carrier but i have had trouble with it before. the FA is positive. |
| well considering that the AR-15/M-16 was designed with the Air force in mind and was never really intended to be placed in combat in the form it was in with out proper durability testing I think the original was fine...what killed it was when it went from being a tarmac gun to a jungle combat rifle. let me put it this way...if you are going to be shooting the crap out of this rifle (i.e. 600+ rounds per session of rapped fire) when your bolt gets clogged with carbon then yeah you will want an F/A. if not and you like the look of the slick side then go for it |
| I've tried closing the bolt with just the FA. It takes an unholy amount of force to force the cartridge rim into the bolt face if you have an extractor spring stronger than the spring in a bic pen. I could understand using the FA to force the cartridge into a dirty chamber for a combat situation. |
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