Thread: Smith and Wesson ar15

Originally Posted by sako75

How often is the forward assist used?
My limited experience with AR's I never used it

I have never used my forward assist on any of my Spikes AR's, and probably only a few times on my old Bushmaster & NEA a few years ago.
But looking back I would say the main reason for it not going fully into battery was the crappy 5-rnd magazines, which had too much upward force on rounds and onto the BCG... hence the FTF...