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Originally Posted by freebeard
i always thought the forward assist was an unnecessary complication, until a young man in Kenosha WI, demonstrated that it can be a life saver.
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Well, that changes everything!
Our rifles and magazines had been in constant use for decades.
This was in the article, but I think it is more succinct here:
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Eugene Stoner, the man who designed the rifle, said it was utterly unnecessary and that, during the millions of rounds fired during the development of the AR-10 and the AR-15, he never saw a situation arise that would have been solved by the FA. The U.S. Air Force pretty much said the same thing. About a thousand Colt AR-15s without a forward assist were used by South Vietnamese troops under U.S. advisors in 1962 before the adoption of the M16 and they did not report issues that would have been fixed by an FA.
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https://www.range365.com/story/guns-...r15-necessary/
His source (his own article):
https://www.range365.com/story/guns-...eugene-stoner/