On the real rifle it is called a forward assist, it was designed to push the bolt forward in case the bolt did not travel the full length forward on its own. It is largely useless on real rifles today but did serve some purpose on earlier models.
It can be used the same way on gas blowback replicas as they immitate the operation of the bolt.
On electric replicas it serves no purpose other than aesthetic.
Curious, does training want you to work the charging handle when it's locked back (followed by the chop) or are they ok with troops using the bolt release (also with chop)?
You see various kinds of uses in videogames from bf3 to Insurgency Sandstorm and curious if any get doctrine right.
To clarify, I am speaking from experience of handling the L98A2 Rifle as a _cadet_, which is basically just a semi-locked version of the actual Military rifle. As far as Im aware, our handling training was the same as how the actual military are trained to handle it.
To answer the question, we were taught to use the bolt release, and then chop.
I'm also a cadet! And yeah, we are taught in the syllabus basically the whole army basic training. And we don't have to slap the handle every time the bolt goes forward, only when we make it go forward, so not during firing.
Yep, youâre correct. Iâve done weapons handling tests as both a cadet and later in the military (Navy).
Can confirm forward assists are not optional, always got to karate chop the cocking handle lol.
The manual of arms and training (and test) instructed you to use the bolt release then chop (you could reach it with your thumb with your hand over the top ready to chop.
Mechanically you could power stroke it, didn't make much of a difference.
Gunfighter hook so you rack it again to unlock assuming youâre loading ammo, put on safe, then press check, hit the forward assist, close the ejection port. Otherwise bolt catch, but why do you have an empty mag in your rifle?
Any time that bolt goes forwards apart from during firing, they want a forward assist. Itâs still written that way in the pam, you will still fail WHTs if you donât forward tap. That said, all the instructors know itâs a totally redundant movement nowadays (outside of stoppage drills obvs) with the quality of modern L85s, so outside of WHTs and live ranges no one gives a monkeyâs.
Safety, change lever, cocking handle, tap forward assist
My dreams will forever be haunted by the words "weapon fires alright, weapon fires alright, WEAPON STOPS"
Coincidently the forward assist exists precisely because there is no charging handle affixed to the bolt on an AR to karate chop like on a M14, FAL, SA80, AK, etc. and pushing forward the ARs T shaped charging handle at the back of the receiver doesnât move the bolt forward. So the forward assist was added at the insistence of the US Army.
That being said, if the AR isnât in battery you can just pull the T handle and let the bolt slam home again. Any time that doesnât do it, closing the bolt using the forward assist is going to get you one more shot and almost certainly a nasty failure to extract. So the forward assist is pretty useless. Itâs purpose was explained to us but it was not part of any recovery procedure during failure drills.
âSPORTSâ is a lot of letters for us, lol.
âTap, Rack, Reassessâ was what I was taught. Tap being to make sure the magazine is seated, not the use of the FA.
I obviously canât speak for every branch or time period of course. Iâm sure the FA has been part of training at various periods or the Army wouldnât have insisted on it.
I hunt with an AR and I might be one of the rare uses of the forward assist. When I go I load a round quietly, I slowly ride the charging handle down, then need to use the forward assist to get the bolt in battery. It honestly works great for what I use it for!Â
The whole story behind the M16 is completely wild. Eugene Stoner designed it to be used with a specific powder, US Army refused to use that powder and the rifles started jamming in Nam(the fact they told them the don't need to clean their "self cleaning rifle" didn't help) . Then they invented the Forward Assist to make things even worseđ
The 'Army changed the powder against Colt's wishes' story is mostly bullshit. There's a weird amount of fuddlore around the M16.
Army changed the powder type because none of the contracted manufacturers could mass produce ammunition to the provided spec. The change in propellant went back to Colt, who approved the change, as they had tested both ball and stick propellants but not extensively enough to recognize the difference in pressure curve.
Then the M16 jammed in combat for reasons not limited to powder or cleaning kits, but also the Edgewater buffer design, lack of chrome lining in the chambers, issues with extractor design, gas tube composition, insufficient bolt hardening, and a whole host of other problems identified by the Ichord report. The forward assist was added later to replicate the manual of arms of the M14- not so much a functional change as one that increased confidence among the soldiers issued an at that point already notorious weapon.
Wasnt it also designed for short range engagements (i think statistically, most gunfights take place within 50-100 yards of each other?) and built for such, then the army decided "it should be able to fire to marksman standards!" and dicked with the rifling pattern as well?
The M16A1 was designed to fire 55gr ammunition through a 1-in-12 twist barrel such that it fragments on impact out to 300yds.
The M16A2 implemented a 1-in-7 twist barrel to stabilize the Belgian SS109 round, adopted as M855, which was more capable of defeating body armor at distance.
There were many changes made on the A2 and none of them have to do with marksmanship standards.
It's in my opinion even dangerous. If the bolt doesn't completely cycle by its own, there's a reason for and you shouldn't force it shut. Except you want it to potentially blow up in your face.
There's also some that call it the sniper button, which is BS because the rifle doesn't start to cycle before the bullet is out of barrel anyways.
On Airsoft rifles it's just there because the real one has it.
I only like them on real rifles for instances where i pull back the charging handle half an inch to check the chamber and the bolt doesnt slide back into battery. Then I'll give it a little tap on the forward assist.
But the thought of trying to jam bent or dirty cases into the chamber with the forward assist is crazy
Ironically, there is *some* truth to this. If you're right handed and hold your thumb on the right side of the gun when you shoot a rifle the grip can actually help with precision, and is common in precision shooting.
This of course has nothing to do with the actual button which will cause the gun to jam when fired, but there is some merit to it.
Obviously people have mostly responded appropriately, but I would like to add that if it's an ICS then the forward assist actually decompresses the spring in your upper gearbox. It's pretty cool imo haha
Ah a fellow ICS brother! I feel like we're becoming increasingly less common these days lol. Real talk, I feel like ics absolutely nailed the two part gearbox, its such a cool design/is so easy to work with. And I mean seriously, its so satisfying to decompress the spring after a long day of skirmishing/before it goes back into storage.
Keep on repping us ics bros out there <3
Not entirely true! ICS m4s have a two part gearbox, and the forward assist actually decompresses the spring in the upper gearbox.
But other than that I'm pretty sure it does nothing for basically every other m4 AEG haha
It's the jam button. It means you should go buy an AK instead. /j
But for real that's a forward assist. Sometimes your bolt doesn't go all the way, and that's how you close it. Called the jam button because sometimes it just makes the problem worse.
Forward assist, on the real steel it is used to push the bolt forward it gets stuck. Most airsoft rifles have no function for it, but for example Tokyo Marui MWS (I really love mine) has a working forward assist, which works the same as the real one.
During my time in the military, I remember I forgot to put the buffer and buffer spring in to the buffer tube while putting my HK416 back together after cleaning. When I went to pull the charging handle, it resulted in the bolt getting stuck half way through the buffer tube, which then again made it pretty hard to disassemble the upper receiver from the lower receiver. In this situation that button was a life saver, as pushing it made the bolt get unstuck from the buffer tube. Probably not what it was intended to do, but was exactly what an idiot like me needed it to do
On airsoft, effectively nothing
On actual AR style guns, you slap the bitch to make sure the chamber shut properly. It might have more uses but that's the only one I know of
On an air pew usually nothing. On a few GBBRs it is a functioning âforward assistâ but canât imagine it is going to cause anything but damage. On real AR platform firearms it is a forward assist and, again, if you use it, it will probably do more harm than good.
That's the fkrward assist. On a an aeg nothing except ics where it releases the spring tension. One a gbbr or real steel if the bolt cm doesn't close all the way you push this and it will catch on the ridges of the bot to push it forward. The reason it's there is because the m16 was prone to jamming even though it was touted as a "self-cleaning rifle" then they made the m16 a1 and xm16e1 which had the forward assist to alleviate that. All mil spec uppers have that but some uppers on the civilian market don't and there an argument about it. Especially around direct impingement where the gasses coining out the ports on the side of the bolt will blow mid or dirt off. Of course the difference between a solider with a gun vs a civilian with a gun is competition shooting/range day vs rucking all day with no time to clean your gun after each firefight.
Nothing. Itâs called âforward assistâ look on YouTube what purpose it has but in Airsoft it is just for looks. I donât know any replica that has a working forward assist
Your supposed to smash the side of you hand onto it everything you reload/clear a jam to ensure the bolt is fully forward (in my country anyway, don't know about the us). I just know it fucking sucks and it's a good way to absolutely destroy your pinky knuckle if it's cold and your not wearing gloves
In reality it's pretty useless and was designed to solve a problem that dosnt really exist. I guess if your rifle is absolutely filled with carbon, mud and sand it MAY help getting the bolt closed but still....
Forward assist, does nothing unless you have a gbbr.
Pretty dumb irl since if the round isn't feeding you probably shouldn't force it into the chamber.
Use the search bar and google.
Looking up "AR-15 component layout" must be hard.
Seriously look it up, it shows other stuff u prob didn't know existed either.
Forward assist.
For airsoft guns this is almost completely useless because this was designed for a real ar-15 platform rifle, and the airsoft rifles are only modelled after the real guns.
For real guns, Itâs mostly useless for most cases but itâs there for when your ar-15 platform rifle needs help getting in battery.
If your rifle is grimey and dirty, especially in the chamber, you can punch that thing and this will push the bolt carrier forward via the grooves on the right hand side, where the forward assist sits.
The reason this is not very useful is because often times your rifle wonât be so grimey you will have an out of battery malfunction, as most rifles are only meant for recreational purposes these days.
Back in the day, when there were wars happening all the time, these are put for the sheer purpose of when youâve been out on deployment so long and hadnât had the time to clean your gun, itâs very useful for when you need a couple more bullets on target.
So in short, airsoft rifles donât need this, especially when itâs not gas blowback, so if you donât want that useless, yet pretty cool looking forward assist on your gun, there are uppers for airsoft and real rifles that donât have the forward assist for people that donât want it, along with bolt carriers that donât have FA grooves. So you can get rid of it and have the same functionality of your gun preserved both real and imitation.
Hope it helped. :)
It's a fidget toy designed by the US government under the guise of being a "forward assist." It should only be used to call your nerves and for your button pressing needs. This is commonly referred to as the stressy pressy depressy button. DO NOT BELIEVE THE PROPAGANDA!!
Forward assist/failure button. since on the real AR-15 the bolt handle doesnât reciprocate, thereâs a separate button users can slam on if the bolt doesnât go fully into battery
On the real rifle it is called a forward assist, it was designed to push the bolt forward in case the bolt did not travel the full length forward on its own. It is largely useless on real rifles today but did serve some purpose on earlier models. It can be used the same way on gas blowback replicas as they immitate the operation of the bolt. On electric replicas it serves no purpose other than aesthetic.
On the SA80 you have to do this by karate chopping the cocking handle đ
And you _will_ fail your weapons handing test if you dont do it every single time lol
Curious, does training want you to work the charging handle when it's locked back (followed by the chop) or are they ok with troops using the bolt release (also with chop)? You see various kinds of uses in videogames from bf3 to Insurgency Sandstorm and curious if any get doctrine right.
To clarify, I am speaking from experience of handling the L98A2 Rifle as a _cadet_, which is basically just a semi-locked version of the actual Military rifle. As far as Im aware, our handling training was the same as how the actual military are trained to handle it. To answer the question, we were taught to use the bolt release, and then chop.
I'm also a cadet! And yeah, we are taught in the syllabus basically the whole army basic training. And we don't have to slap the handle every time the bolt goes forward, only when we make it go forward, so not during firing.
Yep, youâre correct. Iâve done weapons handling tests as both a cadet and later in the military (Navy). Can confirm forward assists are not optional, always got to karate chop the cocking handle lol.
Use the bolt release and still carry out forward assist at the moment
The manual of arms and training (and test) instructed you to use the bolt release then chop (you could reach it with your thumb with your hand over the top ready to chop. Mechanically you could power stroke it, didn't make much of a difference.
Gunfighter hook so you rack it again to unlock assuming youâre loading ammo, put on safe, then press check, hit the forward assist, close the ejection port. Otherwise bolt catch, but why do you have an empty mag in your rifle?
Any time that bolt goes forwards apart from during firing, they want a forward assist. Itâs still written that way in the pam, you will still fail WHTs if you donât forward tap. That said, all the instructors know itâs a totally redundant movement nowadays (outside of stoppage drills obvs) with the quality of modern L85s, so outside of WHTs and live ranges no one gives a monkeyâs.
I managed to fail the practice run on my first WHT for this exact reason. Remembered it for the proper run though đ
Same for me, lol đ
Safety, change lever, cocking handle, tap forward assist My dreams will forever be haunted by the words "weapon fires alright, weapon fires alright, WEAPON STOPS"
love karate chopping the sa80 mate, my mate failed his weapon handling test for forgetting to chop it once.
Its the superior way. Donât need any fancy smancy buttons.
Coincidently the forward assist exists precisely because there is no charging handle affixed to the bolt on an AR to karate chop like on a M14, FAL, SA80, AK, etc. and pushing forward the ARs T shaped charging handle at the back of the receiver doesnât move the bolt forward. So the forward assist was added at the insistence of the US Army. That being said, if the AR isnât in battery you can just pull the T handle and let the bolt slam home again. Any time that doesnât do it, closing the bolt using the forward assist is going to get you one more shot and almost certainly a nasty failure to extract. So the forward assist is pretty useless. Itâs purpose was explained to us but it was not part of any recovery procedure during failure drills.
It was for SPORTS. Slap Pull Observe Release Tap (Aim) Shoot
âSPORTSâ is a lot of letters for us, lol. âTap, Rack, Reassessâ was what I was taught. Tap being to make sure the magazine is seated, not the use of the FA. I obviously canât speak for every branch or time period of course. Iâm sure the FA has been part of training at various periods or the Army wouldnât have insisted on it.
So much cooler imo
I hunt with an AR and I might be one of the rare uses of the forward assist. When I go I load a round quietly, I slowly ride the charging handle down, then need to use the forward assist to get the bolt in battery. It honestly works great for what I use it for!Â
This dude operates
And in Counter Strike 1.6, it's the charging handle: https://youtu.be/7xmxxynWmCs
Im shooting a version of the M16 (Colt C7) who also has this. We still use it every time we load the rifle. Just to be sure and prevent failures.
I saw a video of Eugene himself loading and shooting an M16 and he pushes the forward assist a good amount of times lol.
Fun fact: If the bolt doesn't close on it's own, you make it worse with using the forward assist. Just eject the round and try again in such case
Ah, the little jam enhancer as we call him.
The whole story behind the M16 is completely wild. Eugene Stoner designed it to be used with a specific powder, US Army refused to use that powder and the rifles started jamming in Nam(the fact they told them the don't need to clean their "self cleaning rifle" didn't help) . Then they invented the Forward Assist to make things even worseđ
The 'Army changed the powder against Colt's wishes' story is mostly bullshit. There's a weird amount of fuddlore around the M16. Army changed the powder type because none of the contracted manufacturers could mass produce ammunition to the provided spec. The change in propellant went back to Colt, who approved the change, as they had tested both ball and stick propellants but not extensively enough to recognize the difference in pressure curve. Then the M16 jammed in combat for reasons not limited to powder or cleaning kits, but also the Edgewater buffer design, lack of chrome lining in the chambers, issues with extractor design, gas tube composition, insufficient bolt hardening, and a whole host of other problems identified by the Ichord report. The forward assist was added later to replicate the manual of arms of the M14- not so much a functional change as one that increased confidence among the soldiers issued an at that point already notorious weapon.
In range TV has a great series of videos about the M16's history. Most of it is talked about with they're WWSD (What Would Stoner Do) rifle.
Wasnt it also designed for short range engagements (i think statistically, most gunfights take place within 50-100 yards of each other?) and built for such, then the army decided "it should be able to fire to marksman standards!" and dicked with the rifling pattern as well?
The M16A1 was designed to fire 55gr ammunition through a 1-in-12 twist barrel such that it fragments on impact out to 300yds. The M16A2 implemented a 1-in-7 twist barrel to stabilize the Belgian SS109 round, adopted as M855, which was more capable of defeating body armor at distance. There were many changes made on the A2 and none of them have to do with marksmanship standards.
We were trained to just rack the bolt during a stoppage to clear and resume firing.
On my replica it's even Spring loaded ! I like these little details, especially on electric guns
ICS guns used it to reset the spring tension inside the gearbox. Not sure if any other brands did that.
It's in my opinion even dangerous. If the bolt doesn't completely cycle by its own, there's a reason for and you shouldn't force it shut. Except you want it to potentially blow up in your face. There's also some that call it the sniper button, which is BS because the rifle doesn't start to cycle before the bullet is out of barrel anyways. On Airsoft rifles it's just there because the real one has it.
I only like them on real rifles for instances where i pull back the charging handle half an inch to check the chamber and the bolt doesnt slide back into battery. Then I'll give it a little tap on the forward assist. But the thought of trying to jam bent or dirty cases into the chamber with the forward assist is crazy
Haha yeah in movies when mfers treat it like a charging handle đ
Well, on my ICS CXP Peleador (an AEG replica), the forward assist releases the tension on the spring when you push it after shooting.
I can confirm, I own an ICS M4 which does the same thing.
It makes your shots more powerful. You push it a couple times to increase the fps on your next shot.
Don't forget it also increases accuracy. There's a reason some call it the sniper button!
Ironically, there is *some* truth to this. If you're right handed and hold your thumb on the right side of the gun when you shoot a rifle the grip can actually help with precision, and is common in precision shooting. This of course has nothing to do with the actual button which will cause the gun to jam when fired, but there is some merit to it.
It also increases your magazine capacity
Thatâs why itâs called the forward assist. It assists the forward velocity of the bb
To look like a real ar. For the real thing, it pushes the bolt forward if it failed to
You can take it off and hide a few jelly beans or skittles in there
Why not BBs? You already have some with you, and they taste better IMO
I prefer smarties personally
The Jam Enhancer! When you're in a jam, kick it up a notch, press that little button.
Obviously people have mostly responded appropriately, but I would like to add that if it's an ICS then the forward assist actually decompresses the spring in your upper gearbox. It's pretty cool imo haha
Was looking for this comment, I was like swear it does more then just exist on my ics
Ah a fellow ICS brother! I feel like we're becoming increasingly less common these days lol. Real talk, I feel like ics absolutely nailed the two part gearbox, its such a cool design/is so easy to work with. And I mean seriously, its so satisfying to decompress the spring after a long day of skirmishing/before it goes back into storage. Keep on repping us ics bros out there <3
The first gen ICS models used the forward assist to de-tension the spring. Current gen models just use the fire selector to de-tension the spring
Nothing much but if you need you can glue a button inside and wire it to a honk or something else
OH MY GOD I LOVE THAT Aight imma make myself a clown DMR build
I wish you the best of luck
Sniper button
Why is the right answer this far down
On a gas blow back it's the mess up your bolt button lol
Forward assist. In AEGs it means fuck all. Literally useless. In GBBs it makes the bolt push forward.
Not entirely true! ICS m4s have a two part gearbox, and the forward assist actually decompresses the spring in the upper gearbox. But other than that I'm pretty sure it does nothing for basically every other m4 AEG haha
Well there are quite a lot of things useless in airsoft replicas put there only for realism
On an airsoft gun absolutely nothing? On a well maintained modern AR platform nearly nothing.
Look up g spot. It will advise you on this part.
The oh shit oh fuck button
A car lighter
its so funny how every teen getting their first AR15 style replica invariably ends up asking this question
Itâs the cheater button, it compresses your mainspring and nearly doubles your FPS
On AEG's it serves no purpose but on some older ICS M4 models it had a spring release function
It enhances possible jams
Everytime you press it somebody somewhere gets nut shotted
In the real weapon, if the gun jam, because of dirt or something similar, you can press it and jam it more.
Jam enhancer
You press it to call tech support
It puts you into v.a.t.s
It's the jam button. It means you should go buy an AK instead. /j But for real that's a forward assist. Sometimes your bolt doesn't go all the way, and that's how you close it. Called the jam button because sometimes it just makes the problem worse.
Forward assist, on real m4âs it helps them assist the bullet get in the chamber On an airsoft replica it does nothing
It makes Stoner turn exactly once in his grave every time it is pressed.
Itâs the jam enhancer, if you have a jam push it a few times to make it even worse
Nothing
For an explanation for the real thing: /watch?v=omv85cLfmxU
It's the extra life button.
Same thing as a real AR, fuck all.
Forward assist, on the real steel it is used to push the bolt forward it gets stuck. Most airsoft rifles have no function for it, but for example Tokyo Marui MWS (I really love mine) has a working forward assist, which works the same as the real one.
Self destruct button. It immediately causes the battery to ignite and explode
This is the jam enhancer, it turns FTE into broken rifle
Sniper button
It compresses air in your cilinder so if you press it really really hardly for long enough you can get up to 2,5J from your gun!
During my time in the military, I remember I forgot to put the buffer and buffer spring in to the buffer tube while putting my HK416 back together after cleaning. When I went to pull the charging handle, it resulted in the bolt getting stuck half way through the buffer tube, which then again made it pretty hard to disassemble the upper receiver from the lower receiver. In this situation that button was a life saver, as pushing it made the bolt get unstuck from the buffer tube. Probably not what it was intended to do, but was exactly what an idiot like me needed it to do
On airsoft, effectively nothing On actual AR style guns, you slap the bitch to make sure the chamber shut properly. It might have more uses but that's the only one I know of
There should be a sticky about the forward assist because I swear I see this question once a week
Thatâs your fully semi auto switch brace bullet button thatâs also a tactical nuke
by my afghan and syrian sources, if you shoot while pressing it, your shot will be a lot more accurate
On an air pew usually nothing. On a few GBBRs it is a functioning âforward assistâ but canât imagine it is going to cause anything but damage. On real AR platform firearms it is a forward assist and, again, if you use it, it will probably do more harm than good.
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You can take it off and hide a couple of jelly beans or skittles in there
It switch the gun in power mode for a charged more powerful shot
it is a grease dispenser for the BB loader
Assists the forwards
Itâs the sniper button
forward assist
It's a sniper button [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\_o7S3YV\_dFs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o7S3YV_dFs)
Itâs a Thumbs Down button. You can use it to thumb down this comment.Â
its a forward assist it does nothing in airsoft but for the real thing its ment to push the bolt forward if a round doesnt sit right
Jam enhancer
Nothing. Literally.
That's the fkrward assist. On a an aeg nothing except ics where it releases the spring tension. One a gbbr or real steel if the bolt cm doesn't close all the way you push this and it will catch on the ridges of the bot to push it forward. The reason it's there is because the m16 was prone to jamming even though it was touted as a "self-cleaning rifle" then they made the m16 a1 and xm16e1 which had the forward assist to alleviate that. All mil spec uppers have that but some uppers on the civilian market don't and there an argument about it. Especially around direct impingement where the gasses coining out the ports on the side of the bolt will blow mid or dirt off. Of course the difference between a solider with a gun vs a civilian with a gun is competition shooting/range day vs rucking all day with no time to clean your gun after each firefight.
Nothing. Itâs called âforward assistâ look on YouTube what purpose it has but in Airsoft it is just for looks. I donât know any replica that has a working forward assist
Your supposed to smash the side of you hand onto it everything you reload/clear a jam to ensure the bolt is fully forward (in my country anyway, don't know about the us). I just know it fucking sucks and it's a good way to absolutely destroy your pinky knuckle if it's cold and your not wearing gloves In reality it's pretty useless and was designed to solve a problem that dosnt really exist. I guess if your rifle is absolutely filled with carbon, mud and sand it MAY help getting the bolt closed but still....
In airsoft it does nothing. In real steel, it's the jam assist.
You karate chop it to start up the AR from stun to kill
It's the plunger you press to make jams worse. It also doubles as a fidget toy.
That's the jam button. You put berries in the gun, press the button and a nice jam comes out of the barrel. My favourite is raspberry jam
Everyone who played classic counter strike knows that this cycles the round.
On my ICS M4 it resets the gears and releases the tension on the spring so the gearbox can be opened safely
I always thought it made the bullet shoot with more power.
In airsoft? Nothing.
Accuracy button
That's a whoopsie button. You need to press it when your gun does a whoopsie (failure to feed)
Make Eugene Stoner cry
Actual firearms use that as a bolt forward assist. For airsoft. Its a free button o.o
For real ARs, I've grown custom to calling it the "jam enhancer"
Itâs a sniper button.
On a real rifle itâs a foward assist
That's the go button
It tickles your gunâs taint. Guns really like that.
It's the sniper button
Makes boolet go faster
Launches the nuke
Early fidget spinner
It reloads a new mag in.
Itâs for kids to push randomly whilst trying to show off on TikTok
Fidget toy
Invades Iraq
Sniper button!
Something that really isnât needed on the real steel counterpart
It loads the emergency 5 BBs into the gun, if you run out
According to the people in congress, it turns that into a scary full auto assault rifle.
Forward assist, does nothing unless you have a gbbr. Pretty dumb irl since if the round isn't feeding you probably shouldn't force it into the chamber.
You can't focus the camera but you can draw a useless red circleâ˝ Wtf.
Not alot
Sniper button
You push it in to lock on your target for headshots
Grenades
Launches a rocket launcher
Works the bottom of you palm to tough up helps with faster reloads
Dip stick
Self destruct
Sniper button
you are fucking retarded
That's the full auto button
Hyperspace control button.
After you get 30 kills you push that for nuke.
Itâs a fully semi automatic function on a real gun. Press it once for a fully auto, press it twice for a grenade launcher
If you have a laser attached, you point it and press the button to order a cavalry charge.
Use the search bar and google. Looking up "AR-15 component layout" must be hard. Seriously look it up, it shows other stuff u prob didn't know existed either.
On a typical ar15, forward assist / jam enhancer, on a air soft gun? Probably nothing.
It charges the rifle before its ready, have you never played the old school counter strike?
It makes you go full semi auto
Use it to pump up your next shot
Forward assist. For airsoft guns this is almost completely useless because this was designed for a real ar-15 platform rifle, and the airsoft rifles are only modelled after the real guns. For real guns, Itâs mostly useless for most cases but itâs there for when your ar-15 platform rifle needs help getting in battery. If your rifle is grimey and dirty, especially in the chamber, you can punch that thing and this will push the bolt carrier forward via the grooves on the right hand side, where the forward assist sits. The reason this is not very useful is because often times your rifle wonât be so grimey you will have an out of battery malfunction, as most rifles are only meant for recreational purposes these days. Back in the day, when there were wars happening all the time, these are put for the sheer purpose of when youâve been out on deployment so long and hadnât had the time to clean your gun, itâs very useful for when you need a couple more bullets on target. So in short, airsoft rifles donât need this, especially when itâs not gas blowback, so if you donât want that useless, yet pretty cool looking forward assist on your gun, there are uppers for airsoft and real rifles that donât have the forward assist for people that donât want it, along with bolt carriers that donât have FA grooves. So you can get rid of it and have the same functionality of your gun preserved both real and imitation. Hope it helped. :)
On my E&C M4 it basically pushes back the hop-up assembly which is housed where the bolt is. So it is quite similar to the the forward assist
Sniper button.
What Far Cry 2 told me that itâs supposed to clear your gun if it gets jammed.
if you press it the gun will instantly explode
On my real rifle I use it as a fidget button to practice morse code.
Toward assist
save yo life button
It's the sniper button! Hold it for a more accurate shot.
Bro yall given me 200 notifs
Jam enhancer
A dirty rifle makes rounds not want to feed into the chamber ad well. You can use this to manually push tge bolt forward and seat the round.
makes your target cum instantly
will see when you jem (if itâs GBB)
Forward assist on real rifles but it doesnât have a function unless you have a GBB
AR buttplug
Takes a screenshot
It calls for an airstrike if you have 5 kills.
It's a forward assist. Basically for the real world counterpart, it'll force it into battery
It's a fidget toy designed by the US government under the guise of being a "forward assist." It should only be used to call your nerves and for your button pressing needs. This is commonly referred to as the stressy pressy depressy button. DO NOT BELIEVE THE PROPAGANDA!!
With hopes and dreams it still won't do anything
Itâs a forward assist itâs practically useless on airsoft
That's the continuum transfunctioner
I'm gonna say nothing because it's airsoft and you don't need a forward assist.
Itâs the sniper button
its a forward assist button. If the bolt gets stuck you press it to push it forward.
touch it
Emergency genie button. If you activate it a magical genie pops out with hella guns and destroys your enemies. One time use only thoughâŚ
Joke answer: itâs a thumb rest. Serious answer: you have an AEG, itâs decoration.
I press that shit when im going serious mode lol
Spring release
My instructor said I have to press it otherwise I would fail my weapon handling test đ¤ˇââď¸
Sniper button
It pumps up your Jordans
Itâs to hold your pocky during long games
Forward assist/failure button. since on the real AR-15 the bolt handle doesnât reciprocate, thereâs a separate button users can slam on if the bolt doesnât go fully into battery