what is this button on my ar 15

[Pale Rider]

SPORT
Safe
PULL (the charging handle)
OBSERVE (for a round ejecting)
Realease (chambering another rount
TAP the forward assist and magazine to be sure everything is fully seated

i think you forgot the last S,

SPORTS
Safe
Pull
Observe
Release
Tap
Safe / or Squeeze (depending on the situation whether you need to fire or return the weapon to safe)

My taught me well

 

[ATM]

I thought the safety was only engaged for remedial action if immediate action failed.

SPORTS (immediate action)

1. Slaps gently upward on the magazine to ensure it is fully seated, and the magazine follower is not jammed.
2. Pulls the charging handle fully to the rear.
3. Observes for the ejection of a live round or expended cartridge. (If the weapon fails to eject a cartridge, perform remedial action.)
4. Releases the charging handle (do not ride it forward).
5. Taps the forward assist assembly to ensure bolt closure.
6. Squeezes the trigger and tries to fire the rifle.

 

[Denny347]

Seems like most people don't want to get a scratch on their rifles, let alone dirty enough to have to use the forward assist.

 

[techres]

Seems like most people don't want to get a scratch on their rifles, let alone dirty enough to have to use the forward assist.

That is so very true. We may have a trainer on this board who (so I have heard) asks students to toss their firearm on the ground during training. I can only imagine the arguments and looks. "But, that ground looks sharp and scratchy..."

 

[Pale Rider]

I thought the safety was only engaged for remedial action if immediate action failed.

SPORTS (immediate action)

1. Slaps gently upward on the magazine to ensure it is fully seated, and the magazine follower is not jammed.
2. Pulls the charging handle fully to the rear.
3. Observes for the ejection of a live round or expended cartridge. (If the weapon fails to eject a cartridge, perform remedial action.)
4. Releases the charging handle (do not ride it forward).
5. Taps the forward assist assembly to ensure bolt closure.
6. Squeezes the trigger and tries to fire the rifle.

depends if you're at the training range or the SHTF on a convoy in the sand box...

 

[IndyGunworks]

not to mention if you ever have to chamber a round quietly you can assure that it gets seated home... without having to let the bolt slam home alerting someone to your position

 

[jtmarine1911]

That is so very true. We may have a trainer on this board who (so I have heard) asks students to toss their firearm on the ground during training. I can only imagine the arguments and looks. "But, that ground looks sharp and scratchy..."

After that first scratch it is al down hill from there. I was that way when I bought my first AR several years ago. Until I got that first scratch on it I keep it super clean, after that I used it for what it was built for. And I quit applying the to nice to do that rule to everything shortly there after, just like when I bought my M1A, no more than I walked out the shop it started raining, think that stopped me, Heck No! Straight to the farm I went!

As long as it is 100% functional I really don't care what it looks like!

 

[jtmarine1911]

not to mention if you ever have to chamber a round quietly you can assure that it gets seated home... without having to let the bolt slam home alerting someone to your position

+1

 

[2ADMNLOVER]

...until you NEED it...

If he had an AK he wouldn't need it at all ! Now if it were a glock , I'd say it was a self destruct button .

 

[2ADMNLOVER]

I thought the safety was only engaged for remedial action if immediate action failed.


SPORTS (immediate action)

1. Slaps gently upward on the magazine to ensure it is fully seated, and the magazine follower is not jammed.
2. Pulls the charging handle fully to the rear.
3. Observes for the ejection of a live round or expended cartridge. (If the weapon fails to eject a cartridge, perform remedial action.)
4. Releases the charging handle (do not ride it forward).
5. Taps the forward assist assembly to ensure bolt closure.
6. Squeezes the trigger and tries to fire the rifle.

This is what it was in my day .

 

[Denny347]

That is so very true. We may have a trainer on this board who (so I have heard) asks students to toss their firearm on the ground during training. I can only imagine the arguments and looks. "But, that ground looks sharp and scratchy..."

hmmm, I wonder who that is . I had my handgun/shotgun in-service today. I tear my stuff up. I don't abuse it but I like to train hard and get dirty. Firearms are tool that will show wear with use. My patrol rifle gets beat around and I paid for it. As long as it is properly maintained, it can have zero finish for all I care. Same for all of my pistols,

 

[esrice]

I remember the 'light bulb' moment I had when I suddenly realized that those funny looking ridges on the side of the bolt carrier actually had a purpose. . . lol

 

[Litlratt]

My uppers work better w/o a charging handle or forward assist.

Drill and tap the carrier for a bolt handle and slot the upper for its rearward travel. No push/pull system, direct control of the carrier/bolt.

 

[IndyGunworks]

My uppers work better w/o a charging handle or forward assist.

Drill and tap the carrier for a bolt handle and slot the upper for its rearward travel. No push/pull system, direct control of the carrier/bolt.

thats my what i hate most about the AR... is the rear charging handle... also why the XCR and new bushmaster ACR are so apealing... because of the ability to charge from the side.... rat, any chance you can post some pics of your uppers set up like this?

 

[printcraft]

there is a button on the right side of my ar 15 just bellow the charging handle just behind the shell extractor and just above my fire selector. w................

NO!!!!!!!

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OH, volume........

 

[techres]

thats my what i hate most about the AR... is the rear charging handle... also why the XCR and new bushmaster ACR are so apealing... because of the ability to charge from the side.... rat, any chance you can post some pics of your uppers set up like this?

Agreed. The charging system should not include shoving a hand nearly up my nose and be hidden under a long scope.

 

[Litlratt]

thats my what i hate most about the AR... is the rear charging handle... also why the XCR and new bushmaster ACR are so apealing... because of the ability to charge from the side.... rat, any chance you can post some pics of your uppers set up like this?

I'll try to post some in the morning. Prepping for Camp Perry right now.

 

[Indecision]

in fact its a part of the SOP for clearing jams that the army uses...

SPORT
Safe
PULL (the charging handle)
OBSERVE (for a round ejecting)
Realease (chambering another rount
TAP the forward assist and magazine to be sure everything is fully seated

I think we went to a different infantry school.

Slap
Pull
Observe
Release
Tap
Squeeze

I know someone else already said it, but come on.

 

[cce1302]

...until you NEED it...

Yup. I conduct a brass check every time I chamber a round, then bump the forward assist. It's a necessary part of a rifle that gets used somewhere other than on a static range. I guess if you only ever are plinking then you could do without it, but it's a service rifle, not a target rifle. The AR-type target rifles don't all have forward assists.

I think we went to a different infantry school.

Slap
Pull
Observe
Release
Tap
Squeeze

I know someone else already said it, but come on.

From what I remember, we use Tap-Rack-Bang for immediate action, then SPORTS is remedial action. Since you've already done tap-rack-bang, and it didn't work, you don't have to slap the magazine again. S stands for seek cover (you don't want to be in the open while your rifle is temporarily out of commission) then the rest are the same.

 

[Indecision]

Sports is immediate action... or pops for a machine gun. I've never even heard the expression tap, rack, bang.