Like outfitting Mossad with .22 rimfire handguns for decades
Wasn't that because those were used for assassinations? The rationale there was that you aren't going into a firefight, you're finding your target and then quietly murdering them when they're alone.
If you have the element of surprise and the luxury of getting to place your shot at your leisure, it doesn't matter if penetration isn't that deep, you can shoot the target a number more times after they're down to make sure they'll die, and the .22 being so very quiet with a silencer is a very useful aspect.
"If you end up in a firefight, you're dead anyway." I think makes sense, a bunch of guys with guns coming down on you will almost certainly have the same outcome whether your pistol is a .22 or a .45, attempting escape seems like the only approach that's at all viable.
Hell, I don't even like forward assists and I admit it was useful in Rittenhouse's situation. It's not that hard to admit one's opinion isn't final and immutable.
Yes. Just the same, I
like AR15s without forward assists, for lightweight builds that's viable, and the old pre A1 rifles and carbines without them are so very charming in their own way.
I only want people to know that omitting it is actually tradeoff, and they should consider if they feel it's a worthwhile one.
This situation is a better argument to test your rifle for function from unconventional shooting positions and angles. Does your rifle work fired off your shoulder, upside down, sideways etc? Higher gas pressure for more bolt velocity generally helps with this.
Sure, but fact of the matter is that the thing still lets you
do remedial action. Even Karl himself will tap the bolt on an AK to make sure it's properly seated, the forward assist fulfilling that functionality when necessary.
Are you saying that Rittenhouse is a combat veteran now?
For what it matters, much more of one than Karl is, the kid had to fight for his dear life and shoot multiple assailants within just a couple of minutes. Luck was surely on his side (for instance all the evidence being so strongly in his favor), but he was also thinking and reacting really quickly.
That said, he's no super soldier or anything, he's just a young boy, and if I want input on tactics and handling I'm more wont to give Paul Harrell the time of day, because I know he has lots of experience (and he does demonstrate his points very well), but I think that Kyle's example actually
does matter, even if it's just one.
Also both of my ARs have the A1 teardrop style buttons if that means anything to anyone
The best one.
Even Chris at Small Arms solutions believed it was more luck than anything:
https://youtu.be/jquRFm4J7QY?t=1197
19:57
No offense, but I find myself second guessing most of what Bartocci says. He clearly knows some things well, but he often speaks authoritatively about subjects he's actually not versed in.
do you guys enjoy anything other than just shitting on stuff?
Sure, read my title.
Sinistral, I appreciate you being here and voicing a different opinion than a lot of us
I must say, I appreciate this strongly too. Even if you think we're just a bunch of assholes, you have provided some informative posts (you clearly know your shit when it comes to polymers), and you're better behaved than probably most "Persons Of Interest"