chuckus said:
The only detail I'll address is the new M16 family hitting the mag after the reload. I have to say Geo... THANK YOU. It's a personal pet peve of mine when people say don't do it or not to include it because militaries advise against it.
It's true. I was taught it damages the magazine when you do it and trust me it does. over time the feed rim at the top bends out of shape creating more stoppages and when you train you don't just throw mags away you keep them in circulation (at war time you can throw them away).
/End rant.
There is also another reason why the military advises against it, as i was taught with out Stery AUG, you shouldn't tap the bottom of the magazine in (or how my DS said it, "Slap it in Rambo style"), as it can cause a double feed, thus jamming your rifle, so Geo you beter impelement a 50% probility of jamming when tapping the bottom in!
The correct way to insert a magazine with the M16 and Stayr families in to insert the top of the magazine in to the magazine well (bullets facing forwards for you new recruits), and push it up into the well until the magazine catch clicks in. If unsure of the magazine being secure, give it a little rattle, and see if it can be removed without force.
But then the Steyr AUG has a much better magazine catch system!
The correct way to insert a AK magazine is to "hook" the front lip of the magazine into the action body, then proceed to swing the rear of the top of the magazine up into the catch, this is due to the AK family not having a magazine well as such. But if allows for a much more positive magazine locking, and with practice, can be done as fast as with M16 type rifles
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