AR15 Type Rifles

Here's another important video from the Personal Defense Network Many shooters also own AR style rifles. And while there are many different manufacturers, they're usually the same with some minor differences. Right now, we're going to talk about some of the major common components that they share, such as the grip, the safety selector switch, the magazine, the magazine release, the sling as well as, some of the lesser known components such as the dust cover and the forward assist. You'll notice that the grip is a standard pistol grip. The safety selector switch can be mounted ambidextrously for both left and right-handed shooters.

The magazines, you can purchase in anywhere from 10 all the way up to 100 round magazines. The magazine release button, which is located on the right side of the firearm which facilitates ease of changing magazines. You also have the sling which is important in a dynamic critical incident because it allows you to maintain positive control of the rifle. Be it that you need to pick up your children and carry them outside of the house, render medical aid or contact the authorities. Now we're gonna talk about some of the smaller lesser known parts such as the dust cover and the forward assist.

These were added by manufacturers because military groups worked in such harsh conditions such as the desert and the jungle. This facilitated reliable use of the firearm. Now we're going to talk about some of the functions such as loading, chambering, firing and unloading. Loading the rifle is as easy as this, take a magazine, index your finger on the front of the magazine, which can be seen by looking at which directions the bullets are going. Keeping the firearm in a generally safe direction, we are going to insert the magazine into the magazine well.

That's loading. Chambering. we do from two different positions, bolt forward and bolt back. Right now, we're going to demonstrate bolt back. As you see on the side of the rifle, there is a bolt release button.

Once the magazine is inserted, you are simply going to strike the bolt release button with the palm of your hand, like so, a round has been chambered. The other method, is as if the bolt we're forward. What you're going to have to do in this case, is grasp the charging handle, pull it to the rear and then allow the charging handle to go forward from here. again a round is now chambered. Now we're gonna discuss firing procedures.

It's very important that we maintain consistency with this. So we're going to put the butt stock of the rifle in the same place in the shoulder every time. As we bring the rifle up to fire we are going to go from safe to fire making sure that we're bringing the rifle up to our head, not our head down to the rifle. Like so. From the other side so you can see the safety manipulation.

The rifle starts out in the low ready position. Again, with the butt stock in the shoulder. As we bring the rifle up, the rifle is going to go on fire, back down on safe. There's only one time where you're not going to be able to go back on safe. And that's if you'll have a malfunction.

We're gonna go ahead and cover that a little bit later. Next, we're going to talk about unloading the rifle. That's accomplished, simply by depressing the magazine release button here allowing the magazine to fall. If it doesn't fall, you can go ahead and assist it with your other hand. From here you're going to wrap your hand around the bottom, grab the bolt release, the bottom of the bolt release, and pull the charging handle to the rear.

That'll eject any around that's left in the chamber. From here, we need to inspect the chamber to ensure that it's clear, which it is. And that's unloading. Previously, I said, we are going to come back to malfunctions. So that's what we're gonna cover now.

There are two types of malfunctions that we're gonna cover, simple and complex. To clear a simple malfunction, it's as easy as striking the bottom of the magazine, wracking the bolt, and then letting the bold go forward. The simple jam is cleared. For the more complex jam, it's a little more involved. The first thing we're going to have to do is inspect the bolt to see that it's locked back or that a round is not chambered.

Once that happens, we need to lock the bolt to the rear, remove the source, and then cycle the bolt a few times to clear any jam that's in there. Lock the bolt back to the rear and inspect the chamber. If there's still a malfunction, you may need a tool to get the malfunction out, From here, you're going to re-insert the magazine or a new magazine, send the bolt forward and you're ready to go. Check out more videos, just like this one at the Personal Defense Network.