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Do many of you guys ever grip your AR with your front hand holding the mag?
front hand
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Yeah, not the mag, but I grip the magwell.
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Same here.
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penicillin help that vfg?
hehe, just sounds funny. I lack an AR (my whining can be read in other threads) but when I am blessed with the opportunity to hold greatness I use the mag-well for 'quick' shooting and wrap the sling around the arm / grip the shroud when needing to hit something very small.
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Me too, but now I have VFG just in front of the mag well. Why do you ask?
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Well, I have the 20" heavy barrel on mine, so it doesn't seem to work well on my gun. It's on the bi-pod almost all the time anyway, it's the jackrabbit terminator. Anyway, I'm thinking of getting an M4 upper and just wondering how it works on the shorter, lighter upper.
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Same. I'm starting to think it's a bad habit.
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I dunno that it's a bad habit. I took a couple of rifle classes and the instructor said that's an option to use, and is what he uses and most of the officers he teaches hold their rifle that way. I have a VFG, but find myself leaving it off the rifle and still gripping around the magwell. Works great when shooting while moving, at least for me anyway.
Another guy I know, also LEO, suggested I hold the Class III MP5 that way when I got to shoot it. Ohhhh soooo nice.
I do this too. After I get my Surefire m900 VFG weapon light I'll use that.
Gripping the magwell is how I was taught.
Keep your elbows IN, keep your center of gravity LOW, you can run and pivot faster and never lose your sights.
Don't need the chicken-wing, there is no recoil.
I show this to people who rent an AR at the range and the LIGHT GOES ON in their heads. It's the best way.
Keep your elbows IN, keep your center of gravity LOW, you can run and pivot faster and never lose your sights.
Don't need the chicken-wing, there is no recoil.
I show this to people who rent an AR at the range and the LIGHT GOES ON in their heads. It's the best way.
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Only downside to gripping the magwell for me is my wedding ring rubs the finish.
If you were really dedicated, you'd get divorced.Only downside to gripping the magwell for me is my wedding ring rubs the finish.
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It definitely feels more natural to me that way, I don't like being spread out all along the rifle. I like having my hands in.I dunno that it's a bad habit. I took a couple of rifle classes and the instructor said that's an option to use, and is what he uses and most of the officers he teaches hold their rifle that way. I have a VFG, but find myself leaving it off the rifle and still gripping around the magwell. Works great when shooting while moving, at least for me anyway.
Another guy I know, also LEO, suggested I hold the Class III MP5 that way when I got to shoot it. Ohhhh soooo nice.
Funniest damn thing I've heard/read all day.
+1. I don't even have mine completed yet and I can already tell it feels more natural for me.
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yup!
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No, but it gave me a strong urge to build an AR-10 :twisted:
ETA: a little info on why I use a VFG, it is a nice place to mount the tapeswitch for laser, and makes it easy to operate my non-tapeswitch equipped (and therefore hopefully more reliable) white light. I personally have not had a tapeswitch fail but know people who have. My VFG is placed as close as possible to the magwell. It also provides 'right there' storage for an extra bolt/firing pin or batteries if SHTF & I had to 'travel'.
ETA: a little info on why I use a VFG, it is a nice place to mount the tapeswitch for laser, and makes it easy to operate my non-tapeswitch equipped (and therefore hopefully more reliable) white light. I personally have not had a tapeswitch fail but know people who have. My VFG is placed as close as possible to the magwell. It also provides 'right there' storage for an extra bolt/firing pin or batteries if SHTF & I had to 'travel'.
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Lmfao Tard!!
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