05-07-2015, 05:59 PM
lamrith Wrote:Hrmmm "Necessary" or "desired" can be different votes. Required/Necessary, heck no, as mentioned for normal day to day target usage it would be better to not have it, as then you are less likely to have people tempted to force a bad round into battery. I have watched people at the range do it and quickly made my way to the other side of the range when I saw them do it.
That said..
With all the gear we tend to wear hunting these days, safeties could get flipped to fire and triggers snagged on webbing, straps etc so I know a number of guys that will not chamber a round when hiking, glassing or just sitting in a tree stand. No big deal for bolt gun, as you can slowly cycle the bolt. For an AR the bolt needs to snap forward fast or the lugs will not fully lock in. That is a noisey proposition when your "once in a lifetime" buck is 100yrds away. FA will let you ride the charge handle forward, then use the FL to lock the bolt lugs in quietly just like the Swat example. Side charger you can cycle slow just like a bolt action and push forward to lock it in. IMHO that is why I would only run those two and went with a FA upper on my hunting grendel, so I believe it is desired. FA or Sidecharger..
My thoughts exactly