Forward Assist and Kyle Rittenhouse vidicated

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I'm not sure who invented the hate for the forward assist....

It was Gene Stoner, himself.

Stoner discusses the forward assist (he calls it "a bolt-closure device") in THIS VIDEO starting at 20:27. In YouTube, video is titled "The Eugene Stoner Tapes – Part 2: The M16 in Vietnam and Comments on the M16A2."

Stoner uses the forward assist with a smirk on his face in THIS VIDEO starting at 4:37. In YouTube, video is titled "The Eugene Stoner Tapes – Part 6: Range Day at ARES."

Then, again, he hated the three-round burst mechanism: "Just, exactly, the wrong number of rounds."