Quick Magazine Change

Changing a magazine on the fly. Indicator two : magazine empty, bolt pulled back to the rear, ejection port cover open.

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• Military
• Magazine
• Marines
• USMC
• Indicator
• Drill
• M16
• Quick

[DutchPride96]

Call me kinda stupid, but I am not an expert in Gun Knowledge why does he hit his gun above the magazine?

[Vagitarian1]

@DutchPride96 I'm hitting the "Bolt catch" which holds the bolt to the rear when it runs out of ammunition. Hitting the bolt catch releases the bolt to the forward position and seats a round in the chamber. If you don't hit the bolt catch, you will NOT be able to fire the weapon.

[UsedToFly1]

what weapon is that? i cant remember it

[Vagitarian1]

@UsedToFly1 M16A4



[rodross2002]

only in courthouse bay

[Vagitarian1]

@rodross2002 Ha ha.. correct!

[mrcoolj008]

@DutchPride96 Its one thing that I see that a lot of movies or videogames do not show instead they show that you have to put back the charger which is wasting time, but you do not need to do that if A. there is still a round in chamber or B. the bolt is back which shows that you that there is no round in the weapons. hitting the boltrelease saves time.

[zhengjdc]

You can't change magazine on m16 that quick if you were a left hand shooter.

[ablahblah54]

Magazine retention is purely situational...if you're doing a speed reload like this guy is, you're probably in the middle of a fight and don't want to spare the time to seat your old mag as well as take your eyes off the fight. Otherwise, tactical reloads where magazines are retained are obviously preferable to speed reloads.

[bbxez]

0:03 the alright reminded me of quagmire...

[000JoshuaMcClure000]

And yes, you would want to position the new mag before you eject the old mag, that way you have positive control over both of them. in most cases the simplest way to accomplish this is by forming an "L" with both magazines. the spent magazine would be the vertical line, and the new mag would be the horizontal line. you would then quickly rotate in a clockwise motion.

[000JoshuaMcClure000]

@MrJumpingPanda

read my post for a real answer

[000JoshuaMcClure000]

Actually you would want to keep the magazine, because who fucking knows when the assault will be over? Some firefights last for hours, and magazine reloading is crucial. 10 Rounds are put on stripper clips, and hopefully someone was smart enough to bring a speed loader. Are you really going to try and run around asking other personnel for their magazines, fuck no, you'd be lucky if you aren't knocked the fuck out by an NCO for not retaining them.

[pimpinaintez67]

@MrJumpingPanda listen here son, let us professionals do our jobs, i'd say our track record speaks for itself.

[shyyphotography]

@MrJumpingPanda spend a few days on a 2way range and you'll quickly realize how flawed your tactics are. there will be plenty of time to pick up mags after the fight, fuck trying to stick them anywhere while you're dodging .30 caliber rounds.

[CutthroatTwoSix]

@MrJumpingPanda I always dropped them, even though I had more expensive steel mags. My life is worth more than a $30 mag. But I guess what you do comes down to personal preference. I always told my soldiers to do what is comfortable so long as it is fast.