Perform Immediate Action to Get Your Jammed AR-15 Back in the Fight

By Tactical Life

We’ve all heard the horrific sound. You’re sighted in on the target, your breath is right. You take that slow, steady squeeze of the trigger. “Click.” The AR-15 remains otherwise still and silent. “Oh no,” you panic.

In a serious situation, what you do next can mean the difference between life and death.

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The U.S. Marine Corps defines eight separate steps during the cycle of operations of the M16 service rifle. These same steps apply to the civilian-legal AR-15 as well. The cycle of operation includes feeding, chambering, locking, firing, unlocking, extracting, ejecting and cocking.

The unintentional interruption of this cycle of operation results in a stoppage. On the range, a stoppage is annoying. In a match, it’s costly. But in a defensive, duty or combat situation, a stoppage can be fatal. The remedy to this occurrence, which will absolutely happen to every rifleman at some point, requires performing Immediate Action.

Performing Immediate Action

Immediate Action is defined as “the unhesitating response to clear a stoppage without investigating the cause. This is all about getting that rifle back into the fight, immediately. In Marine Corps parlance, Immediate Action is executed by performing Tap, …Read the Rest

Source:: Tactical Life