Quote Originally Posted by browningautorifleicon View Post
That's only because it's our drills. If we had started using the bolt catch, and just allowing the bolt forward by it's self we wouldn't cause the stoppage you speak of. We do the drills wrong for the rifle, against it's design. The actual bolt closure device can buy you into more trouble by hammering a round in instead of clearing it out and carry on.
100%, again as mentioned the one time I have seen that it would have prevented a stoppage was due to operator error the exact one mentioned by yourself. I personally am against the forward assist, extra weight which doesn't really serve much of a purpose.