Soxfan9
NES Member
Came away with alot of things to think about. I guess that's what good training is all about.
My biggest lesson learned? If and when the stuff hits the fan, my life is on the line, and a functioning rifle means the difference between life and death - I'll take my AK over the AR anytime. I never saw so many failures-to-fire over a two-day period in my life and it seemed everyone (maybe SoxFan9 aside) experienced at least one. Whether it was the mag dropping unexpectedly, or lowers improperly assembled, or whatever - there seemed to be ample opportunity with the AR's to practice immediate action drills.
I went through over a thousand rounds of dirty, nasty Wolf 7.62x39 in my cheap, ugly, 5-year old Romanian SAR-1, and it went "bang" every time I pulled the trigger.
Thank you, Mr. Kalashnikov! Not bad for an old Russian Tanker.
I had some myself, a couple when the rifle got dry on day one, and some from a bad mag on day 2. That was the first time that I, and I am sure others, ran their rifles that hard. It provided a good opportunity to evaluate where you and your equipment are "at", under stress, without someone shooting back at you. You could have tossed your AK in the mud to level the playing field .