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Originally Posted by damage
Safest way is to use loading rod/cleaning rod. Trust me clearing jams on semi or full auto is not the way. Chances are you will break the tappet plate.
my two cents.
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You're right, the best way would be the cleaning/unjamming rod but I meant out in the field. No one I know carries one in the field and it's a pain to walk back to the vehicles some times. Hell I went through the magwell/hopup with a skinny stick in the field to clear a jam as it wouldn't clear on semi, haha. Worked too
I've always cleared my jams in semi auto with the mag out and shooting upside down...not entirely sure why, I just think I read that somewhere. It's worked 90% of the time for me and haven't broken any parts doing so (I have yet to strip a piston or break a tappet plate on any of my guns).
Why would it break the tappet plate? Shouldn't make a difference if it is short stroked due to a bb not allowing it to move all the way forward; the cam on the sector gear will come around and pick it up still - no teeth to strip. A bit of added stress in the corner where it 90's up to hold the nozzle but I don't see the little tappet spring exerting enough speed and force to have it break there in the odd time it occurs. I'm not trying to be a dick, I'd honestly like to know why it would break.