POTD: Dutch Marines with Heckler & Koch HK417 in USA
TFB’s Photo Of The Day is on a mission to collect high-quality photos from the world of firearms, and what’s better than a few Heckler & Koch HK417 rifles at the sniper range? Above you see a Dutch Marine with Marine Squadron Carib, Netherlands Marine Corps while participating in the Exercise Caribbean Urban Warrior at a sniper range on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, March 2023.
It’s pretty rare to get this kind of close-ups. As you can see, the Dutch Marines use Schmidt & Bender optics with Spuhr mounts.
Exercise Caribbean Urban Warrior is a bilateral training evolution designed to increase global interoperability between 2d Marine Division and Marine Squadron Carib.
Below: U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Pierce Hutch, a reconnaissance Marine with the 2d Reconnaissance Battalion, 2d Marine Division, makes adjustments to the scope of his rifle.
Below: U.S Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jason Florczyk, a reconnaissance Marine with the 2d Reconnaissance Battalion, 2d Marine Division, fires an M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System.
Below. Suppressed, and non-suppressed, HK417s.
Source: U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Eric Dmochowski.
Ex-Arctic Ranger. Competitive practical shooter and hunter with a European focus. Always ready to increase my collection of modern semi-automatics, optics, thermals and suppressors. TCCC Certified. Occasionaly seen in a 6x6 Bug Out Vehicle, always with a big smile.
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In the fifth photo down, there's a Knights Armament 7.62 with the bolt open. The top cartridge is slid
forward about 30% where the bullet is probably already in contact with the feed ramp.
Is this an established procedure to ensure the first cartridge in the magazine feeds smoothly?
The KAC doesn't have forward assist, but the rifle in the bottom picture does, and it appears it may have been loaded the same way.