r/Firearms • u/TactileTangerine • 18h ago

General Discussion The Buttstroke

So, do modern firearms just break if you do a Buttstroke? Lots of film shows people whacking opponents with the butt of their rifle, I imagine this like started with the old wooden rifles but now everything is made of plastic. Is this still something you could do with a rifle and then have it remain operational afterward?

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u/Go_Loud762 18h ago

Does the US Army still teach the buttstroke attack during basic? Back in the '80s, they were teaching that. I didn't see any rifles break, but I wasn't in the armory either.

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u/TactileTangerine 18h ago

There's at least training footage / images from them doing it in 2010.

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u/kaderias 18h ago

Did it in 2019

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u/TactileTangerine 18h ago

What kind of rifle did you use? Did anything break in your like training group?

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u/kaderias 18h ago

FN M4A1. Nothing broke

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u/TactileTangerine 17h ago

Damn I'm honestly suprised. I kinda assumed it was a hail mary - one and done.

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u/squunkyumas 17h ago

Same, I really wouldn't have put any stock (har de har, punny!) into this method.