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Not just for the M4, but almost all shotgun magazine spring removal / installations that have an aperture in the magazine retaining cap, I employ an aluminum thru- rod with chamfered edges that engage the follower, spring and magazine retaining cap which controls the spring in a predictable linear manner if it gets away from you.

I put an A and S on mine. I wanted it for a 922r part, and it’s sweet.

I have plenty left to learn! Just sharing as I go.

Awesome..well explained & easy to understand..practical & tactical..nice work & appreciate your efforts! Another example that validates why this particular forum is absolutely the best firearm information forum anywhere..period! If this was posted on Reddit & other forums, someone or multiple “Karen’s” would chime in and ignorantly criticize the method/something displayed, stated, or suggest a better/faster alternative. Again thanks for taking the time to share!!

I’ve heard countless times “if 7-9 shots of 12 ga can’t get me out of a situation, I’m screwed anyways”. But what if the magic number to get you out of the situation is 10, or 11… if done quickly. And if you have NOT practiced manipulating at all, it could be a costly mistake. Bottom line, I spent a few hundred dollars to learn what Unobtanium is giving out for free. Soak it up guys! Thanks, Garza

I like what I’m seeing. I spent 3 hours in a defensive training class a couple weeks ago. And while I thought we we were gonna shoot like crazy (and we did), half of our time was spent on manipulation and reloading. Our trainers motto was “if you ain't shooting, you’re reloading”. And I didn’t understand at first. But he explained that most go to the range and load up their gun, and continue to unload til empty. Put the gun down and wash, rinse, repeat. Guilty as charged! He would have us hit a couple targets and the call out a reload mid shot, and we would have to top the gun off while keeping a timer on for the reload and back on target. The first few times were really bad, I mean like really bad. I was ejecting unspent shells from the chamber, dropping shells onto the ground. A comedy of errors. But we were just not training that way. We learned a valuable lesson that day, and a lot of what he was teaching I’m seeing right here in this video. Awesome video, and for those that aren’t practicing this way, you should incorporate this into your range session. We now practice manipulation and reloading into each and every range session. Valuable info here! Thanks, Garza