Equipment versus practice posts and Rifle practice/shooting

[RWT]

I make my kids color the circles with crayons

I do the same but I do the coloring while I take mandatory training at work.

 

[Q_Sertorius]

I do the same but I do the coloring while I take mandatory training at work.

You must not be a Marine. For me, it’s easy to confuse art class with snack time.

 

[RWT]

You must not be a Marine. For me, it’s easy to confuse art class with snack time.

Negative. All the forces chased me then once they had access to my medical I was advised “You will have an outstanding career serving coffee”.
I passed. Apparently they don’t want you with screws holding you together unless they are the ones that put the screws in you. I choose to support them in a different way. I provide them things they actually want and need. I am pretty good at changing their color of $ and overcoming the incompetence of the government system.

 

[Nevwild]

My last time out, on the second string, I dropped two seated shots (one of them very badly). I need to spend more time in those positions. And some of the hits were very marginal.

About 300 rounds of .22 LR fired offhand at a 1” dot at 50 yards really helped me out there, but I am not where I want to be yet. Using my sling for support helps a lot too.

I need to practice more for the seated position now that my broken leg isn’t in a boot anymore.

I am modifying the drill a bit by doing the first string under the same constraints as the second (20-second par time). And I start all the drills standing with rifle at the ready (the rifle has to be pointed down range at all times on my range) and transition to the appropriate position. Still a ways to go to reach the goal.

Losing the extra 10 pounds I put on while my leg was broken should also help because then my gut won’t be pushing into my lungs when I transition to seated.

I feel like I fumble a lot with my trigger sticks for the seated supported shot. They have this annoying tendency to extend further than I want when I pull them out of my assault pack. Fixed length sticks would make for faster setup on the range, but have less utility in real world terrain where things won’t always be flat. It would also be easier to get them from the side pocket on my main pack, but I have never worn that while hunting or shooting. I have a potential solution planned (apart from more practice), I just haven’t put it into effect yet.

This is why I find this drill so valuable. You realize that there are parts of your system that don’t actually work in the real world, and then you figure out adjustments before you’re out actually hunting.

 

[Jason Snyder]

Offhand is a bitch.

…hasty sling

 

[eltorro]

Sitting supported practice.
.223 tikka
Standing with pack on and rifle in hand as I would usually hunt. 20 second par time to get in position and fire 2 shots
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4.5 inch circle
Did the drill 6 times and surprisingly never timed out. Could have slowed down a bit and maybe tightened it up some.

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My setup.

Is that a lieberal party electoral sign ?!?

 

[Moose83]

Is that a lieberal party electoral sign ?!?

I can neither confirm nor deny.....lol

 

[ztc92]

Gave it another go today before taking this same rifle to chase elk and deer next week. Got a 12/20, though may be an 11 as I have 6 shots close to the seated unsupported target and wonder if one drifted from the nearby seated supported target that only has 4 nearby.

I went 5/5 prone for the first time. It’s definitely my best position and the one I practice the most. Time to put more focus on the other positions now.

I never use it during the drill due to the time constraints but with some practice this summer, I’ve reached the point that seated with sticks up front and a backpack in the rear is nearly as good as prone. It’s takes a bit to set up but if you have the time it’s hard to beat if you can’t shoot prone.