The symphony of bone support, eye relief, sight alignment, sight picture, natural point of aim, breath control, trigger control, whether in slow fire or rapid fire is an art that few have mastered or appreciated. Andrew Cheek, Cpl, USMC (0331) Golf Co. 2nd Bt/3rd Mar Weapons Platoon 4 times Expert Rifleman (232/236/242/246) 3 times Expert Pistol (272/282/289)
Have you ever gotten a chance to shoot the M-27? It's amazing. A lot smoother than the M16 when it comes to recoil and a blessing from chesty puller to clean.
@@housethemisfitgraves7331 not a fan of the m27. Its unnecessarily heavy. Love it for full-auto but as a rifle it is not smooth or nice at all in my opinion.
I must try shooting with iron sights again, not done it since I was a kid, got too used to the convenience of a scope. That WW2 Finnish sniper was capable of headshots at 400 yards with iron sights.
Simo Hayho had over 500 confirmed kills. Russians seem to have trouble prevailing over small countries made up of resilient, well armed, determined citizens.
@@sardonic_smile_8752 no just realistic. I’m not saying all but I’ve seen some hard ass female marines finishing forced marches on a broken ankle while plenty of male marines fell out for multiple bs reasons.
I couldn’t help but notice many Marines had “ one eye closed”. Training revolutions have changed to make these warriors more efficient year after year. 🇺🇸👍🏻
Shooting with both eyes open is fine if you're shooting with a red dot scope at a target a few meters away. Firing at a target 200-500 yards away with iron sites is a totally different animal and therefore requires a totally different style of shooting.
That interrupted trigger control part contains a great tip. I self taught most of interrupted trigger control when owning rifles with a very heavy trigger pull. Thanks for showing. ❤
+1 on the detail of Sight Picture of actually showing what is in focus and what is out of focus. In basic, some soldiers (Army) were trying time and time again to try and focus both front sight post AND their target just because of the cheesy slideshow that showed EVERYTHING in focus. And another +2 on the 2 ways of "Trigger Squeeze" and using "Trigger Reset" to their advantage.
All of this is still taught but it doesnt go into detail on reading wind and applying it to the rifle since they all use optics now. But the fundamentals are still taught. Only now they do more close in training as well.
It depends. Many skirmishes in Vietnam happened at close range in which suppressing fire at the general direction from the hip was one of the best things you could do. Slings or not, some had, and some didn't. Some got actual sling, and some got makeshift sling made from parachute cord.
In Afghanistan first rotation right after 9-11, we never engaged guys under 300 yards. With acogs we were dropping guys, no problem. But they were good at removing their people, we never really knew how many were done. Or patched up to fight another day. Early on back home regular people wanted their pound of flesh, and thought we were being coy saying we rarely met these people and had no idea on numbers. This changed later on, and even more so in iraq. But in either, anytime outside our r Fob's that weapon was never slung, and it was because of the lessons learned by you in vn. No joke I recall that being drilled in, with references to why and what was learned by previous generations.
I used this video to learn how to shoot 10 years ago and I still use the techniques today.
The symphony of bone support, eye relief, sight alignment, sight picture, natural point of aim, breath control, trigger control, whether in slow fire or rapid fire is an art that few have mastered or appreciated.
Andrew Cheek, Cpl, USMC (0331)
Golf Co. 2nd Bt/3rd Mar Weapons Platoon
4 times Expert Rifleman (232/236/242/246)
3 times Expert Pistol (272/282/289)
Oorah!
Semper Fi Corporal.
@@jillvalentinefan77 Semper Fi Braddah!
The good old days. Woodland, Alice, and the m16a2. Excellent rifle, an actual rifle, not this carbine stuff that's cool today.
We get it gramps
@@ryanwilliams9942 lol, I'm 38.
Have you ever gotten a chance to shoot the M-27? It's amazing. A lot smoother than the M16 when it comes to recoil and a blessing from chesty puller to clean.
@@housethemisfitgraves7331 not a fan of the m27. Its unnecessarily heavy. Love it for full-auto but as a rifle it is not smooth or nice at all in my opinion.
Well...climb into a window or pie a right corner with that A2 and tell me again how cool it is outside the range.
Hey... The beginning of the video is my old stomping grounds. I did plenty of training there, so many ranges, sleepless nights, mres, and hiking
Alright, explain to me the difference between “aiming” and “sight picture.”
Great video. A go-to time and time again
Marine Corps marksmanship instructor here. damn this brings back memories and I love the old Woodlands. 1/8 Beirut battalion
Boy we've come a long way
@pr4runner OOHRAH... I wish more Appleseeds came up around Nashville, I would love to work with them.
"PRIVATE PILE! WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO TO MY BELOVED CORPS?!?!
I must try shooting with iron sights again, not done it since I was a kid, got too used to the convenience of a scope. That WW2 Finnish sniper was capable of headshots at 400 yards with iron sights.
Simo Hayho had over 500 confirmed kills. Russians seem to have trouble prevailing over small countries made up of resilient, well armed, determined citizens.
Did that dude at 41 seconds put a round in the dirt?
USMC 95 mcrd memories! 3126. Killer kilo
They Have Scope's Now, Didn't Have Those In, 84
❤❤❤ great 👍
Good stuff!
left 2 add1 Done..for the wind and drop..
Apple Seed all the way.
i hav a pistol (airsoft)
...female marines. lol
You laugh but I have seen harder women Marines than male Marines.
@@kenkrayzee1382 male feminist, detected
@@sardonic_smile_8752 no just realistic. I’m not saying all but I’ve seen some hard ass female marines finishing forced marches on a broken ankle while plenty of male marines fell out for multiple bs reasons.
@@sardonic_smile_8752 this was also 20-25 years ago and I do realize times change people so this might not be as accurate as it once was.
@@kenkrayzee1382 yeah, you are a *real* feminist.
In the past this was a top secret VHS, superb video thanks
the first time I watched this video, me and a lot of other guys were trying VERY hard to not fall asleep....
I couldn’t help but notice many Marines had “ one eye closed”. Training revolutions have changed to make these warriors more efficient year after year. 🇺🇸👍🏻
@Killary For Prison That's nice, but in combat you need your peripheral vision.
Shooting with both eyes open is fine if you're shooting with a red dot scope at a target a few meters away. Firing at a target 200-500 yards away with iron sites is a totally different animal and therefore requires a totally different style of shooting.
In shot gun shooting we try to develop dominant eye shooting, thus allowing both eyes to be kept open.
Ignorant comment. They were shooting at long distance. That's something that needs one of your eye closed.
That interrupted trigger control part contains a great tip. I self taught most of interrupted trigger control when owning rifles with a very heavy trigger pull. Thanks for showing. ❤
+1 on the detail of Sight Picture of actually showing what is in focus and what is out of focus. In basic, some soldiers (Army) were trying time and time again to try and focus both front sight post AND their target just because of the cheesy slideshow that showed EVERYTHING in focus. And another +2 on the 2 ways of "Trigger Squeeze" and using "Trigger Reset" to their advantage.
All of this is still taught but it doesnt go into detail on reading wind and applying it to the rifle since they all use optics now. But the fundamentals are still taught. Only now they do more close in training as well.
Thanks for sharing. Very cool stuff. "every Marine is a Rifleman first"
OOHRAH!
@@michaelhanson4811 OOHRAH!
I like, very much, target shooting!✌🏽
In deadly, mortal combat, you rarely have time to aim. In VN we never had a sling on our rifles. Rifle was always in our hands.
It depends. Many skirmishes in Vietnam happened at close range in which suppressing fire at the general direction from the hip was one of the best things you could do. Slings or not, some had, and some didn't. Some got actual sling, and some got makeshift sling made from parachute cord.
In Afghanistan first rotation right after 9-11, we never engaged guys under 300 yards. With acogs we were dropping guys, no problem. But they were good at removing their people, we never really knew how many were done. Or patched up to fight another day. Early on back home regular people wanted their pound of flesh, and thought we were being coy saying we rarely met these people and had no idea on numbers. This changed later on, and even more so in iraq. But in either, anytime outside our r
Fob's that weapon was never slung, and it was because of the lessons learned by you in vn. No joke I recall that being drilled in, with references to why and what was learned by previous generations.
This is the way I learned
These aspects can apply to shot guns as well. Will be using the next range visit this week using my SW MP9.
Forget nose to charging handle, shes damn near tonsils to t handle
Nose to the charging handel.
This video is gold
This was like 96 97
A salute from Canada 🇨🇦
I love this
Sweet video, I can't wait to become a confident shooter ;).
+smiley00341 same here! I wasn't that sharpshooter, or Rifle Expert badge straight outta boot camp
Wtf
What do you mean?
No proper sight alignment vertically when he is discussing proper site alignment in sight picture LMFAO