@@Drewgystew lol 95% of people enjoying any US military content would sign up for the SS and sign their kids up for the fascist youth asap if and when the opportunity arises. Not one of ya have a speck of the integrity you all steal from previous generations and lie and hypocritically and dishonestly play at as an excuse to hold yourself up in your mind over people who just want to live without fighting and killing
*I live in Italy, so I can't keep and bear any kind of combat rifle, but I served for one year (once it was mandatory) in the Army, my weapon was a M-1 Garand inherited from the American after the second world war (they were a mere gift...), and everything in the aiming system was like shown in this video. I loved my rifle. I had excellent results, during our training, with my Garand. It was a heavy, rugged, very accurate and extremely powerful weapon. It was a 7.62 NATO Caliber, full metal jacket. We had just a few occasion of training with rifles and machine guns, but it was fine. It was liberating, for me. And I got real satisfaction in shooting with the magic Garand. This video brings me back to 1986, when I was in the Army. Sweet memories...*
@@MattyB7 "Put your sword away. Those who live by the sword, die by the sword." If you truly believe "magic" is sinful--as if the innocuous, colloquial "magic" referenced by the Italian gentleman above is the same as the occult magic you're likely referring too, which it's not--then you have no business having an internet in firearms or weapons training. Your saved playlists are sinful, jackass. Sell your guns. Put down your sword. Turn the other cheek. Be a pacifist like your savior asked you to be.
@@lanceamadantebonife3987 I really don't know. I just remember the caliber, anyway it was NATO standard, they told at the time. We use to call those shots "7.62 NATO", but it must be told that italians are "approx".
It brings me back to death by power point for a week, read by some SSG who barely graduated high school at a 5th grade reading level. First formation at 4am to draw weapons at 6; to wait for motor movement at 9; for the range to open at 10; rush through zero, and qual; just to hurry up and wait at staging point to get back to to post....
Ft Jackson 1982, when the Army was real, not this BS when these little Bitches get there feelings hurt and pull out a my pussys hurt card and the DI gets his career fucked! Pathetic!
This course took me from having never held a rifle to Air Force Marksmanship Medal in one hour of training. The M-16 is the finest weapon ever created.
OMG, THANK YOU!!! I recently built my first AR-15 in 5.56x45mm NATO, and it's also my first rifle ever owned. I've plinked with air rifles and .22LRs before, and fired a handful of rounds out of a .30-06 bolt action, but never a 5.56, and I was always using a scope. Thanks to these videos, I got my irons sighted in correctly in about 10 rounds (accidentally rotated the front post the wrong way at first). Once zeroed, I was consistently pinging the 12" steel gong at 200yds, the 18" gong at 300yds, and even maintaining about a 60% hit rate on the 18" gong at 450yds. I still have a lot of practice to do, as I've only put 190 rounds down range in 2 days. Focusing intently on the front sight post has even gotten rid of my blinking when firing, and it also got rid of my 6 o'clock flinch with my pistol. My pistol is an Astra A-100 in .40S&W, which is like a Sig P226, but all steel weighing in at 34oz when empty. I was having a terrible time hitting my targets past 7yds, but after applying the fundamentals outlined in this series, I now have 4" groups at 15yds, and I even managed to get within a foot of an 18" gong at 250yds! With a goddamn .40S&W out of a 3.5" barrel, lol! The super far shots were just for fun, and I continue to train at 7yds with my pistol. I may even take my AR-15 to the high power range which starts at 500yds, and ends at 1,000yds. Not sure how effective 5.56x45mm is at those distances, but I can't afford anything in the .30 caliber group at this time, so 5.56 will have to do. Thank you again! You guys helped me greatly, and my shooting thoroughly impressed the combat vets at the range! The other guys with ARs were using super expensive scopes and red dots, but weren't rocking the accuracy and rapid long range target acquisition I was with a $45 rear A3 carry handle sight and cheap-ola $7 A3 style front sight. I plan to get even better! I salute you, USAMU!
I like to practice my pistol skills at 25 yards. I can constantly hit the bullseye or close to it. I think I could do trick shooting if I could afford the ammo
In days of yore, in musketry, the soldier was taught to take 'a sight' on a target. He was also taught to take a 'fine sight'. An Irish soldier was once quizzed by his instructor as to what a 'fine sight' was. "Two dinners on the one plate", came the reply
This series is excellent. The one basic that I might add would be to mention the effect lighting has on the very excellent post and aperture sights common to U.S. service rifles. Shooting on a bright and sunny day vs twilight or overcast. The effect glare can have on the front and rear sights, the importance of blackening the front post (a bic lighter works great) and shading the rear aperture. The ball cap worn by the soldier in the latter range portion of this series does an excellence job of that. and maybe mention the importance of glasses, especially if the shooter has an astigmatism or presbyopia and to avoid the use of bifocal lenses if possible. Use a good "distance" only pair. or a distance pair reduced by .25 - .5 diopter. I prefer clear glass as the photochromic ones will often darken under overcast and result in a dim sight picture.
I learned all of this by the time I was 12 years old. I started even younger. I grew up in a time and place where I could carry and shoot my rifle pretty much anytime I wanted. It was a ruger 10-22 and I never cleaned it until I forgot it on my grandparents patio over night and it was covered in rust and I freaked out and my uncle showed me how to oil and clean a firearm. Looking back that riffle was unstoppable. I don't remember it jamming up or having any issues. I might go buy another one
Boycott Ruger. Buy a clone, most of which are superior. Bill Ruger personally walked the halls of Congress promoting magazine size limits and that's a significant part of why millions of Americans now have magazine bans.
Why exactly would one need to be so rich to operate a firearm? I'm fairly poor but carry and use a rifle multiple times a week. Protection of livestock and a need to eat meat are the reasons.
@@charlesmiller7848 all the land I used to have access to is now leased to out of state deer, duck and turkey hunters. When I was a kid we had no deer or turkey and you could hunt miles of private property. Rabbits, squirrel, quail, trapping and running coon dogs. No more of that, LEASED NO TRESPASSING. Property Under Video Surveillance.
Unusually for a Brit, I was brought up around guns from an early age - by the time I was in my late teens, I had shot dozen of air guns, 22's, Lee Enfields, Bren guns, smg's, 12 & four ten gauge shotguns etc etc etc. However I have never killed anyone to my certain knowledge !!
Being former USAF Security Forces, this video takes me back to our weapons training days. I got Expert Marksman with the multiple weapons device, partly because I grew up on a farm and was already a Marksman before I left for the military. Partly because I had great instructors, one of whom is in his 80's now, and he was at our police reunion in 2019 before covid hit. Emotional reunion. I'm so glad you loaded this series of videos.
No it’s not wtf 😬 this is why their dumbazz can’t keep literal war secrets off of discord. They’re marketing to trans people & putting military training on UA-cam. USA is fallen & we can blame no one but ourselves
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I haven't heard him talking about rotational misalignment. The gun is zeroed to a certain distance (or you are using an adjustable distance sight) so the barell will point slightly upwards from your aiming point to account for bullet drop. If you rotate the gun to one side on the lenghtwise axis, then even with a perfect sightpicture, your impacts will go to the side you rotated, so you should always keep the vertical sightline parallel to gravity
It’s called cant and all that’s important if the rifle is canted is that it be consistent at the zeroed distance. That’s the rub and thus a rifle without an adjustable butt may need to use muscle to square the rifle if a canted condition cannot be made consistent. It is a particular problem shooting the Service Rifle in sitting position for some. At any rate, when the rifle is canted some windage is added to elevation when adjusting sight to extended distance.
No, he's right. These army training videos need to stop trying to win an AAM for editing. The information is central. These slick tricks distract from it.
With red dots on any gun and pistol iron sights (any irons further from my face like AK sights), I do WAY better focusing on the target instead of the sights. I got a perfect pistol score in 2 federal academies so I am no world champion but I'm doing something right. I only focus on sights with AR style irons or magnified scopes.
Tip 1: Do not zero your rifle with the front sight post centered on target. Use the corner of your front sight post as the aim point. Naturally you need to zero the rifle accordingly to the corner you choose. Still need your sight picture to be aligned properly. This will give you a tighter shot group as well as allowing you to see more of the target you are aiming at. In basic, I took 11 fellow soldiers who just couldn't qualify, taught them this one thing and every single one doubled their hit rate or better, 3 even scored the highest rating with 37, 38, and 38 out of 40, just from this one change alone. Tip 2: alignment of your sight picture doesn't need to be centered, it just needs to always be the same as what you zeroed with. Centering often requires estimating the center which is inaccurate, especially when your adrenaline is going. Instead, look at the front sight post with side fringes, and line up your rear sight hole to fit the front sight at key points that are easy to reproduce. For example, I would make the circle of the rear sight sit level on the bottom of the front sight and with the tips of the front sight fringes just touching the circle. This made it easy to have the same sight pictures every time. As long as your sight picture is always the same as it was when you zeroed, it'll work.
First, sight alignment must be consistent, centering the tip of the front sight post in the rear sight aperture. This is important since Inconsistency creates angular error which increases with distance. Next, focusing on front sight, the shooter adjusts natural point of aim to place the tip of front sight to center mass of target while maintaining sight alignment. The center mass hold must be selected over other holds for bullet strikes to hit various size and shape targets at distances served by the battle sight zero and bullet drop compensation functions. Of course a sight picture or hold can be off set to account for wind or distance.
@@charlesludwig9173 Absolutely correct. I'm not countering that at all. What I'm talking about is what part of the front sight post you are seeing as the point where the bullet is going to land. Instead of centering the front sight post with the idea that the bullet should land where the middle of the top of the sight post is your bullet aiming point, instead zero the rifle with the corner of the front sight post as the point where you want the bullet to land. Then, when you do as you just mentioned and have a consistent sight picture and aiming to land a bullet at the center of the target, the sight post will block vision of only 1/4 of the target instead of half, thus maintaining better awareness of the target and with the corner being a lot easier to aim than estimating the center of the sight post your shots will be more accurate towards your intended aim point.
To each his own on placement of the trigger finger. I call his method "Choking the Trigger" when using the finger section next to the palm. I mark each of the joint sections on your finger from the tip as 1st pad, middle section as 2nd pad, the section next to your palm 3rd pad. I take an ink pen and make three equidistant lines on the 1st pad. Dividing the 1st pad into 1/4ths. So the tip of the finger is zero, next is 25%, then 50%, 75% the crease between the first and second section is 100%. I then place the 25% line on the Apex of the trigger. May have to move your finger slightly right or left to pull the trigger straight back. You know how much during dry fire practice. Everybody is different so you will have to work it out yourself. Insure there is no side pressure. Just straight back. The only part of the finger that touches any part of the gun is that 25% mark and where the palm/finger joint is located. You should see daylight elsewhere on the finger. Does this technique work for me? I shoot sub-MOA with my rifle. Used both single stage and two stage triggers. The single stage trigger has a spongy feel when "choking the trigger." Two stage triggers are not as bad. Always have low left impact hits when choking triggers. Never on first pad.
I run an ALG QMS trigger group in my AR-15. Nothing fancy, just a smoother milspec. About a 5.5lb pull. I took the advice of a combat vet who now teaches long range shooting near me, and that advice is to pull the trigger in a relaxed, natural grip. Since people's fingers aren't identical, he said the important part is that you don't clench up your grip, and to pull, NOT squeeze the trigger. He said telling people to "squeeze" often leads to clenching or "choking" the trigger and grip. The advice is pretty sound, as I don't even think about the trigger when shooting. I just point at my target, and smoothly pull my finger back. Doesn't matter where the trigger is on my finger, though for me, I think the natural contact point is between the second and third knuckle, the base of the finger being the first knuckle. I'm consistently hitting an 18" steel gong at 300yds with standard A3 irons, and regularly hitting an 18" steel gong at 450yds, despite being a relatively new shooter. Probably best not to think about the trigger, as long as you are consistent in your shots. I did have a flinch and blinking at first, but that went away after about 100 rounds, as I got used to the noise and recoil. I should also note that I shoot for combat accuracy, not competition accuracy. My eyes can't even see sub-1 MOA with irons (especially since I'm focusing intently on the front post anyway, causing the target to blur). I shoot well enough to hit an enemy at 450yds with my irons, so sub-1 MOA isn't really important until shooting at very long range, or competitively. I'd rather get positive hits with rapid target acquisition than taking forever to get perfect shots on a single target when there are many targets. The range I shoot on has steel gongs at 200, 250, 300, 350, 400, and 450 yards, and I love having someone randomly call out which of the 6 targets to shoot next, and see how quickly I can get a positive hit. I'm a bit slow at the moment at about 3-4 seconds per target, but I'm a new shooter, and will get faster with practice. 🤠
Pulling the trigger with the tip of the finger is appropriate for classic style stocks like that on the 1903 Springfield. Most, when holding an M16 or M4, will find their finger pulling the trigger with the middle pad, as the weapon is gripped differently. Long range shooting is partially about trigger pull; consistency, stability and body positioning is more important than gripping a rifle unnaturally in order to adhere to a standard on a different platform, ie: pulling an M4 trigger with the finger tip because that is how the 1903 Springfield is held. Holding the trigger to the rear and feeling the reset improves accuracy and indicates malfunctions as well.
This course took me from having never held a rifle to Air Force Marksmanship Medal in one hour of training. The M-16 is the finest weapon ever created.
@@Tryharder69420 Lighter and more compact, sure. Better? Not really. The M16 has a longer sight radius, better gas system, and less felt recoil (granted 5.56 is already light recoiling). In my opinion, unless you’re frequently transitioning in and out of a vehicle, or clearing rooms, the M16 is a superior rifle. If your job is guard duty, or some other role that doesn’t involve door-to-door urban fighting, I think you’d be better off with an M16 if you can handle the slight weight increase.
@@porpoision don’t forget your going from 3000 fps in the m4 14 inch barrel vs 3300 fps in the m16 20 inch barrel as well which make a big difference in the m193 round fragmenting and different wound type as the higher speed of the m16 creates a different more deadly type of wound paired with the m193 fragmenting on impact. The m4 fragment range is 100 yards vs 200 yards fragmentation distance on the m16 20 inch barrel. Higher speed from m193 from a 20 inch barrel also has a better chance of piercing level 3+ plates as well over the m4. Other than cqb/cqc tge m16 is in fact superior
I had been taught and always heard that with optics focus should be on the target. This instructs focus on the reticle. Does this apply to non-magnified optics like red dots and holos too? Looking 'past' the reticle with focus on the target feels so much better - much more natural and less hectic especially when transitioning between targets at different distances.
This should not apply period. If you have a good scope it should be adjusted via the diopter to have both the reticle and target in focus. With a red dot the whole point of the bright red dot is so you can target focus with the dot being layered into your vision per se. I saw the thumbnail of the video and immediately called bs. That being said if you have irons you are relegated to this technique because lining up irons on a target farther than 50 yards is actually necessary.
@@AV-nl9gc. There’s not even a hint of bs here. It’s an outstanding presentation of the principles of marksmanship as applied to the M16A4 and M4. The session here is a portion of instruction given to students attending SDM, TTT, and SAFS Training Events which are delivered by the Army Marksmanship Unit. The instruction produces results.
What hasn’t been mentioned is keeping the rifle perfectly still between shots to maintain a tight grouping. The problem I have is the rifle barrel will drift or wave around. Especially unsupported standing
It's not a problem but the nature of firearms. Different weapons recoil differently. Consistent shot placement comes from consistent training with your particular weapon. You will become more accurate as your skill increases from experience. The weapon is just a machine doing the same thing repeatedly.
Hello, may I have your permission to reupload your videos with Chinese subtitle, so I can share them with my friends on some Taiwanese forums, FB clubs, and BBS sites. We people in Taiwan now are trained for only 4 months, so most of us don't even know how to be good shooters, even if we did go through the whole training.
What I do when shooting is focus on the target rather than the crosshair and move the crosshair to the point of focus(this is for unsupported) reduces fatigue and is rather accurate
@@Dan-yk6sy In skeet shooting it seems pretty common to train to focus on the target, so much so that the first time I went clay shooting the gun that I was given had the front bead sawn off of it, the instructor said a lot of beginners miss all their shots because they focus on the sight too much.
This may seem stupid to some especially those in the US who can legally own guns. But I am 25 from the UK and this was very informative since I have an active interest in the subject matter (and military coming from a family who has served) and I use this for both VR and Airsoft. Worked perfectly for me and added to the experience especially in VR where I have moving targets unlike airsoft where I am just shooting cans etc. something I need to ask though and maybe I missed it. How do you focus your eyes quick and align the iron sights mid fight? Its a tricky thing for me because when I lower my pistol for example then raise it to my eye to aim, it takes me a while to align and focus the sights as its kind of blurry. But issue is in a game example the enemy has already shot me once or twice by the time I can do it. So what advice would anyone give for quickly raising a weapon up and focusing and aligning sights fast?
The simple answer is it will take time. The same reason somebody has to learn to swing nunchucks very slowly so as not to hit themselves, and over the course of countless hours over months and years, can simply pick up a pair and move them so fast you'd think they'd be black and blue by the time they're done. Put simply, the more you do it the slow way that gets you shot a bunch, ensuring that you bring them up accurately, eventually, the quicker you'll be able to do it accurately. Focus on accuracy, and speed will follow. Patience with definitely help. Good luck, partner.
I’m all for going knuckles deep but Idk about that trigger placement. Unless you have a strength problem you might as well do it right and pull straight back. I’m sure a slight pull to the right isn’t a huge deal but it can’t be considered ideal.
I dunno if anyone will see this but assuming you have a weapon where you can’t get a proper cheek weld due to the way the optics are mounted (it’s done in a way to preserve the original condition of a historical piece and the stock can’t be modified either) is there a technique for achieving consistent eye position? I’ve just mentally developed a position on a different part of my jaw but watching this it makes me feel it’s not an ideal technique
Great video but fire the videographer. On my iPhone I can hardly see the numbers of the targets. I would love to see a longer more detailed version of sight alignment. I’ve been shooting about 50 years and never seen this good of instruction.
I was under the impression that the "unnatural" Finger position was the right one. Makes sense why my aim didnt really change after changing that up, i was already comfortable and proper. Resting the full weight of the head on the rifle though, that will take some getting used to.
as a member of the taliban, i find this information very useful thank you
seemingly a gestapo too?
Million dollars per soldier, gives out the info for free on YT
@@Drewgystew lol 95% of people enjoying any US military content would sign up for the SS and sign their kids up for the fascist youth asap if and when the opportunity arises. Not one of ya have a speck of the integrity you all steal from previous generations and lie and hypocritically and dishonestly play at as an excuse to hold yourself up in your mind over people who just want to live without fighting and killing
@@Drewgystew You'll find it more difficult to aim when your foresight is enveloped completely in someone's mouth.
@@sleekbear1589 Taliban secret police obviously get with the times
Congratulations you just received free military classroom instruction without having to sign up for 4 years
*I live in Italy, so I can't keep and bear any kind of combat rifle, but I served for one year (once it was mandatory) in the Army, my weapon was a M-1 Garand inherited from the American after the second world war (they were a mere gift...), and everything in the aiming system was like shown in this video. I loved my rifle. I had excellent results, during our training, with my Garand. It was a heavy, rugged, very accurate and extremely powerful weapon. It was a 7.62 NATO Caliber, full metal jacket. We had just a few occasion of training with rifles and machine guns, but it was fine. It was liberating, for me. And I got real satisfaction in shooting with the magic Garand. This video brings me back to 1986, when I was in the Army. Sweet memories...*
Magic is sinful
@@MattyB7 "Put your sword away. Those who live by the sword, die by the sword." If you truly believe "magic" is sinful--as if the innocuous, colloquial "magic" referenced by the Italian gentleman above is the same as the occult magic you're likely referring too, which it's not--then you have no business having an internet in firearms or weapons training. Your saved playlists are sinful, jackass. Sell your guns. Put down your sword. Turn the other cheek. Be a pacifist like your savior asked you to be.
isnt the garand chambered for 30-06? (7.62x63)? you rechambered garands in 7.62x51 NATO?
@@lanceamadantebonife3987 I really don't know. I just remember the caliber, anyway it was NATO standard, they told at the time. We use to call those shots "7.62 NATO", but it must be told that italians are "approx".
@@aferdix
Well, a good decade into civilian life, and here I am, literally choosing a military power point presentation.
I've heard it said that you may leave the military, but the military will never leave you.
Cameraman is crushing on the instructor.
@levi blankenship doesn't have to be these days
For some reason I miss my old military days. This instruction brings back some great memories. Glad I wore the uniform!!!
It brings me back to death by power point for a week, read by some SSG who barely graduated high school at a 5th grade reading level. First formation at 4am to draw weapons at 6; to wait for motor movement at 9; for the range to open at 10; rush through zero, and qual; just to hurry up and wait at staging point to get back to to post....
Ft Jackson 1982, when the Army was real, not this BS when these little Bitches get there feelings hurt and pull out a my pussys hurt card and the DI gets his career fucked! Pathetic!
@@mostrogolf22 Amen! ...Fort Sill 1982.
Thanks for ur service
This course took me from having never held a rifle to Air Force Marksmanship Medal in one hour of training. The M-16 is the finest weapon ever created.
OMG, THANK YOU!!!
I recently built my first AR-15 in 5.56x45mm NATO, and it's also my first rifle ever owned. I've plinked with air rifles and .22LRs before, and fired a handful of rounds out of a .30-06 bolt action, but never a 5.56, and I was always using a scope.
Thanks to these videos, I got my irons sighted in correctly in about 10 rounds (accidentally rotated the front post the wrong way at first). Once zeroed, I was consistently pinging the 12" steel gong at 200yds, the 18" gong at 300yds, and even maintaining about a 60% hit rate on the 18" gong at 450yds.
I still have a lot of practice to do, as I've only put 190 rounds down range in 2 days. Focusing intently on the front sight post has even gotten rid of my blinking when firing, and it also got rid of my 6 o'clock flinch with my pistol. My pistol is an Astra A-100 in .40S&W, which is like a Sig P226, but all steel weighing in at 34oz when empty. I was having a terrible time hitting my targets past 7yds, but after applying the fundamentals outlined in this series, I now have 4" groups at 15yds, and I even managed to get within a foot of an 18" gong at 250yds! With a goddamn .40S&W out of a 3.5" barrel, lol! The super far shots were just for fun, and I continue to train at 7yds with my pistol.
I may even take my AR-15 to the high power range which starts at 500yds, and ends at 1,000yds. Not sure how effective 5.56x45mm is at those distances, but I can't afford anything in the .30 caliber group at this time, so 5.56 will have to do.
Thank you again!
You guys helped me greatly, and my shooting thoroughly impressed the combat vets at the range! The other guys with ARs were using super expensive scopes and red dots, but weren't rocking the accuracy and rapid long range target acquisition I was with a $45 rear A3 carry handle sight and cheap-ola $7 A3 style front sight. I plan to get even better! I salute you, USAMU!
nice.
So you appear to have learned to be safe and accurate.
I like to practice my pistol skills at 25 yards. I can constantly hit the bullseye or close to it. I think I could do trick shooting if I could afford the ammo
In 60 years of shooting, I never used the trigger method shown here around the 13:00 mark.
@@savage22bolt32 How do you do it?
In days of yore, in musketry, the soldier was taught to take 'a sight' on a target. He was also taught to take a 'fine sight'. An Irish soldier was once quizzed by his instructor as to what a 'fine sight' was. "Two dinners on the one plate", came the reply
This series is excellent. The one basic that I might add would be to mention the effect lighting has on the very excellent post and aperture sights common to U.S. service rifles. Shooting on a bright and sunny day vs twilight or overcast. The effect glare can have on the front and rear sights, the importance of blackening the front post (a bic lighter works great) and shading the rear aperture. The ball cap worn by the soldier in the latter range portion of this series does an excellence job of that. and maybe mention the importance of glasses, especially if the shooter has an astigmatism or presbyopia and to avoid the use of bifocal lenses if possible. Use a good "distance" only pair. or a distance pair reduced by .25 - .5 diopter. I prefer clear glass as the photochromic ones will often darken under overcast and result in a dim sight picture.
Focus the camera on the graphic not the guy!
The graphic is a distraction
@@weskindurys5297 lol
Why
I learned all of this by the time I was 12 years old. I started even younger. I grew up in a time and place where I could carry and shoot my rifle pretty much anytime I wanted. It was a ruger 10-22 and I never cleaned it until I forgot it on my grandparents patio over night and it was covered in rust and I freaked out and my uncle showed me how to oil and clean a firearm. Looking back that riffle was unstoppable. I don't remember it jamming up or having any issues. I might go buy another one
"Grew up in a time and place" ,,,,,, its getting harder and harder to fund those places unless your really really rich.
Boycott Ruger. Buy a clone, most of which are superior.
Bill Ruger personally walked the halls of Congress promoting magazine size limits and that's a significant part of why millions of Americans now have magazine bans.
Why exactly would one need to be so rich to operate a firearm?
I'm fairly poor but carry and use a rifle multiple times a week.
Protection of livestock and a need to eat meat are the reasons.
@@charlesmiller7848 all the land I used to have access to is now leased to out of state deer, duck and turkey hunters.
When I was a kid we had no deer or turkey and you could hunt miles of private property. Rabbits, squirrel, quail, trapping and running coon dogs. No more of that, LEASED NO TRESPASSING.
Property Under Video Surveillance.
Man, some people freak out when a kid handle a knife yet my guy over here carrying a gun
The instruction was excellent! But id like to see more of the slides.
They need to bring back the black and white videos with the stern sounding narrator from the 40’s and cheesy actors. Those were cool!! 😂
Unusually for a Brit, I was brought up around guns from an early age - by the time I was in my late teens, I had shot dozen of air guns, 22's, Lee Enfields, Bren guns, smg's, 12 & four ten gauge shotguns etc etc etc. However I have never killed anyone to my certain knowledge !!
Being former USAF Security Forces, this video takes me back to our weapons training days. I got Expert Marksman with the multiple weapons device, partly because I grew up on a farm and was already a Marksman before I left for the military. Partly because I had great instructors, one of whom is in his 80's now, and he was at our police reunion in 2019 before covid hit. Emotional reunion.
I'm so glad you loaded this series of videos.
Thank you for your service Sir
@@andrewpoderis8548 Thank you for saying that. 🙏
OMG ,they issue rifles in the Air force .I guess Gunny isn't always right .
@@j.robertsergertson4513 Sounds like your gunny was a retard.
It’s awesome of them to post this video for general consumption. I’m excited to watch.
No it’s not wtf 😬 this is why their dumbazz can’t keep literal war secrets off of discord. They’re marketing to trans people & putting military training on UA-cam. USA is fallen & we can blame no one but ourselves
Whoever shot this video: YOU'RE FIRED!!!
mil spec
LMAO ... The video is very raw; I don't think it was made in Hollywood, but all the pertinent information appears to be included.
The Army isn’t Hollywood. It’s not supposed to look pretty, it’s about the information.
@@tankgirlsc then they should have focused on the information, not the instructor.
I love that he started with "what is shooting?"
This video reminds me of call of duty where Captain Foley would make a brief plan on missions. The nostalgia.
Death by power point. Def one thing I don’t miss from the military 😅
I would’ve been snoring as soon as they turned on the projector
I really appreciate this video.
As a former Marine, sometimes I forget the army actually trains for this stuff. :-P
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I haven't heard him talking about rotational misalignment. The gun is zeroed to a certain distance (or you are using an adjustable distance sight) so the barell will point slightly upwards from your aiming point to account for bullet drop. If you rotate the gun to one side on the lenghtwise axis, then even with a perfect sightpicture, your impacts will go to the side you rotated, so you should always keep the vertical sightline parallel to gravity
It’s called cant and all that’s important if the rifle is canted is that it be consistent at the zeroed distance. That’s the rub and thus a rifle without an adjustable butt may need to use muscle to square the rifle if a canted condition cannot be made consistent. It is a particular problem shooting the Service Rifle in sitting position for some. At any rate, when the rifle is canted some windage is added to elevation when adjusting sight to extended distance.
glad to see this being recomended to everyone 9 years later
Good training, too bad it was edited by an 11B :(
No, he's right. These army training videos need to stop trying to win an AAM for editing. The information is central. These slick tricks distract from it.
Really this video about what 90% of US Military life is, Power Point.
I will use this educational resource when out at the range to improve my marksmanship with my AR-15 rifle. Thank you SSG Green!
With red dots on any gun and pistol iron sights (any irons further from my face like AK sights), I do WAY better focusing on the target instead of the sights.
I got a perfect pistol score in 2 federal academies so I am no world champion but I'm doing something right.
I only focus on sights with AR style irons or magnified scopes.
i think that's usually the case for sub-100 meter engagements and cqb. For longer ranges i think focusing on the reticle is better. Rah.
Key to success: controlled breathing, steady aim. I got right below sniper qualification by doing this.
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Great instructional video for anyone new to shooting.
Tip 1: Do not zero your rifle with the front sight post centered on target. Use the corner of your front sight post as the aim point. Naturally you need to zero the rifle accordingly to the corner you choose. Still need your sight picture to be aligned properly.
This will give you a tighter shot group as well as allowing you to see more of the target you are aiming at.
In basic, I took 11 fellow soldiers who just couldn't qualify, taught them this one thing and every single one doubled their hit rate or better, 3 even scored the highest rating with 37, 38, and 38 out of 40, just from this one change alone.
Tip 2: alignment of your sight picture doesn't need to be centered, it just needs to always be the same as what you zeroed with. Centering often requires estimating the center which is inaccurate, especially when your adrenaline is going. Instead, look at the front sight post with side fringes, and line up your rear sight hole to fit the front sight at key points that are easy to reproduce. For example, I would make the circle of the rear sight sit level on the bottom of the front sight and with the tips of the front sight fringes just touching the circle. This made it easy to have the same sight pictures every time. As long as your sight picture is always the same as it was when you zeroed, it'll work.
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First, sight alignment must be consistent, centering the tip of the front sight post in the rear sight aperture. This is important since Inconsistency creates angular error which increases with distance. Next, focusing on front sight, the shooter adjusts natural point of aim to place the tip of front sight to center mass of target while maintaining sight alignment. The center mass hold must be selected over other holds for bullet strikes to hit various size and shape targets at distances served by the battle sight zero and bullet drop compensation functions. Of course a sight picture or hold can be off set to account for wind or distance.
@@charlesludwig9173 Absolutely correct. I'm not countering that at all. What I'm talking about is what part of the front sight post you are seeing as the point where the bullet is going to land. Instead of centering the front sight post with the idea that the bullet should land where the middle of the top of the sight post is your bullet aiming point, instead zero the rifle with the corner of the front sight post as the point where you want the bullet to land. Then, when you do as you just mentioned and have a consistent sight picture and aiming to land a bullet at the center of the target, the sight post will block vision of only 1/4 of the target instead of half, thus maintaining better awareness of the target and with the corner being a lot easier to aim than estimating the center of the sight post your shots will be more accurate towards your intended aim point.
Good tip, I'm going to try this
@@TribeWars1 Let us know how you like it.
To each his own on placement of the trigger finger. I call his method "Choking the Trigger" when using the finger section next to the palm. I mark each of the joint sections on your finger from the tip as 1st pad, middle section as 2nd pad, the section next to your palm 3rd pad. I take an ink pen and make three equidistant lines on the 1st pad. Dividing the 1st pad into 1/4ths. So the tip of the finger is zero, next is 25%, then 50%, 75% the crease between the first and second section is 100%. I then place the 25% line on the Apex of the trigger. May have to move your finger slightly right or left to pull the trigger straight back. You know how much during dry fire practice. Everybody is different so you will have to work it out yourself. Insure there is no side pressure. Just straight back. The only part of the finger that touches any part of the gun is that 25% mark and where the palm/finger joint is located. You should see daylight elsewhere on the finger. Does this technique work for me? I shoot sub-MOA with my rifle. Used both single stage and two stage triggers. The single stage trigger has a spongy feel when "choking the trigger." Two stage triggers are not as bad. Always have low left impact hits when choking triggers. Never on first pad.
I run an ALG QMS trigger group in my AR-15. Nothing fancy, just a smoother milspec. About a 5.5lb pull. I took the advice of a combat vet who now teaches long range shooting near me, and that advice is to pull the trigger in a relaxed, natural grip. Since people's fingers aren't identical, he said the important part is that you don't clench up your grip, and to pull, NOT squeeze the trigger. He said telling people to "squeeze" often leads to clenching or "choking" the trigger and grip.
The advice is pretty sound, as I don't even think about the trigger when shooting. I just point at my target, and smoothly pull my finger back. Doesn't matter where the trigger is on my finger, though for me, I think the natural contact point is between the second and third knuckle, the base of the finger being the first knuckle. I'm consistently hitting an 18" steel gong at 300yds with standard A3 irons, and regularly hitting an 18" steel gong at 450yds, despite being a relatively new shooter.
Probably best not to think about the trigger, as long as you are consistent in your shots. I did have a flinch and blinking at first, but that went away after about 100 rounds, as I got used to the noise and recoil.
I should also note that I shoot for combat accuracy, not competition accuracy. My eyes can't even see sub-1 MOA with irons (especially since I'm focusing intently on the front post anyway, causing the target to blur). I shoot well enough to hit an enemy at 450yds with my irons, so sub-1 MOA isn't really important until shooting at very long range, or competitively. I'd rather get positive hits with rapid target acquisition than taking forever to get perfect shots on a single target when there are many targets. The range I shoot on has steel gongs at 200, 250, 300, 350, 400, and 450 yards, and I love having someone randomly call out which of the 6 targets to shoot next, and see how quickly I can get a positive hit. I'm a bit slow at the moment at about 3-4 seconds per target, but I'm a new shooter, and will get faster with practice. 🤠
Pulling the trigger with the tip of the finger is appropriate for classic style stocks like that on the 1903 Springfield. Most, when holding an M16 or M4, will find their finger pulling the trigger with the middle pad, as the weapon is gripped differently. Long range shooting is partially about trigger pull; consistency, stability and body positioning is more important than gripping a rifle unnaturally in order to adhere to a standard on a different platform, ie: pulling an M4 trigger with the finger tip because that is how the 1903 Springfield is held. Holding the trigger to the rear and feeling the reset improves accuracy and indicates malfunctions as well.
The guy demonstrating is #1 United States Army Marksmanship Unit Service Rifle Competitor. He knows all about how to achieve SMOOTH Trigger Control.
Thank you, from a VR player.
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Wtf i got this on my recomended i have used this profile pic for 10 years😅
“Once you remove all the differences between the different types of shooting all shooting is the same” can’t argue with that logic
This made me fall asleep.
Thanks!
Go army !!! Thank you all for your sacrifices and service. America and the world would not be the same without American arm forces. Love yll
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If your reticle and your target are not in the same focus, your scope is adjusted incorrectly
Boy am I glad I was taught young. Thank dad! 😎🙏🏻
This course took me from having never held a rifle to Air Force Marksmanship Medal in one hour of training. The M-16 is the finest weapon ever created.
Reee m4 is better
@@Tryharder69420 Lighter and more compact, sure. Better? Not really. The M16 has a longer sight radius, better gas system, and less felt recoil (granted 5.56 is already light recoiling). In my opinion, unless you’re frequently transitioning in and out of a vehicle, or clearing rooms, the M16 is a superior rifle. If your job is guard duty, or some other role that doesn’t involve door-to-door urban fighting, I think you’d be better off with an M16 if you can handle the slight weight increase.
@@porpoision don’t forget your going from 3000 fps in the m4 14 inch barrel vs 3300 fps in the m16 20 inch barrel as well which make a big difference in the m193 round fragmenting and different wound type as the higher speed of the m16 creates a different more deadly type of wound paired with the m193 fragmenting on impact. The m4 fragment range is 100 yards vs 200 yards fragmentation distance on the m16 20 inch barrel. Higher speed from m193 from a 20 inch barrel also has a better chance of piercing level 3+ plates as well over the m4. Other than cqb/cqc tge m16 is in fact superior
@Jake Zommick should we tell them about optics, or just let them be right?
@@porpoision the gas systems are the same. Just different lengths
now i can use this knowledge to be better at video games, thank you U.S. Army
accuracy when shooting at a target/ hostile = cant hit shit, accuracy during friendly fire/civilians = john wick
Man, this is awesome
I had been taught and always heard that with optics focus should be on the target. This instructs focus on the reticle. Does this apply to non-magnified optics like red dots and holos too? Looking 'past' the reticle with focus on the target feels so much better - much more natural and less hectic especially when transitioning between targets at different distances.
I agree
The army way is not always the best way.
If you focus on the target, sights drift and you miss.
This should not apply period. If you have a good scope it should be adjusted via the diopter to have both the reticle and target in focus. With a red dot the whole point of the bright red dot is so you can target focus with the dot being layered into your vision per se.
I saw the thumbnail of the video and immediately called bs. That being said if you have irons you are relegated to this technique because lining up irons on a target farther than 50 yards is actually necessary.
@@AV-nl9gc. There’s not even a hint of bs here. It’s an outstanding presentation of the principles of marksmanship as applied to the M16A4 and M4. The session here is a portion of instruction given to students attending SDM, TTT, and SAFS Training Events which are delivered by the Army Marksmanship Unit. The instruction produces results.
What hasn’t been mentioned is keeping the rifle perfectly still between shots to maintain a tight grouping.
The problem I have is the rifle barrel will drift or wave around. Especially unsupported standing
It's not a problem but the nature of firearms. Different weapons recoil differently. Consistent shot placement comes from consistent training with your particular weapon. You will become more accurate as your skill increases from experience. The weapon is just a machine doing the same thing repeatedly.
the cameraman has a crush on the guy. when hes pointing to the board the camera stays on the guy and not show whats pointed
Weapons, fire superiority, and tech dont win wars. You've got to have a brave heart. Which the Americans lacked in their fight against the Afghans.
The biggest thing I had to deal with in these classroom presentations. Was trying to stay awake.
I learnt all of this 10 years ago when i played fps game for first time
Thanks i will show this to my friend who has very strong opinions about certain politician
Got to love and standard issue Power Point presentation...
Thank you for the video from Canada. Vancouver , BC.
Oh I had this lesson in school and we learned how to take apart AK-100 and hot to put it together and firing position
I’ve been shooting since I was 7. Funny how things I take as common sense or natural, has to be explained to others.
>be army
>oh good, UA-cam, disruptive technology
>still PowerPoints to death
Wow just having watched this I learned that I have been doing sight alignment sloppily 😮 thanx for the info will be subing and watching more 😊
Hello, may I have your permission to reupload your videos with Chinese subtitle, so I can share them with my friends on some Taiwanese forums, FB clubs, and BBS sites. We people in Taiwan now are trained for only 4 months, so most of us don't even know how to be good shooters, even if we did go through the whole training.
why did this appear in my recommended?
Who else watch this to improve their FPS skills?
My dad taught me to make a figure 8 and shoot when you cross. Also shoot on the exhale. Squeeze the trigger.
Glad this is public so our future enemies can use it against us…
Nice
Starting omega 7 up again since im seeing a lot of che guevara shirts out in the public again.. thanks for the vid.
What I do when shooting is focus on the target rather than the crosshair and move the crosshair to the point of focus(this is for unsupported) reduces fatigue and is rather accurate
Total amature, but same, it just worked better for me. Especially for skeet.
@@Dan-yk6sy In skeet shooting it seems pretty common to train to focus on the target, so much so that the first time I went clay shooting the gun that I was given had the front bead sawn off of it, the instructor said a lot of beginners miss all their shots because they focus on the sight too much.
Great great video, thank so much you from italian ar15 owner
Great presentation, SSGT Green.
Where was this video 25 years ago.
This may seem stupid to some especially those in the US who can legally own guns. But I am 25 from the UK and this was very informative since I have an active interest in the subject matter (and military coming from a family who has served) and I use this for both VR and Airsoft. Worked perfectly for me and added to the experience especially in VR where I have moving targets unlike airsoft where I am just shooting cans etc.
something I need to ask though and maybe I missed it. How do you focus your eyes quick and align the iron sights mid fight? Its a tricky thing for me because when I lower my pistol for example then raise it to my eye to aim, it takes me a while to align and focus the sights as its kind of blurry. But issue is in a game example the enemy has already shot me once or twice by the time I can do it. So what advice would anyone give for quickly raising a weapon up and focusing and aligning sights fast?
The simple answer is it will take time.
The same reason somebody has to learn to swing nunchucks very slowly so as not to hit themselves, and over the course of countless hours over months and years, can simply pick up a pair and move them so fast you'd think they'd be black and blue by the time they're done.
Put simply, the more you do it the slow way that gets you shot a bunch, ensuring that you bring them up accurately, eventually, the quicker you'll be able to do it accurately. Focus on accuracy, and speed will follow. Patience with definitely help. Good luck, partner.
you should practice dry fire sight alignment with your pistol
Practice, practice, practice ,try getting a contrasting colored front sight post ,
Golly I probably should have watched this 2500 rounds ago. Good thing im still a begginer!
I will NOT willingly subjugate myself to an army powerpoint slideshow being myself a free civilian.
I will
gotta love how the instruction are so clear even a caveman can figure it out,but again its the army so i guess it was necessary
Recommended this 2023? I am questioning why.... a lot. haha
Once we take out all the things that make the types of shooting different, you can see that all shooting is the same...
If all else fails, just watch where your first round impacts. Then adjust.
The presence of the Arabic translation increases subscribers
Body position, breathing pattern, and trigger squeeze.
thanks for the Leason Ssgt Green
Long life and prosperity
thanks, as a soon to be terrorist this will really help me deal with those pesky oil corporations!
I'm suddenly starting to realise why my video game aim is so crap... I always focus on the target. Dammit.
Great video, thank you for posting it.
The USMC has some of the best basic rifle training in the US Armed Services,.
This will help me play Call of Duty better. Thanks!
I remember BRM being "YOU FAIL TO QUALIFY AND YOU WILL DIE IN THE FRONT LEANING REST."
Wait! I thought the gun shoots by itself???
LMAO
That depends on your political affiliation.
Yes Google I am interested in this, do with that as you will
President's Hundred tab = severely legit
All cars are the same as long as you remove the make, model, and place you drive it.
Thanks for the video.
Though I wish the camera man was better at shooting, but excellent pointers are to be had from this video
Interesting how that image of the sniper zeroed in on an insurgent is actually used as an example in this course
its propaganda
@@xxxod Bro what
@@UpVade It is propaganda though. Just a really subtle one.
@@bummer7736it’s to simulate what the soldier could be expecting as his opfor
I’m all for going knuckles deep but Idk about that trigger placement. Unless you have a strength problem you might as well do it right and pull straight back. I’m sure a slight pull to the right isn’t a huge deal but it can’t be considered ideal.
I think it's to compensate for the round ejecting its casing.
This is gold. Thanks!
I dunno if anyone will see this but assuming you have a weapon where you can’t get a proper cheek weld due to the way the optics are mounted (it’s done in a way to preserve the original condition of a historical piece and the stock can’t be modified either) is there a technique for achieving consistent eye position?
I’ve just mentally developed a position on a different part of my jaw but watching this it makes me feel it’s not an ideal technique
Great video but fire the videographer. On my iPhone I can hardly see the numbers of the targets. I would love to see a longer more detailed version of sight alignment. I’ve been shooting about 50 years and never seen this good of instruction.
@13:54 They call him Legion for there are many in him.
I was under the impression that the "unnatural" Finger position was the right one. Makes sense why my aim didnt really change after changing that up, i was already comfortable and proper.
Resting the full weight of the head on the rifle though, that will take some getting used to.
Awesome stuff
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excellent presentation