Semper Paratus
04-17-11, 20:07
Well let me the first to say that Chris is a great and patient instructor. We had a small goup of 5 students raging from early 20s to early 50's (me). There was a good variety of experience...One shooter, has made training a big part of his life and you could tell when it came to various skills drills. Most of us were experiencing our first formal carbine training. A good chunk of us were either active duty military or some old exes like this old Coasty. My last formal training with the M-16/M4 platform was 32 or 33 years ago at the 1000 inch range in Wallingford CT. I was using a M-16 A1 which was way the heck to short for my 6'4" frame and long neck.
Equipment:
Rifles
3 M4 Platform carbines, at least one with a mid length gas system. My version of the M4 featured an A2 stock to suit my already noted no longer lanky 6'4" frame
1 AK 47 (WASR I think)
1 SCAR
and a variety of weapons used by Chris to demonstrate skills Including atleast one M4 and an AK.
Optics:
AK ran Iron sights
SCAR ran an ACOG for some but Irons for the bulk.
3 H1/T1 Aim Points (Chris ran one on his primary weapon)
1 M2 Comp
Slings
2 single point (SCAR and AK)
4 Two Point
Equipment/Ammo Problems
AN Ambi safety stopped progress for a few minutes while an allen wrench was located to snug up the ambis.
One minor ammo issue from an improperly sized reload (mine)
A couple of sets of not disengaging the safety on my part starting a failure drill.
Lessons Learned on my part:
I feel like I should have ridden the short bus instead of driving though.
You need a good foundation to make good hits
I need better shock absorbers for shooting on the move.
Remeber the safety you nertz.
When you drive the rifle 10 rounds in 5 seconds from low ready with good hits is really doable
When the rifle drives you 10 rounds in 10 seconds its hard to make good hits
My eyes are fifty-one years old...the front sight on a carbine is at an awkward distance for my single vision sunglasses
My instinct is to put the dot COM instead of thinking about sight offset and my hits showed it consistently low unless I really thunk on it.
Too much square range time...After a string of fire my immediate action is to safe the weapon before scanning for additional threats
I missed some good training opportunities in not shooting dry and reloading instead of topping off when a mag was low.
The key is to do the simple junk early not automatically assume that you are dry or jammed try the safety you nertz.
Equipment:
Rifles
3 M4 Platform carbines, at least one with a mid length gas system. My version of the M4 featured an A2 stock to suit my already noted no longer lanky 6'4" frame
1 AK 47 (WASR I think)
1 SCAR
and a variety of weapons used by Chris to demonstrate skills Including atleast one M4 and an AK.
Optics:
AK ran Iron sights
SCAR ran an ACOG for some but Irons for the bulk.
3 H1/T1 Aim Points (Chris ran one on his primary weapon)
1 M2 Comp
Slings
2 single point (SCAR and AK)
4 Two Point
Equipment/Ammo Problems
AN Ambi safety stopped progress for a few minutes while an allen wrench was located to snug up the ambis.
One minor ammo issue from an improperly sized reload (mine)
A couple of sets of not disengaging the safety on my part starting a failure drill.
Lessons Learned on my part:
I feel like I should have ridden the short bus instead of driving though.
You need a good foundation to make good hits
I need better shock absorbers for shooting on the move.
Remeber the safety you nertz.
When you drive the rifle 10 rounds in 5 seconds from low ready with good hits is really doable
When the rifle drives you 10 rounds in 10 seconds its hard to make good hits
My eyes are fifty-one years old...the front sight on a carbine is at an awkward distance for my single vision sunglasses
My instinct is to put the dot COM instead of thinking about sight offset and my hits showed it consistently low unless I really thunk on it.
Too much square range time...After a string of fire my immediate action is to safe the weapon before scanning for additional threats
I missed some good training opportunities in not shooting dry and reloading instead of topping off when a mag was low.
The key is to do the simple junk early not automatically assume that you are dry or jammed try the safety you nertz.