Originally Posted by
matemike
Turns out I absolutely love shooting steel knock down targets and hangers. This being a new to me range I am getting a whole new realm of drills to do. I even see game wardens there utilizing barrels and pallets in new ways as well as their own vehicles.
Generally speaking you want to shoot ammo traveling under 3000FPs on metal. With centerfire rifles, a good rule of thumb is 100 yards. Here is a link to a steel target safety manual:
https://shop.actiontarget.com/conten...fety-rules.asp
Originally Posted by
matemike
And I might look into a ambi mag release in case anyone has any recommendations there.
This is a thread on the subject which I started and many others contributed their thoughts to: https://www.m4carbine.net/showthread...azine-Releases
Originally Posted by
matemike
Being a lefty, mag changes are the thing I most struggle with. I can work the bolt release, charging handle and safety with normal controls pretty well. It's just dropping and grabbing a new mag with my off hand that is not smooth.
The lefty work-a-round is pretty simple. First, the rear pocket carry isn't ideal, but I've been there, done that.
Start by grabbing an empty magazine with your SUPPORT hand in a beer can grip, it's the example on the left: https://gundigest.com/wp-content/upl...load-Fifth.jpg The beer can grip is generally used for reloads from the strong side of the belt, and, in your case, the rear pocket.
Now, using that grip insert the magazine into the mag-well, but stop short of seating it (so you don't have to use the mag release - yet). Next take the magazine from the mag-well, still maintaining the beer can grip, and run your thumb up the seam on the back of the mag. Maintaining this grip, place the mag in your rear pocket. Pay attention to how you have to move your fingers to keep your thumb and fingers on the mag as you put the mag fully into your pocket. This is going to be the starting position for your mag grab.
For me I come into the pocket with my fingers and thumb aligned as when giving a hand salute. My my fingers curl around the mag as my thumb goes to the rear seam on the mag, I remove the mag from the pocket and as I rotate it into the mag well the thumb curls down arond the 'back side of the mag - grip the mag tightly at this point because you are going to firmly push the magazine up into the mag well and pull down to ensure it is seated.
Now, to remove the magazine from the rifle in a timely, high-speed manner: Put your thumb on the mag release and wrap the rest of your SU{{ORT hand around the front of the mag WELL. From that position, keeping your support hand in contact with the handguard/rail extend your support hand forward into a firing position. Figure out how to get around any VFG's, etc., because this is the path your support hand should follow after you push-pull the mag on the reload.
Go back and forth several times, making sure your SUPPORT hand thumb is hitting the mag release as your wrap your SUPPORT hand around the front of the mag WELL, and you are not wasting any motion extending back out into firing position.
Take two mags and practice dropping the mag from the rifle and reloading from the pocket. Remember - fast follows form.'
So, after we push-pull the mag, if the rifle has locked back, it is a simple matter to come up the front of the mag-well and rotate the support hand to use the index finger to hit the bolt catch and then, with no wasted motion, extend back out into firing position.
I learned these work arounds on duty rifles without ambi controls, they are now so ingrained that unless I tell myself 'use the ambi' I might as well not have them.
Hope this helped.
Last edited by 26 Inf; 11-16-19 at 12:36.
Reason: replace release with WELL and added SUPPORT
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