Fundamentals of Rifle Marksmanship 1999 U.S. Marine Corps

[JesseS420]

16:28 Did that dude shoot a cat or something?

[Ga5524]

The old marine uniforms are better than the new ones.

[zela9999]

@Ga5524 I agree 100%, but the new camouflage utility's offer better protection & look more comfortable. The old tropical uniform was sharp. the khaki's, when starched looked good too. The old wool overcoats were much better looking than the synthetic blended one's that are now issued.

[Ga5524]

@zela9999 I hear ya! The khaki uniforms are necessary for desert operations.

[wasistdaswasdasist]

@Ga5524 Well yes, everything used to be better in the older times.

It's always like that.

The good old days ^^

[GinJewVitus]

OORAHHHH SEMPER FI!

[zaja0035]

08:40

[lilpigboy89]

Holy SHIT! That female Marine is HOT! :D

[cygil1]

LIke anyone's going to go through that whole breath control crap during an actual firefight....

[DaytonaRoadster]

@cygil1 training helps, but ya your right, hence when in general it takes 30,000 round just to kill one enemy during the last 40 years

[10yearvet]

@cygil1 That is exactly why training, retraining and yet MORE training is necessary. It becomes instinct. When I first enlisted many moons ago most of our NCO's were Vietnam vets. We didn't just go to the firing range. We RAN to the firing range and immediately began firing with no pause. It was a big pain in the ass at the time but the time came when I was very happy for that training.

[FlamHighFive]

im pretty sure this was narrated by microsoft sam.

[LORDEZE7]

WOW. What's with the freakin sound on this video. The narrator goes from low pitch to high pitch. What the fuck is wrong with him.

[soflachiropractor]

what pogue made this video? check it out,, breath control on the range is deep breath in, half way out and you hold it there...If you have your sight alignment and sight picture the whole time, you be in the black every time...The trigger pull is a slow steady squeeze to the rear and should be a surprise when the round pops...The dude firing standing up didnt have his elbow of his non trigger arm tucked in to his body which is huge in that position in addition to aiming above the target and

[soflachiropractor]

@soflachiropractor bringing the barrel slowly down to get your sight alignment and sight picture and you have to time your trigger pull as you find it.  I qualified twice with a 232 and 236. If youre in the Marine Corps and cant shoot or swim you should get the fuck out

[TheWhoaDude]

1 sailor watched this

[FutureMarine1775USA]

@MoreButterMOREBUTTER What?

[M16AssaultRiflePage]

A well aimed round is better than a wasted magazine !

[kerimil]

not to sound like a pervert or something but that redheaded chick is hooot ;-)

[hunterhalo2]

@kerimil Shes prolly more butch than you are bro.

[kerimil]

@hunterhalo2

lol who cares I'd still do her... (lol and your comment doesn't suggest you're into butch gay guys, right ?) :-D

[dills2403]

@kerimil Red in the head fire in the bed! lmao

[peacemaker181]

that marine should be using the pad of his finger, not his first joint to pull the trigger

[combatrifleman]

@peacemaker181 Really? And why is that? Because some drill instructor told you so?

[peacemaker181]

@combatrifleman why the beef? it's proper marksmanship.

[combatrifleman]

@peacemaker181 Not necessarily. It depends on the stock configuration and length of the shooters index finger. Until recently the Army taught the same thing that you're advocating. That worked well for every battle rifle before the M16. The M16 came along with a pistol grip that placed the index finger much closer to the trigger. To operate the trigger with the pad on the first section of finger would cause part of your hand to be peeled away from the pistol grip which is bad.

[combatrifleman]

@combatrifleman Also, placing the finger deeper into the trigger well also gives the shooter increased leverage against the trigger. This is important because the M16 has a heavy single stage trigger, not the nice double stage trigger on the M14 and Garand. It took years to convince the Einsteins at Ft Benning to embrace this idea and they finally have. I dosen't suprise me a bit that the USMC was ahead of them on this issue. The USMC has always had better marksmanship training than the US Army.

[peacemaker181]

@combatrifleman Hmm interesting. I agree with everything you said, but I feel like all that pertains to pistol shooting more than rifle IMO. When ev I shoot a rifle, the hand that's on the trigger is doing virtual nothing other than pulling the trigger, I don't want that hand to contribute any more shaking that my other hand and body are producing. If my hand's a little out of place with the pistol grip, well it doesnt matter because the recoil isn't going into my hand its going into my shoulder

[combatrifleman]

@peacemaker181 Well, you should be griping that stock with your firing equal to the firmness of a good, solid handshake. That hand also pulls rearward seating the buttstock into the pocket of your shoulder. When you manipulate the trigger, the only thing that moves is your trigger finger, but the muscles of your hand/arm are still doing their jobs as well. That rule applies to any rifle. With a pistol gripped rifle, your index finger is simply placed where ever it naturally falls on the trigger.

[peacemaker181]

@combatrifleman but this is just what works for me, they're just my preferences, how I was educated. Maybe next time I go to the range Ill try out using my join instead and see what I get

[combatrifleman]

@peacemaker181 If you are shooting a conventionaly stocked rifle, all these things apply, except for the finger placement in the trigger. The reach to the trigger when your hand is gripping a conventional stock makes it difficult at best to reach the trigger with anything other than the 1st pad. It's simply a question of ergonomics. The best military marksmen in the world shoot that type of weapon, this way. I hope this long winded post helps you out on your next trip to the range:) Cheers!

[curseofa5r5a]

hey nice vid pal

[DrGrrrlfriend]

Excellent footage find! Thank you.

OOH-RAH!