Well, in a nut shell. Start with natural bone support, relax. Look at your front sight post, then correct your sight alignment, and when you think all is good, (correct for wind and range with rear sight post adjustments), at the point you breath out, there is a natural pause. That is the point your give a meaningful slow trigger pull, making sure you have good follow through. Don't just let off,You could have a perfect shot, but if you don't follow through, you could have just wasted it all. Something you have all heard, from the Marines is "One Shot, One Kill." Well I think that is more for the snipers, than the guys in the thick shit. Then its all about cover and fire and destroying anything in your way to the intended target. Does that answer your question, XCheapshotX?XCheapshotX wrote:
Could one of the Ex Marines explain how they are trained please? Are you trained to aim and shoot or spray and pray in CQB? I know that the 5.56 rnd was picked by NATO a while back so the infantryman could carry more ammo than with 7.62 - As a Brit I can only go on what British troops have said, and this is going back to the Falklands Islands campaign of 1982.
The SAS and Marine Commando Mountain and Arctic Warfare Cadre were issued M16s if preferred, while the rest of the British task force and Argentine opposition had 7.62 mm L1a1 SLRs or the FN FAL. The Spec ops lads complained then the 5.56 had no stopping power compared to the 7.62 rnd but still carried the M16 as it was lighter and if they had to go full auto the barrel didn't rise as much as a heavier calibre rifle. The Brit L1a1 was semi auto only but the Argentine FALs were full auto I think.
If I can also add a further matter to answer: I've read Bing West, Evan Wright and Tim Pritchard and to me they suggest that longer range firefights were usually decided by humvees with 50 cals, LAV 25 mm or the optically sighted M240s on the Abrams. However, in CQB which we saw in Fallejuah and Basra, etc the grunts does all the work so......Would you prefer ( and do you need ) a return to a weapon with longer range and stopping power or something lighter which is more convenient in downtown Sadr City? Thx
I really can't answer your second part. I was lucky I guess, I didn't get orders to Iraq or Afghanistan. I could see the benefit of having a 7.62mm , but the added weight of the gun has to be considered. Thats why we have the M249 SAW(POS5.56mm) and the M249G(Great 7.62mm). Personally I love and miss my M16. Yes I called it a Micky Mouse gun, because its so easy to shoot any kid, practically, could. But, never being taught before boot camp to shoot a rifle , the USMC knows its shit. That's why every US Marine is a Rifleman first. By the third and qualifying week of Rifle training, I was shooting man size targets 9/10 times 500 meters away, with the open sights on that range, so again, I love that rifle.
