Part 2 in a series. In this edition, SSG Andrew McElroy of the Army Marksmanship Unit teaches the three firing positions of standing, kneeling and prone. To see Part 1, “Weapon Safety and Manipulation”, click here:
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Great video, and Thx for saving me lots of time. I have many years shooting pistols, but have recently gotten into shooting rifles, and I'm not that bad shooting from the bench. I want to get started shooting multi positional, and your video will help me get started on the right foot. Thx…
Great fundamental video, thank you guys. The demonstrators cheek weld position shifted visibily during changes in position, altering sight picture and inducing parallax.
I teach my joes to keep a consistent(favorite) length of pull on the stock adjustment, and to try to put the corner of their mouth on the forward edge of the stock, where they could feel it no matter the firing position, and acheive the same sight picture every time. I don't teach nose-to-the-charging-handle, makes the rear aperature of the peep sight too large to align with the front sight leaf accurately, and makes new shooters flinch. But this isn't a natural check weld position for taller soldiers, they have to artificially cock their head to the rear to feel the leading edge of the buttstock with the corner of their mouth. On the old Musket A2, it was easy enough with a small piece of tape on the stock after fitting it to the soldier, to provide a tactile reference for your noggin, but that doesn't work with collapsible stocks. Any ideas?