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Title: Your thoughts?
Post by: Badgersmilk on November 27, 2009, 01:40:19 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mM9YWPywIXI&feature=fvw

Title: Re: No comment
Post by: Ichiban on November 27, 2009, 01:43:01 PM
As Bugs Bunny would say, "What a Maroon!"
Title: Re: Your thoughts?
Post by: twyacht on November 27, 2009, 02:25:49 PM
Says, he is a Marine Corps Marksman.

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Title: Re: Your thoughts?
Post by: MikeBjerum on November 27, 2009, 02:26:56 PM
Says, he is a Marine Corps Marksman.

 ???



I've heard it said that every Marine is a rifleman, but can the same be said about a handgun  ???
Title: Re: Your thoughts?
Post by: tombogan03884 on November 27, 2009, 02:44:09 PM
Marksman is the lowest Qualification, the shooting badge is referred to as a "Toilet seat".  ::)
Title: Re: Your thoughts?
Post by: m25operator on November 27, 2009, 02:59:58 PM
Marksman is the lowest Qualification, the shooting badge is referred to as a "Toilet seat".  ::)

Great trigger squeeze technique, that's why I like to press them.
Title: Re: Your thoughts?
Post by: MLC on November 27, 2009, 04:24:35 PM
Marksman is the lowest Qualification, the shooting badge is referred to as a "Toilet seat".  ::)

I don't usually nitpick, Tom, but I will here.  A Marksman badge is usually referred to as a "pizza box"
(http://www.usamilitarymedals.com/images/MCRIFLEMARKSMAN33FNL.jpg)

An Expert badge is the highest qualification, and that's the one that's called a "toilet seat"
(http://www.1starmy.com/uploadimages/Product_646_det.JPG)

Incidentally, the middle of the 3 is called a Sharpshooter badge, and is nicknamed the "iron cross"
(http://www.usamilitarymedals.com/images/MCRIFLESHARPS33FNL.jpg)

Title: Re: Your thoughts?
Post by: tombogan03884 on November 27, 2009, 04:49:38 PM
Must be a new thing, remember, I been OUT 30 years  ;D
We just called expert "Crossed Rifles", had to check, I thought they still had the 03 on it but mine has Garand's like the one pictured.
Title: Re: Your thoughts?
Post by: bulldog75 on November 27, 2009, 05:50:14 PM
I wonder why AMU is out performing the USMC at all shooting competitions.
Title: Re: Your thoughts?
Post by: MLC on November 27, 2009, 08:03:35 PM
Bulldog,

     That's actually been a point of contention with the Commandant of the Marine Corps, and he's decided we need to rededicate to it.  For awhile there, we just weren't focusing on competition like the other services.  That has now changed, and hopefully we'll start making a better showing at the matches. 
Title: Re: Your thoughts?
Post by: Badgersmilk on November 27, 2009, 08:37:29 PM
I wonder why AMU is out performing the USMC at all shooting competitions.

jeesh, where's the little stick poke in the eye avatar?   ;D
Title: Re: Your thoughts?
Post by: tombogan03884 on November 27, 2009, 09:19:00 PM
I wonder why AMU is out performing the USMC at all shooting competitions.

Bulldog,

     That's actually been a point of contention with the Commandant of the Marine Corps, and he's decided we need to rededicate to it.  For awhile there, we just weren't focusing on competition like the other services.  That has now changed, and hopefully we'll start making a better showing at the matches.  

I'll leave that question for the "New Breed" to answer, in my day the Army sucked.
But I will say it might be because they discovered something besides full auto.   ;D
Title: Re: Your thoughts?
Post by: 2HOW on November 28, 2009, 11:01:19 AM
A good example of NOT learning anything about guns on the internet. ::)
Title: Re: Your thoughts?
Post by: Badgersmilk on November 28, 2009, 11:10:00 AM
I posted it because I wasn't sure if there was anything he did that passed for acceptable by anyone else...  He did manage to not shoot himself!   ;)  That's a plus!
Title: Re: Your thoughts?
Post by: Timothy on November 28, 2009, 11:43:49 AM
My thought is to skip this video and go directly to the Todd Jarrett instructional video.  He teaches the most sound basics that I've personally ever seen.

Fundamentals are what you should be practicing most.  Everything else works itself out if one uses sound, tried and trued basic fundamentals, just like my daddy taught me.