SinistralRifleman
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They had to have the testers wear respirators and kyvex suits...this doesn't sound like any kind of normal use, or even field use test to me.
The government wasted millions of dollars paying HK to repackage the G-36 (which has an acceptable accuracy level of 10MOA and melts trunions out of the receiver under extended use) and make it into the XM8. I wish we had 27 million to develop something new, and we wouldn't just spend it all on advertising hype and getting the gun into the next Tom Clancy video game. Heck I wish we had a million to come up with something new, my opinion is that firearms and accessories made by people who actually shoot will be better than something some egg-head engineer designs in an office.
These tests do nothing but undermine the faith our soldiers have in their equipment, and make them feel like Uncle Sam is giving them second hand crap.
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Shawn shooting with a Bren Gun and a Kilt at a local 3 Gun match 5 years ago:
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Gallery including pics of the AMU's manufacturing/gunsmithing facilities and custom guns:
http://www.cavalryarms.com/competition/AMU...07/AMU3G-1.html
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Trooper challenge is a different event in Colorado that LMS defense is putting on.
Trooper class will of course be an option at this if we find a good time for it.
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I talked to Tiger Valley last week about sponsoring a 3 Gun match in April at their range in Waco. I wanted to check with you guys to see if there were any conflicting events for that month that we'd need to avoid.
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I have video from the match including the Striker from 2 different perspectives. I've been on the road for the past week on business. I will post it here when I have it all captured and edited.
I also have some good video of Mike running one of the stages with a PKM belt fed.
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And you can always trooper up (at the matches that have it) and use whatever the heck you want including detach mag fed shotguns.
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Here's the pics our squad took:
http://www.cavalryarms.com/competition/sho.../SG-2007-1.html
Lot's of cool shots of clays breaking
http://www.cavalryarms.com/competition/shotgun/018.jpg.html
http://www.cavalryarms.com/competition/shotgun/002.jpg.html
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The Arredondo ones will work if you cut out the corners at the back so they are square.
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Sent in my app, this should be fun!
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I just talked to Linda and there are only 4 shooters signed up in Trooper including myself...some of you guys should step up and do it. This is your chance at a National Level title. Besides we will be donating prizes specifically to this division, I think it will be worth your effort.
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The 4MOA has worked fine for hitting clays in the air for me.
What range do you guys zero your dots at?
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Gents,
For my AR I have a 1.5MOA dot, but I was thinking of a 4 or 5 for my shotgun what works best?
Thanks see ya'll in 2010!
I like using a 4 MOA dot. I tried an 8MOA and it was marginally faster close in, but made 100 yard slug shots more difficult.
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On rifles they take the bite out of the report and you can shoot without hearing protection. You do still hear the sonic crack, but it isn't hard on the ears really.
If you do have someone shooting with a suppressor on an AR you need the clock right next to the ejection port, it will register the noise of the bolt cycling.
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There is some talk of changing this to the third Saturday so it doesn't conflict with the Rio Salado Rifle/Shotgun match, if this happens I will attend it regularly. I went down this weekend because the Rifle/Shotgun match was cancelled due to the desert classic.
Once you get past some of the differences between it and normal multi-gun matches, it is a decent format to shoot your rifle and pistol in.
Some better shooters need to start showing up, it doesn't seem right that I've won it both times I've gone down there.
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Saving your hearing is always a good thing. I need to get a HALO one of these days.
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Now for the next "THING" idea! for LE and Military only of course. Make a braket that fits onto the light rail on a pistol and also attaches to a Picatinny rail. Now the front pistol grip is...well.... a pistol. Think of the fast transitions and if the rifle quites you have your pistol already deployed and it is MUCH more stable as it is now attached to a butt stock, but don't forget to have an aiming lazer on your pistol as you won't be able to see the sights! How cool is that Erik?? I expect to see everyone in your agency with one of these within the year. You might approach R.R. arms as they were the ones that built your guy,s rifles werent they?
KURTMIt's already been done by Fobus/CAA/TDI/MAKO/Israeli-Shadow Company of the day.
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I used vertical fore grips for sometime. After taking a tactical rifle class from Bennie Cooley last month, I came to the conclusion they just got in the way. We did a lot of transitioning from strong to support side, and a lot of shooting positions where having the vertical grip in the way just was annoying.
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This class was great. Bennie is a great instructor and worked all the students hard, the better students he pushed even harder. Students included Law Enforcement, Military, Tactical Firearms instructors, top-tier 3 Gun competitors, and citizens with substantial prior training. I believe everyone learned multiple things to increase their performance in whatever role they will be using the pistol and rifle. I now have a lot more things to work on practicing. This course was truly challenging.
Bennie's combined experience as a special operations officer with the DOE and a top level competition shooter showed through in his curriculum. Bennie broke down the mechanics of how the body, eyesight, and nervous system interact with the gun and showed us how to drive the gun more efficiently and faster. Efficiency, Speed, and Mental Conditioning were key elements of this class.
If you think you are a competent shooter, or you think you know how to fight effectively with firearms, I really recommend that you take a course from Bennie. You will find out exactly where your weaknesses are and how much you really didn't know.
Bits of wisdom from Bennie I particularly liked
1) If you don't shoot competitively you will never reach your potential as a shooter
2) When you practice tactics, you should already have the shooting skills to do so, so you don't have to think about shooting and can focus on the tactics
3) Doing something simply "because I was taught to" without good reason, is foolish
4) If you are serious about training, shooting and fighting, don't let techniques designed for people who will not or cannot improve themselves hold you back.
5) You should constantly be thinking and making the best decision appropriate to the circumstances. There is no one right way to do everything, every time, everything is a compromise. Whatever decision you make, make it so that it gives you the most advantage.
6) Just because some technique or equipment works well for someone, doesn't mean it will work at all for you.
Reactionary Speed Testing with shot clock:
http://www.cavalryarms.com/training/2007-BC/008.jpg
Retention Shooting with Pistol:
http://www.cavalryarms.com/training/2007-BC/036.jpg
Action Vs Reaction Demonstration. Bennie plays the bad guy who decides to raise his gun at you after you are already on target. Shots were usually fired simultaneously. The time between deciding to shoot and pulling the trigger is usually 0.20-0.25seconds when already on target.
http://www.cavalryarms.com/training/2007-BC/047.jpg
We also learned it is faster at certain distances to simply hit your attacker with the gun rather than transition to another weapon or try to reload/get the gun running again. Simply being shoved in the sternum with the muzzle was surprisingly painful.
http://www.cavalryarms.com/training/2007-BC/018.jpg
All guns used for takeaway/hitting drill were unloaded, verified unloaded, bolts removed or slides locked open.
Multiple target engagements were frequently part of the drills. How to transition from target to target faster was taught.
http://www.cavalryarms.com/training/2007-BC/081.jpg
Our class of 14 students was broken into 2 relays of 7. This helped the class run more efficiently as when one group was up the other loaded mags and drank water. This also allowed for greater one on one instruction, and more complex drills with more targets.
http://www.cavalryarms.com/training/2007-BC/097.jpg
Final Drill of the pistol portion of the class. Each student had 3 targets they were expected to engage in sequence as called out by Bennie.
http://www.cavalryarms.com/training/2007-BC/107.jpg
For the Rifle Portion of the class we spent as much time shooting support side as we did shooting strong side. Bennie emphasized the need for ambidextrous abilities with the rifle to shoot and fight with it effectively. Also most of the rifle shooting was at 75-100 yards on steel flash targets.
http://www.cavalryarms.com/training/2007-BC/198.jpg
Using the body’s mechanics to maximize shooting effectiveness was a major emphasis in the instruction:
http://www.cavalryarms.com/training/2007-BC/236.jpg
Retention shooting was also taught with rifle:
http://www.cavalryarms.com/training/2007-BC/264.jpg
Weapon take-aways were taught to show the student how easily it can be done, thus showing how if you have a gun out, someone coming at you meaning to take it is a deadly threat:
http://www.cavalryarms.com/training/2007-BC/260.jpg
Moving and shooting was taught, explaining how to use the body’s mechanics and timing to shoot during the most steady part of moving:
http://www.cavalryarms.com/training/2007-BC/279.jpg
We were taught that crowding cover is generally not good, unless you need to to set up for a more stable shot:
http://www.cavalryarms.com/training/2007-BC/300.jpg
I didn’t get any pictures of it, but we also did a relay race of two teams, where each student had to complete a series of shooting drills hitting the targets and run back before the next shooter could go. Team 2 (which I was on) won, and Team 1 had to buy donuts for us the next day.
The final day of the class, we had another stress inducing drill where you had to move down the series of barricades shooting left and right side. If the shooter behind you overtook you, you had to start all over again.
Full Gallery here:
http://www.cavalryarms.com/training/2007-BC/BC-1.html
I have videos of some of the drills I will post later.
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Give us a slug-shot-slug-shot stage at RM3G next year. I think you'll see a lot of tube fed shooters frustrated too.
I read on a forum somewhere that a shotgun stage was designed going prone shooting thru a low port that forced the mag fed shooter to hold the gun homie style. Im kind of curious to see how this goes in the future. If the Saiga or any new mag fed shotty, starts to gain popularity, and suddenly we see lots more stages designed to require slug drills than in the past. Then again the Saiga my not gain any new shooters but I still think its neater than hell. Since Im not shooting for first place Im going to continue to use it and add new mods as they become availabel.They've discussed it on here too. In anticipation of this, I always carry five rounders so I can get lower. I should practice my roll over prone with the Saiga just in case too.
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Switching between slugs, shot, and buck at Ironman was a non-issue for me. The Saiga was a huge speed advantage there, even with selecting loads regularly.
The Saiga loses it's advantage depending the round count of the stage and mag capacity. The 12 round stages at SMM3G this past year made it no advantage whatsoever when using 10 round magazines.
Re: select load stages, a skilled shooter can easily load his drum or mag according to the course layout and his shooting plan. It works great if you don't miss. Alex Wakal did this with his USAS-12 a the Cav 3 Gun in 2005 on a select load stage, and had the fastest time. Give me a stage with shot, slug, buck, shot, slug, buck, I would just load my mag that way and if I miss...oh well, keep moving.
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Besides you have a division you can shoot the gun in.
this post should not be taken as argumentative, my comments are meant as light hearted and in jest.
Trapr
I shoot open most of the time just so I can use whatever I want since Trooper isn't everywhere yet
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3 Gun Divisions need to be constantly updated to allow for current technology, or we'll be as antiquated as Cowboy action eventually.
Mag fed production guns exist with iron sights...allow them in Tactical with 9 rounds.
KURTM
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I put 1,000 rounds a day over the course of 5 days through my rifle in 115-120 degrees in the AZ desert at the Tactical Response High Risk Civilian Contractor Course held out here in June of 2006. Sand completely coated my rifle and magazines. Many of the exercises I fired 8-10 magazines about as fast as I could change them and put rounds down range. I did not experience a single malfunction during the course of the class.
http://www.cavalryarms.com/vids/HRCCFE.wmv
You can see the amount of sand/dust in the air in this video
Every night I cleaned my rifle and all my magazines. Most of the malfunctions students encountered were due to dirty magazines