How the Marines turn every recruit into a rifleman

The marksmanship principles taught are directed at the average recruit to get general competence, and are effective in obtaining that goal. They are not personalized to the individual.
I struggled with the offhand position, shooting a 25-30 score following the instruction to wait for the sights to settle into a "lazy 8" pattern. That was not how those sights behaved in my case.
On record day, I decided that I would take the chance of doing something the top Instructor mentioned was risky -- "snap shooting" as soon as your sights lined up on the target.
My first five rounds were 5's, 3 of them in the V-ring. Muscle fatigue and excitement took its toll, but I wound up with a 47 in the offhand match, the best I had ever done.

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