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I just found this wikipedia entry (not the best source I know but I believe this to be credible) about the origins of the term "Mad Minute". Many of us know this today as the first minute after initiating an ambush. After reading the original definition do you think there is something left to be desired in our military marksmanship? Could you pull off this feat?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_minute
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_minute
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Edited 9 y ago
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I've always liked that we had Rapid Fire Stages (10 shots each, 1 minute time limit with a mag change) at the 200 & 300 for our Rifle Qualification in the Marine Corps.
I'm willing to bet I could pull off a mad minute at the 300 even now.
I'm willing to bet I could pull off a mad minute at the 300 even now.
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GySgt Joe Strong
The great, and evil, thing about the 300 rapid fire was it was make or break. Tight grouping was what you were really after, but a tight group that dropped out of the bottom would severely hurt your score. It could set you up for a "relatively" easy time at the 500, or completely take you out of the running for that coveted Expert badge.
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Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS
GySgt Joe Strong the folks I saw who lost it had that group right above a shoulder.
I always felt bad for them.
I got a lot of range time, because I was an expert shot. Rgt SgtMaj got smart, and would send his experts back out so he didn't ranges cancelled for lack of numbers late in the year. He figured more range time couldn't hurt anyone. By the time I was on my second enlistment I was pushing mid 50s, and then we only had to shoot every other year.
I always felt bad for them.
I got a lot of range time, because I was an expert shot. Rgt SgtMaj got smart, and would send his experts back out so he didn't ranges cancelled for lack of numbers late in the year. He figured more range time couldn't hurt anyone. By the time I was on my second enlistment I was pushing mid 50s, and then we only had to shoot every other year.
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GySgt Joe Strong
:) Sgt Aaron Kennedy
I can see high or low due to short window to get a natural body position(breath hold) after going standing to prone, but an over the shoulder grouping was usually just a lack of center hold. But way better to give yourself all of that up and down leeway on that dog target by aiming center mass. Undocumented Range Coach/Block Official,(Good lord, I did them enough they should have given me an OJT documentation)... Documented Range Safety NCO.
I can see high or low due to short window to get a natural body position(breath hold) after going standing to prone, but an over the shoulder grouping was usually just a lack of center hold. But way better to give yourself all of that up and down leeway on that dog target by aiming center mass. Undocumented Range Coach/Block Official,(Good lord, I did them enough they should have given me an OJT documentation)... Documented Range Safety NCO.
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Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS
Concur GySgt Joe Strong. I never had an issue but just losing that many points at one go just stings.
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