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<blockquote data-quote="texan" data-source="post: 1092354" data-attributes="member: 38206">&quot; Simply issuing a person a badge and a uniform and a weapon does not automatically confer upon&nbsp;them any superior marksmanship abilities;&quot;Excellent post and point.The Army was not the best either at this. 2 times a year 74-96.Marines somehow seem to have a better standard and training.&nbsp;They have better marksman by rep. I do not know their training.I was trained to take civilans from no weapon training to a soldier and was Range NON Com&nbsp;on the .45 M911A1 / 9MM Range for years.Twice a year is not enough.&nbsp;We used pop up targets that are 3 to 4 feet high silhouettes, which are better, but only twice a year,one loses that keen feel over the months.I am not dissing the Army, and I hope it is more frequent now.It should be once a month at the least, and with moving targets, not paper.Paper was only good to zero your sites on a rifle, at 25 meters.<a href="http://www.armystudyguide.com/content/army_board_study_guide_topics/m16a2/zero-and-m16a2-rifle.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.armystudyguide.com/content/army_board_study_guide_topics/m16a2/zero-and-m16a2-rifle.shtml</a>I miss those days. SighZero a M16 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQq1qkYJxAY" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQq1qkYJxAY</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="texan, post: 1092354, member: 38206"] [B]" Simply issuing a person a badge and a uniform and a weapon does [I]not [/I]automatically confer upon them any superior marksmanship abilities;" Excellent post and point. The Army was not the best either at this. 2 times a year 74-96. Marines somehow seem to have a better standard and training. They have better marksman by rep. I do not know their training. I was trained to take civilans from no weapon training to a soldier and was Range NON Com on the .45 M911A1 / 9MM Range for years. Twice a year is not enough. We used pop up targets that are 3 to 4 feet high silhouettes, which are better, but only twice a year, one loses that keen feel over the months. I am not dissing the Army, and I hope it is more frequent now. It should be once a month at the least, and with moving targets, not paper. Paper was only good to zero your sites on a rifle, at 25 meters. [URL]http://www.armystudyguide.com/content/army_board_study_guide_topics/m16a2/zero-and-m16a2-rifle.shtml[/URL] I miss those days. Sigh Zero a M16 [URL]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQq1qkYJxAY[/URL] [/B] [/QUOTE]

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