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OnTheFly:
My son seems to be on a path to join the Army Guard in Lincoln.  He has been talking to a couple of friends who have already completed basic.  They are telling him about qualifying with the rifle and the different badges (Marksman, Sharpshooter, Expert).  He wants to qualify as high as he can since he has a touch of my CDO.

A few questions for our forum service members

Does anyone have information about the Army's current qualification requirements (hits/score required, target size, distance, etc?).  My Google-fu didn't turn up any solid details.

Any information about the equipment?  I told him that it may not be as easy as it seems if the range rifles are well used and abused. 

Other than doing anything unsafe, do they let you choose how you take the prone, kneeling, and standing shooting positions?

If anyone has suggestions or additional helpful information on how he can improve his score, I would be happy to hear it.

Thanks,
Fly

Mudinyeri:
It's been a LOOOONG time since I qualified (Expert).  I suspect several things haven't changed:

1. They give you a rattle-trap rifle that's been used, abused and nearly had the lands and grooves shot out of it.
2. Some sort of malfunction will occur during your qualification.
3. The weather will suck.

I seem to recall standing in a pit and resting the rifle on sandbags to qualify.  So, technically, you're in the standing supported position.  That, of course, may have changed since 1984 or may be different from base to base.  Head and shoulders-sized targets popped up from behind berms and dropped when hit or when their time expired.

NE Bull:
I think Wallace would be a great resource for this. ;)

OnTheFly:

--- Quote from: NE Bull on March 21, 2014, 04:44:36 PM ---I think Wallace would be a great resource for this. ;)


--- End quote ---

What would HE know?!  ;)

Fly

Ronvandyn:
They give Army guys guns?  Since when?   ;D

Ron

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