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JTH:
In the continuing saga of "me saying things I thought were perfectly obvious to everyone, but that nonetheless gets me angry responses from people who think I hate [enter group here]" I shoot the Marine Pistol Qualification, and give my thoughts on what it means to rate "Expert":

https://precisionresponse.wordpress.com/2016/08/13/marine-pistol-qualification/


(When I say "having military experience doesn't automatically make you a firearms expert" why do people get mad and say I hate the military?  Do certain folks have THAT much of their own self-image wrapped up in their idea of how good they are?  Literally, the facts themselves are straightforward, and yet, that apparently doesn't stop people from being mad about it.)

JTH:
As a comparison, here is a graphic of the actual target superimposed over the target I was using in my video.  The official MPMS target is really huge, and that 8-zone is pretty darn big.

http://imgur.com/uwxE67o

m morton:
while i was never a "jar head" i was in the army and i can agree that more members of the armed forces never use a pistol . i would say 90% will use the M16 the other 10% use the m60 or saw gun, or M16 with the 203 attached  i qualified expert on the M60 , M16 , and the dragon anti tank . and fired the 50 cal , and saw gun a few times but never for Qualification  during my time in. no one in my company other then the armorer while he was in possession of the weapons vault keys ever carried a side arm on a regular basis . only ones i seen that carry 45 or m9 were the military police . ya a few times i would see a officer carry a side arm but even that was rare. 

(When I say "having military experience doesn't automatically make you a firearms expert"  i have to agree here too you have no idea how many of my platoon qualified marksman and unless there buddy was scoring their card would never see the expert Qualification. Marksmanship Qualification Badges are awarded in three grades (highest to lowest): Expert, Sharpshooter, and Marksman . during my time in i seen more then a few barely get marksman

shooter:
we had to qualify with the 1911, we had flip up targets, basicially a IPSC, target that would stand up. made from some kind of rubber material, when you hit it, the target fell over and another one popped up, they were so old, and had been shot so many times, when the stood up, the top half of the target would fold over, giving you just half to shoot at.
  we also got to shoot a lot of older weapons, B.A.R. real old S&W 38,s M1 carbines but the most fun was the grease guns, really a lot of fun,

bullit:
And then you had to really rub it in by shooting in your Jesus sandals ..... ;)

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