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2024-04-07 -Land of the Free

Marines Ditch 100 Year Old Marksmanship Standards

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Posted by Gloluns Turkeyneck4904 2024-04-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11142 views ] Top

#1 In preparation to being sent to Ukraine?

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-04-07 00:58|| 2024-04-07 00:58|| Front Page Top

#2 See article above: Army Futures Command announced Thursday that soldiers from 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, accepted delivery of the XM7 Next Generation Rifle and XM250 Next Generation Automatic Rifle ahead of training in April.

Posted by Huputle+Cherelet4131 2024-04-07 10:23|| 2024-04-07 10:23|| Front Page Top

#3 Be interesting to see results . What I see in this is much more ammo used to accomplish near same results. But then my TO weapon was the M14 in Vietnam.1965...(rifle /pistol expert and Marine rifle team member in 1964 for 6 months then off to Vietnam).

Posted by crazyhorse 2024-04-07 10:29|| 2024-04-07 10:29|| Front Page Top

#4 The rifle range in 1907, it’s not bad or good. It’s what we had when we had … a 1903 Springfield [rifle], which was an 1890s technology,

The Fucile di Fanteria (Eng: Infantry rifle) Modello 91/38 bolt-action rifle had been introduced in 1891 by Salvatore Carcano. It was good enough to hit a moving target at range on November 22, 1963 by a former Marine trained in the traditional manner.

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-04-07 10:42|| 2024-04-07 10:42|| Front Page Top

#5 But the XM7 by Gillette has more rails.

Posted by swksvolFF 2024-04-07 10:51|| 2024-04-07 10:51|| Front Page Top

#6 A bit of a misleading headline, IMHO. Tuning the standard to match modern world conditions is not the same as ditching standards to accommodate the wokerati and gender-confused. Train like you fight, fight like you train.

It was good enough to hit a moving target at range on November 22, 1963 by a former Marine trained in the traditional manner.

Shooting left-handed, I've been told. God bless the Marines.

Posted by SteveS 2024-04-07 12:08|| 2024-04-07 12:08|| Front Page Top

#7 I recall an interview with a Marine Corps pilot during the Korean War. When the interviewer asked him what was his primary job in the Marine Corps he said "I'm a Marine Corps Rifleman, currently flying the F-86 Saber".

God help the Corps if they ever abandon their devotion to accurate shooting. "This is my rifle. There are many like it, but this one is mine."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rifleman%27s_Creed

Posted by NoMoreBS 2024-04-07 14:15|| 2024-04-07 14:15|| Front Page Top

#8 I believe two shots on Kennedy from the Book depository...but not three. No one has duplicated those three shots.

Posted by crazyhorse 2024-04-07 17:24|| 2024-04-07 17:24|| Front Page Top

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