Category: Basic Rifle Marksmanship (BRM) Series
-
Basic Rifle Marksmanship (BRM) Series- MOA: Theory vs Reality (Redux)
In the pervious article on MOA I introduced you to the ever-complicated Minute of Angle. That article was geared towards getting you ready to zero your AR15 and begin to understand what the click adjustment values were for the different versions of the AR15. In it I gave you a multitude of numbers that were common…
-
Basic Rifle Marksmanship (BRM) Series- Don’t Chase Your Zero (Redux)
In the pursuit for perfection it can be easy to over think even the simplest of task, including zeroing your AR15. Actually that is a lie. Zeroing the AR15 can be the most frustrating step in getting settled and for no other reason then our OCD rearing its ugly head. We want perfection; unfortunately we…
-
Basic Rifle Marksmanship (BRM) Series- Last Step Before Hitting the Range (Redux)
Last step before and after hitting the range! MAN! Just let me shoot already! Okay, but before you head out just do me this one solid. Have you ever done someone a solid? Either way… Just field strip your AR15 and clean away the packing grease/oil. You’d be amazed at how many times this specific…
-
Basic Rifle Marksmanship (BRM) Series- How to Zero Your AR15 (Redux)
8/3, 6/3, cats crawling up trees, 5×5=25… Easy there Tommy, it’s not as complicated as it seems. Of course this is zeroing your AR15 and you can make it as complicated as possible but that is up to you. Or, you can take a breath and read on and take the complication out of this…
-
Basic Rifle Marksmanship (BRM) Series- What The Hell Is MOA (Redux)
What The Hell Is MOA… And how does it apply to shooting and your AR15? Well it’s kind of important, of course you don’t really need to know it. But you will waste a lot of ammo just trying to get your AR15 zeroed. So before we get to zeroing our AR15 we need to…
-
Basic Rifle Marksmanship (BRM) Series- Twists and Zeros (Redux)
Now that we have finished reviewing all those Shooting Positions we need to Zero our rifle. But before we can zero our rifle we need to choose a zero. Easy right… Well, there are a number of different zeros you can choose from and with the AR15, even more so. To complicate this matter you…
-
Basic Rifle Marksmanship (BRM) Series- Follow Through and Dry Fire Practice (Redux)
What could possibly be more important than all that super exciting stuff we just covered on the different shooting positions you ask? Well, I’ll tell ya… Follow Through– Just as important to building a solid shooting position is the “Follow Through”. If you have done everything else correct then the follow through is just a…
-
Basic Rifle Marksmanship (BRM) Series- Standing (Redux)
Time to wrap this up with Standing. It’s the hardest position to shoot from but not impossible. There are few different takes on the Standing position and their variations. Colonel Cooper made a distinction between “Offhand” and the “Standing” stating that the “Standing” was a deliberate position used only for slow fire whereas the “Offhand”…
-
Basic Rifle Marksmanship (BRM) Series- Kneeling (Redux)
Kneeling, yup, the knee busting kneeling position. It’s the worst of them all. It takes only a second to drop into it and a few minutes to recover from it. Sure, it has its place, just like they all do but it’s certainly the one shooting position that few like and even fewer love. Actually,…
-
Basic Rifle Marksmanship (BRM) Series- Sitting (Redux)
Time to tackle the Sitting position! It’s almost as simple as, well, sitting down… There are just a few details to iron out but they are easily mastered with just a touch of practice. Sitting is my most favorite position to shoot from. If I am given the choice of positions, sitting it is! This…
Guns and Art 