Posted on 03/11/2019 4:52:49 AM PDT by w1n1
If you're into precision long range shooting or hunting, you might want to listen to this guy. He's a former USMC sniper.
The following is an excerpt from Caylen Wojcik while he was on a training shoot, he shares with us malfunctions that happens while you’re in the midst of shooting and goes over on what you can do about it.
This was an awesome stage, and I thought it was well thought out. This one involved 4 targets: 2 on the north side of the firing line, and 2 on the south side of the firing line. Targets on the north were 200 yards and 530 yards. Targets on the south were 300 yards and 690 yards.
There’s a lot going on here, and I made some mistakes, namely a shooter-induced double feed malfunction. This begs the question: do you practice for malfunction clearances?
For me, it’s pretty much second nature. If the bolt doesn’t go all the way forward, there’s clearly something wrong. What’s the answer? It’s simple, unload, then reload. If for whatever reason, there’s any chance that there’s a cartridge in the chamber, it’s good practice to go through a full cycle of operation with the bolt to clear that case before you shove a fresh magazine in there and cause the same problem all over again.
In this case, I knew that I had short-stroked the bolt and that all the junk was going to fall out as soon as the magazine was gone. If you don't follow what he's talking about take a look at the gun malfunction video here.
Yes
Not just malfunctions.
I was on a live range indoors which happened to be ungodly-hot & humid.
On that day I experienced the shortcomings of my sidearm’s grips and serrations. It changed everything about loading & clearing.
The shoot and scoot drills are great. Gets the ol heart rate up.
I particularly like the InRange channel on YouTube, with their realistic practical-use matches and their torture tests - especially the mud tests and the newer "convoy dust" tests.
In before the “...but I don’t have a Kel-Tec...” comments.
yeh, whether you’re into long range competition or hunting. Many of these drills are great to learn and get it ingrained into your muscle memory.
Cheers!
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