Iron sights. Just sayin’.
When you consider the numbers of those who came before him this is still very impressive. A little luck was needed, but that is God-given skill.
No.
He did it with a 4X combat scope.
I shot 222 with iron sights and a saved round, which is barely expert. I read that the new optics have raised the average score by 5%. In the article it mentions that the guy’s platoon average score was 235. I think they are revamping the entire method of qualification also.
Semper Fi!
lol...speaking of Iron sights..that kinda brings up a sore spot with me....Back in ‘66 When the Army still qualified with the M-14 I was about to win my Basic Training Units Marksmanship Trophy when a Generals son that happened to be on sick call the day of testing went out the next day with 1 NCO and beat me by 1 point....He claimed he won because he'd shot a gun once with a scope...
I fired 241 with an M-14 with iron sights on pre-qual day at Parris Island in Feb 1968.
Qual Day we had a snowstorm. Blew snowflakes the size of quarters off my rear sights. Fired a 213 - bah humbug!
241 would have been the Recruit Range Record. Of course, I’d probably ended up a Sniper and got myself killed, instead of something nice and safe like being an 81 mortars FO/ Radio operator....
:-)