I just took the Four Day Rifle Marksmanship class at Front Sight in Nevada, and I thought it was excellent. The bulk of students in the class were hunters looking to improve their rifle marksmanship. We got plenty of valuable trigger time, over 200+ rounds during the four days:
Day One - Safety review, basic rifle mechanism, slinging/unslinging, loading and unloading the rifle. Then we started shooting from standing, kneeling, and prone with and without bipods. We practiced using the sling as a stabilizer while standing and kneeling which really helped improve my accuracy
Day Two - Zeroed our rifles at 50/100/200 yards, practiced resolving malfunctions, more shooting practice, ended with a fun steel shoot
Day Three - Spent a lot of time collecting data on our bullet drop out to 200/250/300/350 yards, added time pressure to our shooting,
Day Four - More shooting practice from all distances and using different positions, ended with a skills test shooting twice at all distances. Only one student in my class (out of 40) passed as a Distinguished Graduate so he can sign up for the advanced marksmanship course. The rest of us have to go back and take the refresher course so we can try the skills test again
Overall I thought it was great for all skill levels, but especially for rifle newbies like myself. I feel much more competent with my rifle after four days and I thought the instructors were top notch
Day One - Safety review, basic rifle mechanism, slinging/unslinging, loading and unloading the rifle. Then we started shooting from standing, kneeling, and prone with and without bipods. We practiced using the sling as a stabilizer while standing and kneeling which really helped improve my accuracy
Day Two - Zeroed our rifles at 50/100/200 yards, practiced resolving malfunctions, more shooting practice, ended with a fun steel shoot
Day Three - Spent a lot of time collecting data on our bullet drop out to 200/250/300/350 yards, added time pressure to our shooting,
Day Four - More shooting practice from all distances and using different positions, ended with a skills test shooting twice at all distances. Only one student in my class (out of 40) passed as a Distinguished Graduate so he can sign up for the advanced marksmanship course. The rest of us have to go back and take the refresher course so we can try the skills test again
Overall I thought it was great for all skill levels, but especially for rifle newbies like myself. I feel much more competent with my rifle after four days and I thought the instructors were top notch
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