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Using Fred's Guide to Becoming a Rifleman to get you to thinking #6

Started by Old Dog, December 08, 2007, 01:25:33 AM

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Old Dog

December 08, 2007, 01:25:33 AM
Every shot you fire should be:
a.  fired at your "rapid" cadence

b.  fired with your eyes open

c.  be the "only" shot you concentrate on

d.  all of the above
"The rifle itself has no moral stature, since it has no will of its own. Naturally, it may be used by evil men for evil purposes, but there are more good men than evil, and while the latter cannot be persuaded to the path of righteousness by propaganda, they can certainly be corrected by good men with rifles."

—Jeff Cooper, The Art of the Rifle

JohnCBobcat

#1
December 08, 2007, 06:28:04 AM
I'm going to say...

D. All of the above
2nd Squad, 1st Plt., E Co., 2/39 INF, 9th ID (reenacted), California Historical Group

AAAO!

Francis Marion

#3
December 08, 2007, 12:11:29 PM
All of the above.  The WW2 standard of rapid rifle fire required four seconds to touch off each shot.  Some extra time was given to get into position from standing and to recharge the rifle once, but the shot period was 4 seconds. 
The Army Signal Corps video linked in the library section shows how to do this with an M1.
One thing they didn't bother to teach was rapid fire from standing; the instructor said that position was too unsteady to bother attempting rapid, at least in training. 

smle

#4
December 08, 2007, 08:21:29 PM
Definitely d, allof above
If it's stupid and it works, it ain't stupid
If we forget what we did, we won't know who we are. Ronald Reagan
Courage is being scared to death - but saddleing up anyway. John Wayne

Muddogg

#5
December 09, 2007, 05:08:00 PM
I'm going to go with B.
-The Muddogg

voortrekker

#6
December 09, 2007, 11:04:01 PM
Quote from: M1A4ME on December 08, 2007, 01:25:33 AM
Every shot you fire should be:
a.  fired at your "rapid" cadence

b.  fired with your eyes open

c.  be the "only" shot you concentrate on

d.  all of the above


a.  fired at your "rapid" cadence ( Shots should be fired at "ones" rapid cadence so long as they aren't wasting ammo/the shot and making the rounds hit accurately) some are faster, some are slower in making accurate shots.  Accuracy supercedes rapid shots.

b. "fired with your eyes open", if you can't see, you will not hit anything, given.

c. "be the 'only' shot you concentrate on", I concetrate on all shots, everytime as if I had only one round to make it count.  EVERYTIME.

I cannot say that "d." is the answer.


"b.  fired with your eyes open" is the only answer I can agree to.



Brett out.
If YOU are thinking, WE are winning.

JohnCBobcat

#7
December 10, 2007, 04:09:37 AM
Quote from: voortrekker on December 09, 2007, 11:04:01 PM

[snip]

c. "be the 'only' shot you concentrate on", I concetrate on all shots, everytime as if I had only one round to make it count.  EVERYTIME.

[snip]

Brett out.

That's exactly what it already means, act as though your current shot is going to be the only one you get, and shoot accordingly.
2nd Squad, 1st Plt., E Co., 2/39 INF, 9th ID (reenacted), California Historical Group

AAAO!

socalserf

#8
December 10, 2007, 05:51:08 AM
I like D., all of the above. Nothing like a focused rapid fire string. When I do it right(not often enough) it is SWEET! ;D ;D
Serfs up!
"we cannot improve what we do not measure."

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