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what should a new IIT bring to an event?

Started by bill o rites, August 26, 2010, 09:14:04 PM

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bill o rites

August 26, 2010, 09:14:04 PM
any advice on possible overlooked items? :sos:
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crak

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August 26, 2010, 10:46:04 PM Last Edit: August 26, 2010, 10:47:47 PM by crak
Bring everything you can think of, so you can bail out the SB who stopped bringing a car full of stuff years ago.   We count on new IITs! **)

Or, just bring a stopwatch so you can call the line correctly.  If you can't remember the line commands verbatim yet, bring those, too.

If you're feeling really ambitious a sight tool and a cleaning rod can really brighten a shooter's day, but there are usually some of those around anyway.
Check your drama at the door.

Grandson of Liberty

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August 26, 2010, 11:06:25 PM
If you could only take ONE thing with you . . .

. . . best be sure it's your IIT 1 Progress Check.  &) :)
"Who hasn't done 'Number 2' on Bob yet?"- Jr. Birdman, Piru IBC, Three-Oh-Nine

lupis42

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August 27, 2010, 01:01:44 AM
A teachable attitude... the more hats you have, the harder this can be to remember, but it's always handy.
You can never be too rich, too good looking, or too well armed.

ThaiFighter

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August 27, 2010, 01:21:21 AM
more participants!  O0
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ksuguy

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August 27, 2010, 01:49:33 AM
I usually bring extra slings, my Ruger 10/22, ammo, sunscreen, stapler, insect repellant, sun shade, lawn chair, shooting glasses, disposable earplugs, shooting mats, binoculars, water and gatorade, lunch,  and one of my M1 Garands.

I always like to let anybody that shoots their first rifleman score fire a clip through the Garand as a prize.   The students usually really enjoy that.   

Xeyed

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August 27, 2010, 01:52:17 AM Last Edit: August 29, 2010, 03:35:55 PM by Xeyed
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The three awake can rouse a town. By turning the whole place upside down.

The many awake can make such a fuss. It finally awakens the rest of us.
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Sly223

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October 31, 2010, 04:19:42 AM
Bring that clipboard!
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Old Dog

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October 31, 2010, 06:25:04 AM
I will take the blame for all the stuff I've loaned out and "lost".  I finally realized the only way to stop "loosing" loaned items was to stop loaning them (I can live with the lost staplers, slings, sight tools, etc. but "losing" a rifle would have really set me off, so I had to stop before it got to that point ::)).

My range bag contains:
some chewing gum (you have to stick you face in their ear sometimes to be heard, no use distracting them by letting them smell what you ate for lunch)
some hard candy (when you're talking your mouth is going to get dry and your throat can get irritated - the candy helps)
a few sets of foam ear plugs (sooner or later someone will lose theirs or show up without them)
a couple of pins
something to card sights with (I do this during prep. periods for the folks I'm watching over on the line, it's helped a lot of folks better understand NPOA)
a multi-tool (for tightening up loose screws)
an AK/SKS front sight tool
a couple of AR front/rear sight tools (the 4 post and 5 post tools as you will encounter both on ARs and while you don't see many A1 type rear sight/carry handle on AR's these days they work great on Tech Sights)
a 6" ruler
staple gun and staples (for absolute emergencies)
a pair of binoculars (for the .22 caliber holes, I can still see the .30 caliber holes at 25 meters, if someone brings/shoots a .30 caliber @))
a rain poncho
some sunblock
some bug dope/spray
a pair of safety glasses
my hearing protection with back up (I can't stand the muffs, I've always used foam plugs of one type or another)
a bottle of lube (I use Mobil 1 these days, on the 10/22, the AR's and handguns - I never carried grease for the M1A/M1 folks but never needed it either)

It would be a good idea to print out the latest copies of the range commands and get them laminated before gluing them to the back of your clipboard.  Then you could carry a copy of the shoot bosses POI on the front of the clipboard with a page or two of blank paper included in case you want to take note of something.
"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
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