When everybody talks about going to the range it always brings back memories of the rifle range of 1966. It was preparation for Viet Nam. Interestingly enough I still have my Marksmanship book that we used for Combat training at Fort Leonard wood. I will share with you the first and later shots I fired on the rifle range in 1966
19 and drafted- One of my biggest troubles with the M!4 was that when I shot my steel pot would hit the rear sight and knock the elevation to 0. It happened because I was such a light fella' and the recoil hit me a little harder than the hefty guys. Range officers made me turn the steel pot to shoot.
Pvt. Kortuem at 19 pic
the book was a small pocket sized pamphlet that fit in the top pocket, small enough to get the button closed
Book Cover
The first pages covered sight pictures. Remember: When ya' get drafted half the guys have never handled a rifle like an M14.
sight pictures and 3 shot groups)
Heres the page where we recorded our "Battle sight "0" elevation 14 -- windage 0 Ser. No. #1447345
(Notice the 7 digit Ser. No. (My M1A Has 6 digits)
Here are some of the first period (Days) of shots I made in basic training. This was flip up targets not fixed targets. Notice that my partner is marking the impact of the round. (is this rifle shooting Right or what)
(Better rethink that battlesight 0)
Fixed targets looked like this
here is a drawing of our "free shoot" Target range. Before we started blasting the range people would make us write down the distance of the flip up targets so we could get a grip on distance
(Everything is in Meters)
This is a little later on. Things are going better because my misses are in many different directions.
There are many more pages of interest in the pamphlet but this gives you an idea of the military way of running a rifle range.
What fun....................SP/4 Twiggy
19 and drafted- One of my biggest troubles with the M!4 was that when I shot my steel pot would hit the rear sight and knock the elevation to 0. It happened because I was such a light fella' and the recoil hit me a little harder than the hefty guys. Range officers made me turn the steel pot to shoot.
Pvt. Kortuem at 19 pic
the book was a small pocket sized pamphlet that fit in the top pocket, small enough to get the button closed
Book Cover
The first pages covered sight pictures. Remember: When ya' get drafted half the guys have never handled a rifle like an M14.
sight pictures and 3 shot groups)
Heres the page where we recorded our "Battle sight "0" elevation 14 -- windage 0 Ser. No. #1447345
(Notice the 7 digit Ser. No. (My M1A Has 6 digits)
Here are some of the first period (Days) of shots I made in basic training. This was flip up targets not fixed targets. Notice that my partner is marking the impact of the round. (is this rifle shooting Right or what)
(Better rethink that battlesight 0)
Fixed targets looked like this
here is a drawing of our "free shoot" Target range. Before we started blasting the range people would make us write down the distance of the flip up targets so we could get a grip on distance
(Everything is in Meters)
This is a little later on. Things are going better because my misses are in many different directions.
There are many more pages of interest in the pamphlet but this gives you an idea of the military way of running a rifle range.
What fun....................SP/4 Twiggy