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USMC marksmanship training w/ canvas sling

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#1 ·
Good morning,
I just joined this forum. A while back I purchased a sweet M-i Garand as the sticker shock for the M-14 was too great. It is not all that different as to the general characteristics i.e. recoil, size, weight, sights etc. When I tried to employ the USMC range techniques for sling adjustments (1969 era) I found that I'd forgotten how. Did I get old or what.

I applied to the local USMC offices for any material that they might have and have discovered that the techniques that I learned were not being taught any longer. Can anyone help me with this? Any down load or reference material that could help me relearn? It was the best shooting technique that I have seen
or used.

Many thanks,
setdesign45
 
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The way they demonstrate it in that link was exactly what I was taught in recruit training in 1971 (except we used the Hasty Sling to fire the 10 rounds of Offhand Fire). It was good enough for me to join 8 other, earlier Marines and TIE the All Time Requalification Record at Quantico, Virginia with a 249/250.
 
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The positions used in MCL postal competition are the same ones I learned in '61 with the M-1. If you still have your Guidebook or can get one, that's what we studied at the time. We snapped-in with web slings, which were easier to use than leather. When we switched to the M-14 a year or two later, I recall that everyone's scores improved and many more shot expert.
 
#10 ·
You want to make a loop sling I'm guessing? Here's a video on YT

http://youtu.be/rQyl4_BPXIE

Gotta love youtube. If I forgot how to tie a tie, it's on YT
Hope this helped.
Yep, that's a good video. Set up like most set them up, loops are a PIA to get in and out of between COF's. I set all mine up with a "J" hook on both ends. Disconnect both ends, get into your loop and it just dangles on your arm until your prep time. Pick up the rifle, hook the front hook, you're good to go. All done with your COF, unhook the front, safe your rifle, walk away. No getting in and out and it's FAST. But you can hook the back and use the hasty in the standing position easily as well.....O.L.
 
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The is one of my favorite pages it shows how to setup the M1907 sling and how to use the sling in the different shooting positions. Hope it helps, lord know nowadays they don't teach us this kind of stuff in the military. They just give us tactical single point slings and let us go on our merry way.
 
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