Alright, I'm here because I need some Army/Marine help. Sorry Air Force and Navy, I just know you don't have to qualify for the M16.
So, here's the deal. This drill, I take my M16 to the zero range and qualified in the first six bullets. I was the only one. Then I proceeded to skip ahead while there was a line for everything else and make my way to the M9 range which my company was running. Yeah, surprise surprise... a line in the Army. Anyway, I qualify expert. I'm feeling pretty good. I decided to walk back to the M16 pop-up range. It's about 2 miles away. The time I get back, we have to stand in line. Oh yeah, I get tired. I look down the range at the 200-300 meters and I can't see anything. The black silhouettes are blending into the dark brown back-drop. I'm not the only one, over half my unit didn't qualify and they were weak at it. Now, I couldn't qualify.
I need help. I've recommended to my CO that the targets get painted or the range control do something about that backdrop. When I was in Ft. Sill, OK qualifying, there was a desert sand backdrop. That, I liked. I qualified on it first try.
I need advice. I only started firing the M-16 about a year and a half ago. One, I know that a lot of guys who have done this before remember the order of pop-ups. Does anybody have that order?
My other question is do you have any suggestions shy of beating up the range control guys and painting the targets?
So, here's the deal. This drill, I take my M16 to the zero range and qualified in the first six bullets. I was the only one. Then I proceeded to skip ahead while there was a line for everything else and make my way to the M9 range which my company was running. Yeah, surprise surprise... a line in the Army. Anyway, I qualify expert. I'm feeling pretty good. I decided to walk back to the M16 pop-up range. It's about 2 miles away. The time I get back, we have to stand in line. Oh yeah, I get tired. I look down the range at the 200-300 meters and I can't see anything. The black silhouettes are blending into the dark brown back-drop. I'm not the only one, over half my unit didn't qualify and they were weak at it. Now, I couldn't qualify.
I need help. I've recommended to my CO that the targets get painted or the range control do something about that backdrop. When I was in Ft. Sill, OK qualifying, there was a desert sand backdrop. That, I liked. I qualified on it first try.
I need advice. I only started firing the M-16 about a year and a half ago. One, I know that a lot of guys who have done this before remember the order of pop-ups. Does anybody have that order?
My other question is do you have any suggestions shy of beating up the range control guys and painting the targets?