I really liked this stage I almost wish I had spent another 5 seconds on that bonus target as I was running a 2-10 and was doing great on the far targets. The only one that I had trouble with was the close target from the near position- my squad says I hit it first shot, spotter RO called it but the one I could hear didn't so burned time shooting at it bunch more. The pistol I couldn't hit the small poppers at all it was rough, dropped 6 on this one. Thanks for posting these stage videos really puts the stages (from other marches) into perspective for other matches now that I've shot one and have a comparison!
I think everyone is going to need Lucy's psychiatric stand after the despair and depression of 175 yard offhand rifle shooting. When we were designing this we didn't really recognize what a lost art it was in modern competition and peoples training regiments. I expect it will cause a bunch of people to practice it going forwards.
Ha, ha, ha! "Rifleman, Pole-Vault Division"! Nice! ;-) Thank you for posting your "Gunfighter Gauntlet" videos. These are entertaining and informative. Also, thanks for going to "Finnish Brutality" and "High Desert Brutality" (all the Brutalities) and for sharing those videos with us, too! I was surprised to see that I was not subscribed to your channel yet and have remedied that situation. ;-) Keep up the great work!
I like this content and this format. Many Marines are still running Poverty-14’s in training. Keep em coming. 🎶Meet me down by the railroad track, track. 🎶
Possibly my favorite stage of the match. Loved the high round count, the full auto dump to start the stage and the satchel full of money to carry. Needed much more discipline on the long range shots. Can't miss fast enough to win.
There are two types of people when they start pouring water on the barb wire low crawl. Those who go "oh no" and those who go "oh hell yeah". Needed to not have that reload on the spinner, and needed to hike my dang top down.
An awesome stage. I loved the history behind it. Need to actually learn the fireman's carry rather than just heave hoing the dummy, and I could make all the hits, but standing unsupported at the end was all about discipline, which I lacked. The target presentation was excellent, and it felt like there were multiple fireteams of IJA you had to engage.
When I was in the Marines. I'm a former TOW gunner. This isn't like for like, but our TOW systems had thermals as night sights. We used 55 gallon barrels that they set on fire. Maybe there is some way you could use heat from a fire to warm the steel targets. Who knows.
I'm not sure what kind of precision shooting you do, like benchrest or F-class type stuff. It looks like you do mostly tactical type stuff. So please forgive me, I don't mean to insult your intelligence or anything else. Anyway, I would guess that the lack of a rear bag and the bipod are the biggest culprits to the group size. I dont think a good shooter or even with practice with that setup can the effects be overcome. I've been doing the precision thing since about 2004, and from what I've learned over the years, is how important the right rear bag is and also how much a guns accuracy can be influanced by bouncing around on a table like that when using a bipod.
Wondering cause I am considering one of these bundles on sale, would these be too bulky to have some molle straps installed towards the bottom roll of molle to attach a gun fighter belt? This wouldn't be too bulky of a setup you think unless I modified the vest? Debated between this and a Dutch modular vest or having both. Figured the Condor mod straps could accomplish what I am trying to do with taking those and attaching those to a belt similar to my other assault vest which came with belt loops. I have a 2 inch bison style replica belt.
It'll be interesting to see how you did on stages 2/6 with the mini acog! I was told Captain was 150! My scope was at 10x and that killed me trying to do this gassed with that power. Excited to see other peoples runs
04:36 exactly. This is a hunting rifle. If you get PoA = PoI on the first shot on a deer, money. Second shot less than or no more than 1 MOA from PoA, still good. Shooting at deer, you should never shoot more than 3 shots. And the people I know and respect have never shot more than twice.
1:07 I had a dream where I was a Calvary officer and the flank I was supporting collapsed. I went to the tree to fight after riding my horse around the tree, dodging bullets. Another officer of lesser rank than I of the opposition force was the one trying to catch up with me. I challenged him to single combat, all else was lost. He had a pistol under each arm, and challenged me to a duel. As it was, I decided to go with the sabre on foot (because by now I knew the flank had collapsed) all I intend to do is fight for time. We fought, for a good long while, and I was brought to exhaustion. He offered me surrender, and I exclaimed, "You can do that?" He said, "You're very valuable." and by this I was perplexed, but it was either die, or continue fighting, somehow. I threw down my blade and exclaimed, "I surrender!" Every moment they had to bind me, to move me, I would listen to my captors. I delayed every chance I could. If the whole of the enemy had been successful, there would be no need to keep me alive. They hadn't been successful, but they had spent much on winning the battle. I arrived on the edge of a large crater, or maybe a foothill, that allowed me to survey all this I couldn't see before. My intent was to reach my General. To give him news of the fallen flank. When I finally arrived, the General was aware the flank had fallen. I was stripped of rank, but given an honorable discharge. I would not serve in the capacity of a flag officer, or any officer. Not even a soldier. I was free to do as I wished, and for me, it wasn't over.
After having the gunsmith go over it it looks like the trigger broke and cracked the frame resulting in a weird trigger pull. That probably pulle dme off target just enough to lead to the horrible outcome you saw.
Solid stuff, in the stage where you had to toss the KB, I bet you'd have shaved some time off if you kept the rifle slinged and just moved it to the side vs having to put it down and pick it up.
@PegasusTests - Just for your info, You say 'Pattern 58' but here in the UK we referred to it as '58 Pattern' - As I'm sure you know, this comes from the year of 1958 when it came into service. All the best.
I like this kasarda variant. We devised a similar method of zig-zagging due to our limited range depth at the time, we called it "half assed broke kasarda drill" :D
Few observations from your video (I'm ex SA infantry academy, and my old-man was also an academy intructor): 1. The design wasn't based on a "nothing you can do about it" approach. It was based on a "know exactly where your items are", and if you need to look in another guy's vest (if he's out of action, but you need additional ammo) then you know where the items are too. 2. The heavy black accents (webbing, vecro, etc) were proven to break up the shapes very effectively and aided low observation. 3. It's not a 4x quart water-bottle, it's a 2L water-bottle. South Africa is on the metric system. The side pouch could also take a South African style MRE pack (rat-pack), as it was the same dimensions. That was if you were on a day long patrol. If you were out for longer then you'd pack your rations around other equipment (the back pouches mainly). 4. The top-back puch had the vecro lid to be able to remove your poncho when it starts raining. The top pouch was really for your poncho and ground sheet... The bottom pouch is for the dixie-pan & cutlery. The two pouches are not fully seperated, so you can also have sticks down the in side for mine detection. 5. You don't take your bed-roll in the battle vest, that's when you take your big pack... and when you take your pack, the battle-vest and chest-webbing strapped over the pack. In the bush-war SA soldiers never went into a fire-fight wearing the pack, like the US might have done with a hybrid urban situation in Iraq/Afg, so firefights were whilst on patrol, or abush setting. 6. (ps: don't forget to look at the chest-webbing unit. It held a lot of additional ammo) SA equipment doctrine was VERY efficient for the bush-war, to the extent that it's astonishing the Brisith went into Iraq & Afg with the awful vehicle & equipment they had. SA had proven weapons, vehicles, equipment, etc, (just take a look at the "Caspir" MPV), and were ready to go, including air-conditioned, high-survivability vehicles and weapns systems. For a small country, we had the 3rd/4th best military for dry climates in the world at the time. Man for man, on the ground, by the end of the 80's, I think it was the best. (not in the air)
