- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
a question for active duty/ veterans
Posted on 2/14/18 at 2:02 pm
Posted on 2/14/18 at 2:02 pm
When you were in basic how much time did you spend on gun safety and target practice?
14
Posted on 2/14/18 at 2:07 pm to L1C4
gun safety constantly, you go to multiple different types of ranges for shooting, Its been 20 years since I went to basic though.
Posted on 2/14/18 at 2:08 pm to L1C4
A couple of days learning functionality and then zero and qualifying. Big Army taught fear of the rifle (walk like a robot with it pointed downrange at all times, etc).
180 degree opposite once at a rifle platoon.
180 degree opposite once at a rifle platoon.
Posted on 2/14/18 at 2:12 pm to L1C4
you got safety instruction, but watching a drill sergeant tear into someone's arse because their weapon wasn't pointed down range was enough for most. you are not even supposed to rotate the selector switch from safe to semi without the range cadre's command. I can't remember how often we were at the range, seemed like a lot.
Posted on 2/14/18 at 2:22 pm to L1C4
Two solid weeks of going to ranges
Basic in 2002
Basic in 2002
This post was edited on 2/14/18 at 2:31 pm
Posted on 2/14/18 at 2:29 pm to L1C4
This will vary by branch of service and most likely year/era in which member attended basic. Also, after basic it will also vary greatly by service, rate/mos, specialty, duty assigned, etc...
Posted on 2/14/18 at 2:41 pm to L1C4
quote:
When you were in basic how much time did you spend on gun safety and target practice?
BRM was at least 1 full week out of the 8, plus the tactical exercise with blanks, that was another entire course. We also fired machine guns, LAW, etc. (but some of that was in AIT - I was OSUT, so difficult to divide that all out). Conservatively, 70 hours out of ~320 "instructional" hours devoted primarily to, or at least heavily involved with, firearms safety, 22 to 25 percent.
Posted on 2/14/18 at 2:50 pm to L1C4
BRM started week two and basically was a part of the training for the duration. Formal training is two weeks but included a day of RBFT and a lot of time seeing how long we could hold the rifle in various ways.
Posted on 2/14/18 at 5:19 pm to L1C4
2 x Pistol Range
1 x M3A1 SMG Range
1 x Rifle Range
1 x Grenade Range
1 x LAW Range
Tank Range Lost Count
1 x M3A1 SMG Range
1 x Rifle Range
1 x Grenade Range
1 x LAW Range
Tank Range Lost Count
This post was edited on 2/14/18 at 5:21 pm
Posted on 2/14/18 at 6:08 pm to L1C4
Minuscule time in basic.........
After basic was a little different...
After basic was a little different...
Posted on 2/14/18 at 6:24 pm to L1C4
Basic in 76. Two days. First day from 0800-1200 learning the rifle in the classroom. Then hands on un-loaded gun, positions at the range and what not. Second day live fire at all positions taught the day before. Would got marksman if I wouldn't have shot down range at the guys target next to me. That was it. Guess my branch of service?
Posted on 2/14/18 at 7:32 pm to L1C4
Quite a bit. And then we shot 500 yards open sight.
Posted on 2/15/18 at 6:31 am to L1C4
quote:
When you were in basic how much time did you spend on gun safety and target practice?
Not a lot but I grew up with guns so I was way ahead of the other guys.
Posted on 2/15/18 at 6:55 am to Wtodd
We had the rifles with us at all times. When we went to the range it was one week of class room instruction, one week of firing. -marines
Posted on 2/15/18 at 8:13 am to L1C4
Aug 27 1967. After that it was all a painful blur. I do remember while adjusting my battle field zero on my trusty M-14 my DI telling me I was using the wrong shoulder to fire my weapon. Being a southpaw I had to fire right handed the rest of the time. Oh yea, he he got my attention by popping me in the helment with his swagger stick. Did any of you do the quick kill with BB guns?
Posted on 2/15/18 at 9:10 am to PoppaTiger
I was in the Air Force, so 1 day to qualify on the M16.
Posted on 2/15/18 at 10:51 am to L1C4
Navy here... We shot one time in boot camp. We shot .22 cal in a 1911 frame.
I was in Combat Systems on the ship and was on the Visit Board Search and Seizure team (VBSS). Regular ships company qualified once a year, We got to shoot like 6 times a year. We qualified on the Berretta 92s, M-14 and 12 gauge pump.
We also got training from former SEALS about clearing spaces and range time that included moving to cover and shooting. Paintball with the SEALS was painful.
I was in Combat Systems on the ship and was on the Visit Board Search and Seizure team (VBSS). Regular ships company qualified once a year, We got to shoot like 6 times a year. We qualified on the Berretta 92s, M-14 and 12 gauge pump.
We also got training from former SEALS about clearing spaces and range time that included moving to cover and shooting. Paintball with the SEALS was painful.
Posted on 2/15/18 at 8:08 pm to BeerThirty
USAF
Posted on 2/15/18 at 8:29 pm to VernonPLSUfan
Ah 10-4 on that. CG here. Same for us, half a day in the classroom and half on the pistol range. And that was it until I got to my first station. Then twice a year to qualify.
Page 1 of 1
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News