Johan Horn, a police officer and armourer with the South African Police Service discusses setting up R4, R5, and Galil rifles for Service Conditions competition.
Monthly Archives: May 2016
SANDF Marksmanship Programs
SGM Strydom of the South African National Defence Force discusses marksmanship training and competition in South Africa.
SACRA Competitor Overview
Civilians, South African National Defence Force (SANDF) enlisted and commissioned, Department of Correctional Services, and the South African Police Service compete at provincial and national competitions around the country.
New Army Marksmanship Manual
The Army’s newly-released rifle/carbine manual, TC 3-22.9:
Approved for public release, distribution is unlimited.
Speaking of military marksmanship, the new rifle/carbine FM just dropped last night: https://rdl.train.army.mil/catalog-ws/view/100.ATSC/492701D5-25E9-40A7-9498-74C22831F268-1463059585416/TCx3-22.9.pdf
One thing that stood out right away is that it says in two places that trigger finger placement should be natural, since people have different hand sizes. Now where have I heard that before? Oh right, SARG, Kyle Defoor, Pat Mcnamara… Glad to see it finally make it into the official literature!
Still skimming through it to see what else is changed in there.
– Patrick T.
Cutting edge shooting technique and ideas that will be adopted by top private trainers and special operations a few years from now can be found in competition circles today. Big Army will adopt in a few decades later. Any “new” material in TC 3-22.9 was widely understood and used in the competitive communities decades ago.
This has been the trend since the mid 1800s when the Industrial Revolution made it practical to issue rifled firearms to the masses.
New Zealand Service Rifle
http://www.sportsground.co.nz/nzservicerifle
An overview of competitive shooting with members of the New Zealand Service Rifle Association.
Army Reserve Marksman 