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.
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Monthly Archives: May 2016
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.
SACRA 2016 Run Down
South African Combat Rifle Association 2016 Championships
General De Wet Range, Bloemfontein
Run Down Match with the U.S. Army Reserve Marksmanship Program.
South African Top Lady Shooters
Louise Seymore and Ronelle Alberts were the top Lady shooters at the 2016 South African Combat Rifle Association championships and in the Top 50 Shoot Off. Here is how they got their start.
High Power with Issue Rifles
How much of a difference does match grade equipment make compared to standard, rack grade, issue rifles and ammunition? National champion CPT Freeman of the USAR Service Rifle Team shares his experience in competing with both.
By actual test, the difference in score between a top end match grade rifle with highly refined sights and trigger, ammunition, and shooting accessories (padded shooting coat, sling, glove, etc.) is less than 15%, even with a beat up, bottom-edge issue rack-grade rifle and ammunition with no refinements and no shooting accessories. It will likely be even less in most cases.
BLUF: Scores are earned by skill. Even the best match grade equipment can only account for the last few percentage points in the score.
SACRA Team Matches
South African Combat Rifle Association 2016 Championships
General De Wet Range, Bloemfontein
Team matches with the U.S. Army Reserve Marksmanship Program Combat Team.
