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Marksmanship Fundamentals

Marksmanship Fundamentals. Marine Corps JROTC. Terminal Learning Objective:. Demonstrate the fundamental marksmanship skills with the Daisy 887 Sporter Air Rifle. Marine Corps JROTC. Enabling Learning Objective:. Demonstrate proper Sight Alignment. Demonstrate proper Aiming

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Marksmanship Fundamentals

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  1. Marksmanship Fundamentals Marine Corps JROTC

  2. Terminal Learning Objective: Demonstrate the fundamental marksmanship skills with the Daisy 887 Sporter Air Rifle. Marine Corps JROTC

  3. Enabling Learning Objective: • Demonstrate proper Sight Alignment. • Demonstrate proper Aiming • Demonstrate proper Sight Picture. • Demonstrate the proper relationship between the eye and the sights. • Demonstrate a proper stock weld. • Demonstrate proper breath control. • Demonstrate proper grip and finger placement. • Demonstrate proper follow-through. • Define “Sight Alignment”. • Define “Sight Picture”. • Define “Stock Weld”. • Define “Eye Relief”. • Describe the reparatory cycle as it applies to marksmanship. • Define “Trigger Control”. • Explain the effects of “bucking, flinching, jerking and lacking confidence” as they apply to marksmanship. • Define “Follow Through”. Marine Corps JROTC

  4. Evaluation You will be evaluated on this next week with a 20-question multiple choice quiz. Marine Corps JROTC

  5. Safety Brief Treat every rifle as if it were loaded.  Keep your finger straight and off the trigger until you intend to fire.  Never point your rifle at anything you don’t intend to shoot.  Keep your rifle on safe until you intend to fire. Marine Corps JROTC

  6. The Aiming Process Sight Alignment & Sight Picture Sight Alignment Aiming Sight Picture Relationship between Eye and Sights** Stock Weld Eye Relief Marine Corps JROTC

  7. Sight Alignment … is the relationship between the front sight, the rear sight aperture, and the aiming eye. Marine Corps JROTC

  8. Aiming … is applying correct sight alignment to the target. Marine Corps JROTC

  9. Sight Picture … is the placement of the front sight diopter in relation to the target, while maintaining correct sight alignment. Marine Corps JROTC

  10. Relationship Between the Eye and the Sights The human eye can only focus on one object at a time. Focus on the front sight throughout the aiming process. Marine Corps JROTC

  11. Relationship Between the Eye and the Sights (Shifting Focus) You should shift focus repeatedly from the front sight to the target, until the correct sight picture is obtained. Marine Corps JROTC

  12. Relationship Between the Eye and the Sights (Inexperience) Inexperienced shooters have difficulty accepting that the final focus should be on the front sight… Marine Corps JROTC

  13. Relationship Between the Eye and the Sights (Fatigue) If you stare at the front sight for longer than a few seconds, your perception of a true sight picture. Marine Corps JROTC

  14. Stock Weld …is the point of firm contact between your cheek and the stock of the rifle. Marine Corps JROTC

  15. Stock Weld (Eye Strain) If your head is in the wrong position, you may be straining your eye by not allowing it to rest in its natural position (center). Marine Corps JROTC

  16. Stock Weld (Movement of Stock Weld) Changing the placement of your cheek up or down the stock from shot to shot will make your shots inconsistent. Marine Corps JROTC

  17. Eye Relief …is the distance between the rear sight aperture and your aiming eye. Average eye relief is two to six inches. Marine Corps JROTC

  18. Eye Relief (Too Short) Marine Corps JROTC

  19. Eye Relief (Too Long)

  20. Eye Relief Varies Your eye relief may vary from position to position, but it is vitally important to maintain a consistent eye relief for each position. Marine Corps JROTC

  21. Wearing Glasses Prescription lenses have an “optical center” that may influence your Stock Weld. Marine Corps JROTC

  22. Cleaning and Blackening Sights Shinny sights cause glare. If you blacken your sights, you must clean them every day, or they will become distorted due to buildup. Marine Corps JROTC

  23. Breath Control Good breath control will interrupt the breathing cycle long enough to fire a well aimed shot. Proper breath control is critical to the aiming process. Marine Corps JROTC

  24. Breath Control (Natural Respiratory Pause) A respiratory cycle (inhaling and exhaling) lasts about four or five seconds. Between respiratory cycles there is a natural pause of two to three seconds. This is the natural respiratory pause, where the breath naturally stops exhaling without forcing any air out. During this respiratory pause, breathing muscles are relaxed and the rifle sights settle at their natural point of aim. You should fire at this point. Marine Corps JROTC

  25. Trigger Control Trigger control is the skillful manipulation of the trigger that causes the rifle to fire while maintaining sight alignment and sight picture. Marine Corps JROTC

  26. Trigger Control Grip and Placement of Trigger Finger • High Firm Pistol Grip With the Firing Hand • Proper Grip • Proper Trigger Finger Placement Marine Corps JROTC

  27. Techniques of Trigger Control • Uninterrupted Trigger Control • Interrupted Trigger Control Marine Corps JROTC

  28. Timing of Trigger Control Controlling the trigger is a mental process. The skilled marksman knows when the rifle will fire and manipulates the trigger so that the shot is fired when they are at their aiming point. Marine Corps JROTC

  29. Improper Trigger Control • Jerking • Bucking • Flinching • Hesitation or Lack of Confidence Marine Corps JROTC

  30. Follow Through …is the continued application of the fundamentals, until the round has exited the rifle barrel. Marine Corps JROTC

  31. Summary The most skilled competitive marksmen in the world reached the top by concentrating on the application of the fundamentals of marksmanship. Even though experienced marksmen improve their skills, refine techniques, and add variations, their success is rooted in the proper application of the fundamentals. Basic marksmanship fundamentals are the basis for shooting well. Marine Corps JROTC

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