sdandrea1 Bravopilot My first time was in the Marines at 300 yds with an M-16. Could barely see the target, WTF? Qualified.
US Army here. Ft Jackson SC Basic July 1974. I was already a fairly accurate rifleman from my Junior NRA days at Langley AFB at age 10-12. I was used to 50 feet though. 300 yards seemed like a LOOOONG way but I qualified 1st try. M-16 is $$👍
I was OK but not great with a rifle but I could hit a running gopher at 50-60 feet with a .22 pistol. My dad on the other hand was great with a rifle. Shooting a .22 rifle as a young guy, he could toss a penny in the air and hit it. He used to stick wooden matches in a fence post and light them by shooting the tips. One of my uncles was so sure of his skill that he would take an empty .22 shell box between two of his fingers and back off about 100 feet and let my dad shoot it out of his fingers. In the army during WWII he earned an expert rifleman pin. I don't know if that's actually anything great but he
was fairly proud of it, and so was I.
