11-01-2011, 01:58 AM
Peacetime between Desert Storm and OIF as a Marine Infantryman I would say we fired about 500 rounds annually. I had a secondary MOS as a range coach, so my count was quite a bit higher. But I always wondered why the range time was so low. Now as for blank ammo, we threw thousands of rounds in the brush every year to avoid the crazy carbon build-up. They usually sent us on high blank count training right before the GC inspection (go figure)! We spent more time cleaning our rifles than actually shooting.
