Video of Squad Designated Marksman Training by President's 100 Shooters

[Buck2732]

One thing I noticed is that in Basic Rifle Marksmanship instruction in US Army basic training, I didn't recall mention of follow-through. I'm pretty sure it was absent from the training. I became familiar with follow-through as I studied TC 23-14 and other Sniper Training Manuals, and it is part of Sniper marksmanship instruction. I like how the instructor gets into the details of position, breathing, trigger control, diagnosing shot placement/vertical stringing, buttstock-to-shoulder-to-head positioning, dispelling common training habits about trigger finger positioning, etc.

As a long-time shooter, I always find it beneficial to immerse in the basics, become intimate with them, and focus on them more as time goes on.

It was oh to easy for our instructors to know if we where following through, as both the L1A1 and L85 A1/A2 make a distinctive click when the trigger is released after the working parts have cycled. Following though after we converted from the L1A1 caught a few of the old and bold out when we first shot the L85 in auto.

I have a friend a current EOD serving operator I shoot with most weekends, though he has a great of potential as a rifle shot he suffers from never having any formal marksmanship training. I have spent many hours trying to get him to follow though his shots. Even to the point of standing beside him and cocking his weapon after he has taken his shot so he can hear and feel what should happen (remember these are side pull neutered AR15s). He just starts to get it, then he goes back to work and shoots his L85 and forgets everything. Frustrating, as we are supposed to be shooting as a pair in a comp later in the year.