Ape Man
02-22-2015, 20:07
The article linked to below was a bit of a shock to me.
Top Army Marksman Explains Why Gun Nuts Shoot Better (https://medium.com/war-is-boring/top-army-marksman-explains-why-gun-nuts-shoot-better-469f8dfd917f?)
Some quotes from the article....
Master Sgt. Scott Satterlee is really good at shooting things. He’s a member of the U.S. Army’s elite 1st Special Forces Group based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state. He’s also a nationally ranked competitive precision rifle shooter—and one of the military’s best marksmen.
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Satterlee has learned a lot about firearms in the world of competitive shooting. It’s influenced how he shoots—and why he came to recognize flaws in how the military prepares soldiers for war.
He’s the Operations Sergeant at JBLM’s Special Forces Advanced Urban Combat Course. After years of combat deployments around the world, training soldiers and shooting at civilian weapon ranges around the United States, he thinks it’s time we radically revamp the way we think about firearms training.
I know that some competitive shooters have wicked skills, but I always thought that its application to the military side of things was a bit limited. Particularly given the way they modify some of their guns.
Top Army Marksman Explains Why Gun Nuts Shoot Better (https://medium.com/war-is-boring/top-army-marksman-explains-why-gun-nuts-shoot-better-469f8dfd917f?)
Some quotes from the article....
Master Sgt. Scott Satterlee is really good at shooting things. He’s a member of the U.S. Army’s elite 1st Special Forces Group based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state. He’s also a nationally ranked competitive precision rifle shooter—and one of the military’s best marksmen.
............
Satterlee has learned a lot about firearms in the world of competitive shooting. It’s influenced how he shoots—and why he came to recognize flaws in how the military prepares soldiers for war.
He’s the Operations Sergeant at JBLM’s Special Forces Advanced Urban Combat Course. After years of combat deployments around the world, training soldiers and shooting at civilian weapon ranges around the United States, he thinks it’s time we radically revamp the way we think about firearms training.
I know that some competitive shooters have wicked skills, but I always thought that its application to the military side of things was a bit limited. Particularly given the way they modify some of their guns.