Marksmanship Page

Welcome The U.S. Navy Marksmanship Team (USNMT) represents the Department of the Navy in inter-service and national competitions. Our mission is to train Sailors in marksmanship and small arms. Marksmanship: Precision. All three are equally important in your efforts to becoming a skilled precision rifle shooter. Check out program details on our Training page. Go to our our Courses page. Alison Weisz, a Belgrade, Montana native, is a competitive marksman/instructor with the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit International Rifle Team. Prior to joining the U.S. Army, Weisz earned a spot on the 2020 Olympic Team in the Women's 10m Air Rifle event. Marksmanship Hunter is a spec about your managing your cooldown abilities, and managing your movement to some extent. Your burst windows during cooldowns are also important, and there is often a strict order for your abilities to follow. It is a somewhat slow spec that is easy to pick up.

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One of my current goals is getting more involved in precision shooting and competition. It shouldn’t be a surprise that precision has been on my mind a lot lately. As I’ve been doing more and more reading and research, I’ve come across a few interesting ways of thinking about things that I want to share with you.

The Pistol Fundamentals Challenge

December 3, 2019 10 Comments Marksmanship

The PIstol Fundamentals Challenge is my variation on the classic Dot Torture popularized by Todd Green and Dave Blinder. It’s a 30-round challenge testing your ability to maintain accuracy across different circumstances while under time pressure.

September 17, 2019 10 Comments Marksmanship

One of the easily overlooked areas of good marksmanship is controlling your breathing. I really believe it’s one of those things that everyone knows they should get control of it, but good breath control becomes one of the first marksmanship fundamentals to go out the window as pressure mounts.

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I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been in the midst of a stage and didn’t even think about my breathing until after it was over. Of course, then I try to go backwards and wonder if I did it correctly anyway, or if I did it wrong and it cost me a little bit of performance.

The Minuteman Marksmanship Challenge

July 30, 2019 20 Comments Marksmanship

Welcome back to another Marksman Challenge. For this one, we’re balancing speed and precision, while also giving a shout out to the guys at the Revolutionary War Veteran’s Association (RWVA) for their excellent work in the Appleseed program.

Standing Position Tips and Crushing the Marksman Challenge

June 18, 2019 5 Comments Marksmanship

The standing position is the most difficult to master for marksmanship. With the June challenge underway and such a tough accuracy standard, I wanted to ask around for some standing position tips to help you, and me to be honest, out with earning that badge. Let’s dig into it.

The 4 MOA Rifle Fundamentals Challenge

June 4, 2019

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This is the very first of the monthly Marksman Challenges. This is not a competition, but a way to test your own abilities and improve. The first challenge is all about the fundamentals of marksmanship.

Terminal Ballistics: How Bullets Wound and Kill

May 28, 2019

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In this article, we’re digging into terminal ballistics: the science of what happens when the bullet impacts a target. In particular, we’re going over the history of the research and what we know today about how bullets wound and kill a target.

April 2019 America’s Rifle Challenge at the PNTC: After Action Review

May 2, 2019 10 Comments Marksmanship

On April 27th, 2019, I competed in the NRA’s reborn America’s Rifle Challenge at the Peacemaker National Training Center. In all, it was a very fun match and a great introduction to competitive action shooting. But I’m not without a few complaints along the way.

Lessons Learned from My EIC Match

December 15, 2018 10 Comments Marksmanship

I competed in a lot of local outlaw matches for years before finally going to a “real” one. Excellence in Competition matches, or EIC, happen periodically at military bases all over the country. They follow CMP rules, with a few twists.

Mils vs Minutes of Angle: The Complete Guide

December 1, 2018 13 Comments Marksmanship

Buckle up, because I’m about to talk nerdy. This post is all about the two most common marksmanship measurement systems, how to use them, and which one you should use.
Be warned, I will be dropping some math on you. I’ll be gentle, though.

Stop Paying for Precision You Don’t Need

November 29, 2018 9 Comments Marksmanship

Shooting enthusiasts, especially new ones, tend to try and shortcut the mastery process.
The truth is that a standard rifle is more than capable of all the precision a new shooter can muster.

A Marksman’s Guide to Natural Point of Aim

November 6, 2018 2 Comments Marksmanship

Practicing rifle positions will take you far. You’ll be able to get in and out of them quickly, build up a stable shooting platform, and even be an effective marksman. But getting good with your natural point of aim will make you even better.

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