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Posted: 4/14/2009 7:11:53 PM EDT
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Just joined the Army and I wanted to practice shooting so i bought a Bushmaster M4... I know this isnt what I will train on but its a nice gun!
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| What you train on in basic will probably depend on your MOS. 8 years ago as an MP we had M16 A2s, I would assume the combat arms have all the new toys to train with. My first unit (also pre 9/11) was non-deployable so we had M16 A2s as well. My second unit we had a combination of M16A2s and M4s. It's all basically the same though. Good luck |
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...I know this isnt what I will train on but its a nice gun! Just remember once you're in the Army, the term is RIFLE or WEAPON, NOT GUN. GUN's are of different category of weapon, and you'll be corrected if you call an M-16/M-4 or PISTOL a GUN, and in boot camp it will probably be a pretty loud correction. The weapon you'll train on will be different, BUT, any AR will be close enough to be of a benefit to prepare you to use a M16/M4. Although I'm sure lots of potential recruits would love to tell their parents they need them to buy an AR-15 to be ready for Boot Camp, it really isn't necessary, the military does a great job of training lots people that have never fired a weapon before in their lives, and make expert shots out of many of them. The problem with the 3 rd burst A2, when you're in SEMI, the mechanism that operates the disconnect ever 3 rd hammer fall stays engaged with the trigger. It doesn't effect how the weapon operates at all in SEMI, except for the trigger pull, it will create a little bit of pressure that effects the trigger pull weight, and it changes with each pull of the trigger. I almost never noticed it, but out on the range, more than once in the off-hand portion, a round went off a little earlier than I anticipated because it was the third, lighter pull of the trigger. Yes, people will say, if your using proper marksmanship, this shouldn't effect you, but shooting off hand at a target 200 yards away, you have limited time you can keep the sight steady on target and varying weight trigger pulls can hurt you as some of us are forced to play somewhat of an anticipation game. GOOD LUCK, thanks for your service. |
Congrats on the AR and joining. Two things before you head to Basic. 1. Get in shape now. Do your push-ups and sit-ups and run, run, run. Trust me you will be the better for it. 2. Even though you will most likely train on another style weapon, the components are still the same. Learn how to field strip your weapon you have now and you will be ahead of the game. And most of all practice at a range and getting your 3 shot groupings tight. The better you can do these the better off you will be and make training a little smoother. You don't want a Drill seargent knowning your name for the wrong reasons.
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Congrats on the AR and joining. Two things before you head to Basic. 1. Get in shape now. Do your push-ups and sit-ups and run, run, run. Trust me you will be the better for it. 2. Even though you will most likely train on another style weapon, the components are still the same. Learn how to field strip your weapon you have now and you will be ahead of the game. And most of all practice at a range and getting your 3 shot groupings tight. The better you can do these the better off you will be and make training a little smoother. You don't want a Drill seargent knowning your name for the wrong reasons.This sounds like good advice to me, I also wouldn't worry too much about being a female in basic training everyone gets treated fairly similar. It's after basic that you will have to worry about being a female. I don't care what anyone says, the military is a male dominated society and you will have to work twice as hard for half the recognition by some people, ignore them. Any good leader will be able to see you as a sodlier not as male or female, a good leader will be able to identify your strengths and weaknesses and use you accordingly. The best females I worked with in the military were confident with out being cocky, this can be seen as being a bitch by some people, but again those are often the ones that want you in the kitchen, not on the flight line. Also there's a good chance that rumors will fly about you sleeping with everyone and anyone, so long as it isn't true don't sweat it. The first few years of the Army are a lot like senior year of high school. I meant this to be advice/pep talk, hope I didn't scare you at all |
| Everyone thanks for the comments....... and don't worry no-one has scared me about the Army and as for rumors I have already heard them all so I know that won't bother me. Thank you about the advice for getting in shape I have been doing all that for about two months now and i have til July so I still have a couple more months to keep going..... Thank you again |
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Congrats on the AR and joining. Two things before you head to Basic. 1. Get in shape now. Do your push-ups and sit-ups and run, run, run. Trust me you will be the better for it. 2. Even though you will most likely train on another style weapon, the components are still the same. Learn how to field strip your weapon you have now and you will be ahead of the game. And most of all practice at a range and getting your 3 shot groupings tight. The better you can do these the better off you will be and make training a little smoother. You don't want a Drill seargent knowning your name for the wrong reasons.Pretty close to the perfect "advise" on what to do prior to basic... |
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ARMY85 exactly what is a field strip of my AR-15? Filed stripping is taking apart the rifle down to the components necessary for proper maintenance and cleaning. Its called "field stripping" because it's a quick basic breakdown you should be able to do effectively while "in the field" You can disassemble the rifle down to smaller parts and pieces occasionally, but its not necessary for basic maintenance. |
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ARMY85 exactly what is a field strip of my AR-15? Filed stripping is taking apart the rifle down to the components necessary for proper maintenance and cleaning. Its called "field stripping" because it's a quick basic breakdown you should be able to do effectively while "in the field" You can disassemble the rifle down to smaller parts and pieces occasionally, but its not necessary for basic maintenance. What adrock1978 said. You will spend several days in Basic learning how to "Field Strip" your weapon. Then once you start training at the range you will have to clean your weapon after every session at the range. Plus you have to demonstrate that you are a "GO" or "NO GO" at "Field Stripping" your weapon along with other requirements before you can graduate from basic.
The more confident you are at the basics the better off you will be. Exceptional performance is always noted in your records as well as poor performance and will go with you throught your military career. And trust me they do get reviewed.
This is some of the advice I wish I had gotten before I went to basic.
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Icebox - here's a short YouTube video demonstrating field stripping of a Bushmaster like yours:
CLICK HERE Mike |
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