South Plainfield Marine Recruit near perfect marksmanship score!

[hostak126]

One point shy of a perfect score!

https://taskandpurpose.com/news/marine-rifle-range-parris-island/

[Tarhunt]

My oldest son scored in the low 230's when he was in Marine boot camp. My youngest son was in the high 230's. 

Edited November 16, 2023 by Tarhunt

[jumpthestring]

You think the Corp would talk him in to being a Sniper.  Funny thing when i was in  boot camp the best shots , who shot Expert had no experience as well.

[fdsmiles]

our series high shot 249 and was put into s-2 go figure

[Tbryant]

2 hours ago, jumpthestring said:

You think the Corp would talk him in to being a Sniper.  Funny thing when i was in  boot camp the best shots , who shot Expert had no experience as well.

Snipers are a thing of the past now. Berger got rid of them and tanks with his new force design 

[bushden]

Pretty impressive achievement for the young marine to be only the SECOND person in the marine Corp history to have achieved a 249 score. Here is an exert from the article.

 

Even though Pfc. Francis J. Flannery had never fired a weapon before he joined the Marines, he became the second person in the history of Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina, to score 249 on the rifle range – just one point shy of perfect.

Flannery, 18, explained to Task & Purpose what his secret is to outstanding marksmanship: He did exactly what the Marines taught him to do.

[fdsmiles]

never paid it much mind,was to busy getting my arse kicked.

[mazzgolf]

Wait a minute.. since when do they use scopes in basic tng?

We were shooting iron sights out to 300 yards (late 80s). THAT is skill  

[hostak126]

2 hours ago, mazzgolf said:

Wait a minute.. since when do they use scopes in basic tng?

We were shooting iron sights out to 300 yards (late 80s). THAT is skill  

They're learning and training on the Trijicon ACOG. High quality scopes... too rich for my blood, I have a cabela's lvpo 1x6 scope

[Tbryant]

3 hours ago, mazzgolf said:

Wait a minute.. since when do they use scopes in basic tng?

We were shooting iron sights out to 300 yards (late 80s). THAT is skill  

Recruits now wouldn’t hit paper with iron sights lol the coaches are half assed these days. The M16 and RCOs they use are beat to death and quite honestly, shit. Shooting that well with those guns means there was a good amount of pit love. Expert isn’t that challenging but shooting 249 is next to impossible without love 
 

[fdsmiles]

in 78 we had the a1 and shot  2,3 & 500yds with iron sights.stand.neil & prone.the corp has changed allot since then.