June 2nd, 2024
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Want to do CQB shooting drills like the United States Marine Corps does?
Want to do it with minimal gear and ammo requirements?
Then lets talk about Tables.
Close-quarters combat drills, like those taught by the Marines, can improve your ability to survive a home invasion or other violent attack on your family.
In the U.S.M.C., we have several different shooting qualifications that many people are unaware of.
These are called Tables.
Table 1 and 2 are shot every year by every Marine.
The U.S.M.C. Table 5 is a straightforward method of improving your CQB skills. Using a shot timer can help you improve the efficiency of your techniques.
Table 1 is the completely non-tactical 200- to 500-yard rifle range thats focused on accuracy and fundamentals.
Table 2 is our intro into close-range tactical shooting.
These CQB training drills incorporate a ton of different shooting skills and situations including night shoots.
Travis Pike demonstrates how to shoot the Table 5 training course using a Springfield Armory SAINT Victor rifle.
Today we are looking at Table 5, Short Range Day.
It also requires very little ammo or supplies to complete.
Here is all it’s crucial that you make magic:
Thats it, thats all you need.
And the techniques are the same regardless if you practice these tactics in body armor not.
There is nothing complicated in these drills.
There is no use of cover and you only shoot from the standing position.
There is only one reload the entire time.
The weapon handling techniques are simple and thats not a bad thing, especially for new shooters.
it’s possible for you to conduct the drill safely without accelerating past your own level of skill.
Its also a fun drill, and I used a scorecard to write down my times.
Now I keep chasing time, getting a little faster and a little more precise.
Its more exciting than shooting a standard paper target and gives new shooters a new challenge.
I will admit I cheated a hair by using the SAINT Victor.
I had an advantage as it has a few features the U.S.M.C.
M4 carbines and M16 rifles dont.
This includes a muzzle brake that reduces recoil and a single-stage nickel boron-coated flat-faced trigger.
It outclasses the issued guns by quite a bit.
However, the U.S.M.C.
If it works for the Marines, it works for me.
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