rmc_wannabe said:
Hey all, I did a search and couldn't find anything of reference.
I currently trying to pass my PWT 3 and am having a hard time of it. And since insanity is doing the same thing over again and expecting different results, here I am.
I'm pretty good at the 300 metre prone and run up... but things start to fall apart from there. the 200 kneeling I butcher and the 100 prone I can't hit a fig 12. to save my life. After that its all gravy.
Anyone here have any advice on how I can improve on my weaker areas and get this thing over and done with?
I love doing the PWT 3 almost as much as live fire field ranges (have to, as it is gate way training
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). First and foremost, what works for me, may not work for everyone. Find what works, then use it everytime (make a habit of using HABIT).
You want to hold the weapon the same way in relation to your sight picture (same picture all positions). For standing and kneeling, there is a great tendency for shooters with lesser experience to lower the head into the optic, as opposed to trying to keep the same positioning. Instead of lowering the head, trying raising the butt of the weapon further up in the shoulder to keep your head more upright. For myself, I have lots of neck, and shoulders that are not as large as I would like, so it looks kinda crazy, as it appears that only the toe of my butt is biting my shoulder, but I do have four solid points of contact on the weapon (forward hand, trigger hand, cheek and shoulder), so it is proving to be very stable. Practice this with dry firing, keeping the same sight picture, with lots of practice this will become instinctive (key to the PWT 3 and more advanced ranges).
On the 12 at the 100, do you find yourself a little short winded? I could sprint the full distance, but my shooting would be horrible by the time I finished. It is a race against a slow clock, not against the fastest runner on the relay. I start fairly brisk with each target up, down the hill, and slow down gradually until I hit the bottom of the next mound, at which point I a walking up, take my time getting into position, and test and adjust before letting fly with my first round... With practice, again, the test and adjust becomes much faster as your muscle memory and body will want to start naturally lining up on target.
Mag on the ground, off the ground is the great debate. It works for some (not me). I recommend getting used to mag not on the ground. When I was shooting comp back in 94-95, I spent hours upon hours just dry firing from the prone. Looks silly, and people think you are a little off drawing your rifle to dry fire for hours... But at the end of the day, it works. When you get the hang of it from dry firing, you will find that, as I state above, your body will fall into
instinctive positioning with very minor adjustments... This is the key, but only achieved from lots of practice.
Just some thoughts from another 031... Last point from me, learn to enjoy shooting if you do not already. Do it lots, get on the shooting team if your unit has one.