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Staff Sgt. Payton Garcia pulled off a rare sweep of the rifle, pistol and multi-gun events at the Marine Corps Championships.
Marine Corps marksmanship ... will continue to go through the ART qualification course, Liston said. From there, Marines in the operational force will qualify once a year on the ARQ course ...
The commandant of the Marine Corps wants ... The M27 rifle fires about 40 rounds per minute, compared with SAW’s sustained rate of fire of 85 rounds per minute. For years, many Marines had ...
The rifle is lighter, more adaptable, and easier to maintain, allowing barrel changes in the field. Developed through ... full year ahead of schedule­a significant win for the Marine Corps ...
In a call with reporters, the heads of Marine Corps marksmanship ... to the 1900s-era rifle training that generations of Marines have slogged through two weeks every year. Because as of Oct ...
The Marine Corps ... year to pass their annual qualification. Another update will allow Marines to shoot in the prone position while using the magazine as a sort of bipod support for their rifle.
It’s been less than a year after the Marine Corps’s first new sniper rifle since the Vietnam War ... The reason? “Through market research and discussion with industry, it was determined ...
Marine Corps and SOCOM has begun with the newest sniper rifle and it’s the Barrett Multi-Role Adaptive Design rifle chambered in three calibers. Over the next five years, the MRAD will replace ...
He put a bullet clean through ... Hathcock left the Marine Corps at just under 20 years of service, a commanding officer presented the legendary sniper with an M40A1 sniper rifle.
The rifle is lighter, more adaptable, and easier to maintain, allowing barrel changes in the field. Developed through ... full year ahead of schedule­a significant win for the Marine Corps ...