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Is all shooting the same? - ✔✔All shooting is the same, the fundamentals required to hit your target are
the same.
What are the 4 fundamentals of marksmanship? - ✔✔
Steady Position
Sight Picture
Breathing
Trigger Squeeze
What are the 2 firing tasks? - ✔✔
Sight alignment
Trigger Control
Will the bullet always go in the direction that the barrel is pointed? - ✔✔Yes
What is sight alignment? - ✔✔The process of centering your eye with the aiming system
What is sight picture? - ✔✔The process of centering your eye with the aiming system and with the target
Why is consistent stock weld important? - ✔✔allows for consistent sight alignment
While aiming, where should your eye be focused? - ✔✔The front sight post or reticle
What does misalignment of sighting system create? - ✔✔Angular error that increases with distance
, What is Trigger Control? - ✔✔The skillful manipulation of the trigger that causes the rifle to fire without
disturbing the aim
How should your finger be placed on the trigger? - ✔✔It doesn't matter as long as you have it resting on
the trigger naturally
What is follow through? - ✔✔Continuing to apply the basic fundamentals until recoil has ceased
Consistent sight alignment plus smooth trigger control is known as what? - ✔✔Shooting / integrated act
of firing
What is the purpose of a firing position? - ✔✔to support the 2 basic firing tasks (sight alignment and
trigger control)
What are the 4 elements of steady position? - ✔✔Support
Muscular Relaxation
Natural Point of Aim
Durability
What are the 5 points of a solid position? - ✔✔1. Non-Firing hand
2. Firing Hand
3. Elbows
4. Rifle butt
5. Stock weld
Does having a optic improve ones fundamentals? - ✔✔No.
What is Ballistics? - ✔✔Everything that happens to the projectile from the time the primer is struck by
the firing pin, until the projectile comes to a complete stop.