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The Rifleman got a call this morning from PP. It was in regards to   this post . The whole thing smelled of a fishing expedition. The question that was repeated by the caller, who identified himself as the author of the posts in question, was what in their articles was incorrect. Of course, this was the fishing that was being done. They want dirt. They want "scoop." They want things they can twist to push their agenda. Oh, and the caller was adamant to say that he was no Calvinist. Gammas will be gammas .

Limited range space? Wondering what drills you see online will help you truly get better? Getting confused by it all? Let's save you some time, my friend. Below are posted two scored drills. If you can score 90% or better on these scored drills, then you are well on your way to proficiency with a rifle. Fundamental Marksmanship Using two Army 300m zero targets, placed 25m away, prepare two magazines with five rounds each. 2 mags - 5 rounds. You have 90 seconds to fire 5 shots at each of the 300m zero targets. Scoring: 5 points for a hit inside the circle. 4 points for a hit in the black, but not inside the circle.  No points for misses.  A shot touching two or more scoring areas receives the higher score.  Expert is 90% = 45 points.  Ultimate goal is 50 points and in under 30 seconds.  The Trident Using an 8 inch target (a paper plate works well), from 18 yards, prepare three magazines with five rounds each.  3 mags x 5 rounds Course ...

Recently, the blog, Pulpit & Pen (herein abbreviated as PP) published several "articles" about Pastor Greg Locke, of Mount Juliet, Tennessee. It is now public knowledge, and a matter of public record that Pastor Locke is now divorced. Unfortunately, this was the subject of the writing from PP. As a matter of factual history, PP tends to write "articles" that try to tear down men and women of the ministry. Sadly, there are only a couple of exceptions to this - most notably, a minister or two whom PP puts on a pedestal, in an attempt to brown-nose said minister. This is all well documented at other sources and can be easily found with a Google search. The Rifleman has read PP's "articles" on Locke. There are numerous issues, and this article is here to set those straight. First, PP is a Calvinist entity. That should be enough evidence for a thoughtful person to dismiss them entirely. As Calvinism is a heretical lie, completely bas...

A female reader asked me to elaborate more on how to identify the difference between a Gamma and a Sigma . Here are some examples I have observed. Gamma A guy who wants to be a pastor, but can't seem to find a gig anywhere. He works low level IT desk jobs. This type will attempt to use his "superior" knowledge of scripture to put you down at any given opportunity. Naturally, that scripture will be taken completely out of context. A 400 lb, fedora-wearing, comic book mega fan. Claims to want to fight you, but would get winded walking up a short flight of stairs. This type will drop everything to White Knight for you in online forums.  A guy who will call out "I'm the fastest!" but will not race.  He will repeat (ad nauseum) "I'm the strongest!" but won't demonstrate it. These claims are even more asinine because he is a scrawny guy - not at all a physical specimen.  Behavior you'd expect from a 4 year old.  Sigma Has supper...

Hollywood knew full well about the sexual predators in its midst. Harvey Weinstein and others. So they accused the Right of being sexual predators. The Left are more likely to be mentally ill, and have instabilities. So they accuse the president of being mentally ill, unfit, or unstable. Islam actively tries to kill homosexuals. So the Left accuses the Right of hating homosexuals. Islam treats women as second-class Citizens. So the Left accuses the Right of trying to take rights away from women. The Left advocates constantly for sexual impropriety. So, naturally, the Left accuses people on the Right of sexual impropriety. The Democrats forced a government shutdown. So, naturally, the Democrats blamed the Republicans for forcing a government shutdown. Democrats care more for illegals than they do US Citizens. So, naturally, Democrats accuse Republicans of not caring for US citizens. Law 3 of SJW states that social justice warriors always project. Since the vast majority of...

It snowed in these parts recently. Of course, school was closed, there wasn't milk or bread to be found at the grocery store - not that I would have eaten it anyways, Etc. One day, as I was out and about on my regular job, I came across a poor fellow who could not get his truck out of the parking lot. He would put it in reverse, move a couple of feet, and then the wheels would spin. After a couple of failed on his part, I realized I could help him. ** segue to memory sequence ** In the blizzard of 1993 comma after a while many people started to get out and about, even though all the snow and ice was not melted. As I lived in a hilly area of Chattanooga, TN, we saw many people get stuck at the bottom of a hill near our house. Since, on this part of the street, you had to go up a hill to go either way, these people would get stuck. My dad proposed an ingenious way to help out, and have fun all at the same time. He, my brother, and I would take our sleds and sled down the hill. Th...

Recently saw some drama on social media about a pastor who was getting a divorce. The vast majority of the replies were support for this pastor, because pastors are no different than ordinary people. However, there were some who were holding this pastor to a standard that, frankly, is not possible to keep in modern America. So here are some quick hitters. Marriage as defined by the modern US legal system and marriage as defined by the Bible are two totally separate entities. According to the US legal system, any person can divorce their spouse, whether or not the spouse wants to be divorced. When a man gets custody of the kids, it's an indicator that there's something major wrong with the woman. Women get custody of the vast majority of the time. If you have to heavily edit a photo to prove a point, then it's an indicator that your point is completely invalid, and you know it. Divorce is a communicable disease among women. If a happily married woman spends time around ...

  Some good quotes  at this link. Among them, “When people start talking about advanced techniques my eyes cross. There are no advanced techniques. There are fundamentals honed to perfection through conscious effort. Then there is the application of those fundamentals against ever increasing challenges. ... The mechanics remain the same. We become advanced. Sugar Ray Leonard’s jab wasn’t magically different. His ability to hit anyone he faced at a world class level with his jab was the difference between basic and advanced. During his seminar JJ Machado taught us all the same guard recovery technique. A guard recovery technique I had been taught my first month of jiujitsu. His ability to apply that technique against the best grapplers in the world is the difference between basic and advanced. The point is; there is no secret sauce aka advanced techniques. There is advanced application and there is only one way to get there. High level coaching, and prac...

This article  has some good quotes. Most notably, Surrender is never, ever, an option. The first phase of surrender is failing to be armed, trained and committed to fight. We are prepared to surrender when we are unprepared to resist. The second phase of surrender is failing to be alert. You must see trouble coming in order to have time to respond. The warning may be less than one second but it will be there and it must be recognized and acted upon immediately. The Third phase of surrender is giving up your weapons. The last phase of surrender is up to the monsters who have taken control of your life and perhaps the lives of your loved ones. The last phase of surrender is out of your hands.

Response - It's clear you're old school. That sort of activity with "biker gangs" pretty much fell off the map about 20 years ago. Response - math really isn't your specialty. If you've trained three years, and your coach 5; then he had less training when he started coaching you than you do now. Page 13  indicates you are wrong - the typical Marine of WWI did not train at distances of over 800 yards. Sure, some shots may have been made from that distance, but the training was conducted at 200, 300, and 600 yards. The class you are referencing (without knowledge, clearly) uses an AR15 (with or without scope) at 25m - much like the US Army Alt-C qualification... except there's no 50m, 100m, 150m, 200m, or 250m scale targets. I'd rather someone have a brief, 4 hour combat medical class than nothing at all. And if someone thinks they are a combat medic after 4 hours... well I have some beachfront property in Tennessee to sell them. Oh, and one of the two...

This post  and a class taught by a non infantry instructor motivated this post by a veteran: The attitude of the modern militia seems to be quantity over quality. Let me explain, but first, get out your red ass salve, this is gonna hurt!! Quantity over quality is great for WalMart, but for a militia it is a recipe for disaster. I'm not only talking about the people, but also the training. By admitting anyone, fat, old, cripple, young, able, experienced and inexperienced and letting them train as if they're going to fight is absurd. By putting substandard(physically and untrained) folks in with those physically able and trained, you'll end up getting both killed. I know some will argue that the III% were all farmers and bankers, etc. They were led by military men, men experienced in combat and trained to endure the hardships of combat. The III% also had no choice, the Colonies were ruled by the Brits and had no standing Army. Now, with all of the combat vets from Nam to no...

Former Grunt - I will not take a class in any Infantry skills given by a non Combat Infantry member. Greg Jackson  is 0-1 in professional MMA. By the "logic" above, he should never coach any MMA athlete. Among his notable fighters are: former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones; former UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion Holly Holm; UFC Lightweight and Welterweight contender Donald Cerrone;  Keith Jardine; former WEC Welterweight Champion and former UFC Interim Welterweight Champion Carlos Condit; former King of Pancrase and former Strikeforce Welterweight Champion Nate Marquardt; former Interim UFC Heavyweight Champion Shane Carwin; former UFC Heavyweight Champion Andrei Arlovski;  former Strikeforce Lightweight Champion and World MMA Fight of the Year Award Winner Clay Guida;  The Ultimate Fighter 1 winner (in winner the Middlew...

From   this article , whites are more likely to be shot by police than are minorities.  What were they kneeling about in the NFL? This phrase sums it up nicely: ... contrary to the controlled media’s lies, whites are more likely to be victims of police shootings in America, and that the higher nonwhite interaction rate with police is exclusively due to the fact that the nonwhites have a higher crime rate.

Form a #cuckservative on social media: As much as Matt Damon has been getting some (deserved) criticism for his comment about "why aren't we talking about the men who don't abuse women," it made me think about what I actually *do* post. ...[snip]... Another dynamic is my status as a member of the US military; POTUS is my ultimate boss, and while we're not prohibited from frank discussion of policies, we aren't supposed to be blatantly disrespectful. I would so love for the vast majority of US citizens to post under those constraints; it's actually clarifying. Don't ridicule the person, ridicule the policy (if you can); otherwise, think about the policy more than the person. Conservatives tried playing by these rules for years. #Libtards won because conservatives were constrained by self-imposed rules to which  #Libtards would never adhere. 2016 was the rise of the #AltRight - fighting back under the same rules. 2017 was the crushing victory afte...

This story relayed to the blog by a reader prior to 2012, with the promise of a future publication date. Setting: I was a manager for a well known staffing and placement firm. I'd been hired into a dumpster fire - among my first duties were hiring an almost entirely new staff. Also among my first duties was to stop the bleeding- the location's largest client was diminishing rapidly, and was nearly 90% of the revenue. Within 6 months, all hires were made and revenue had bottomed out and started rebounding. Of course, that meant I had been selling... a lot. Also, call me Red Pilled before the term had its current meaning, I managed to get into it with an HR Nazi... who was a subordinate. Here's how it went down: One of the relatively new hires was as a "staffing specialist." We will give her the fictional name, Susan. She was good enough at her job - caught on quickly, etc. Not very sales minded, but didn't push too hard against new sales, so there was that...

Happy New Year. Here's a picture from one of the best New Years movies made.