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While some doubted the accuracy of semi-automatics compared with bolt-action or single-shot rifles, this M1 Garand was used by SSgt Michael Pietroforte to shoot the first “clean” 250 score at the National Match course of fire in 1958.
And now you will not find a single competitor shooting from that position. We all sit, instead of kneeling, though both are allowed during that string of rapid-fire. I wonder if maybe kneeling was required back then. It's got me curious.
The shooting competitions used to be a little more, um, reality-based. Kneeling and hasty sling are the most practical for a soldier on the go when bullets start landing around him. When you think about the complete sling technique, it really requires a couple of minutes to convert from carry sling, and that isn't very helpful in an ambush.
Bob