17-2-8 Garand Picture of the Day - West Point

[Mark in Rochester]

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[AFJon]

Cadet marksmanship training?

[Bob Seijas]

Look at those elbows! There is an easy way to get it up there and hold it without strain: shoulder the rifle and hold it in place with your left hand; reach your right arm straight back behind your head, palm up; swing your hand over your shoulder and onto the pistol grip. This locks the bones in place with your elbow like those in the picture and makes a difference in accuracy

[browningautorifle]

Look at those elbows!

And it works marvelously too, just like the book states.

[Mark in Rochester]

[Ovidio]

Never seen a more uncomfortable shooting position. WOW!

[browningautorifle]

Never seen a more uncomfortable shooting position

You must be doing it wrong...unless you mean the one with the shooting jacket. Those jackets are a shade restrictive.

[Bill Hollinger]

Most all the marksmanship teams now use a bladed modified HK stance with the elbows tucked and locked. The US Army and USMC teams haven't used the high elbow for some time now. Part may be due to the use of the M16 however looking at very recent photos with the use of the M14 the elbows are tucked.

[browningautorifle]

We've changed as well to a position more like the UK used with the elbows tucked down onto the ammo pouches. They determined it made a smaller target in action, Afghanistan in specific. They also tried to turn and face the target square on to expose your vest plates, but found it wasn't really physically possible so it turned again.

Sentryduty can expound here if he sees this...

[BEAR]

My son laughed at my off hand shooting style because my elbow was out. He started calling me "Chicken Leg" because he was used to the M4 close-in hold with elbow in the down position. I then told him to shoot my Garand with his M4 style ... very uncomfortable and shakey. He don't laugh now.