Sitting Position = "Combat Training"?

In the Army, our qualifying with the M4/M16 is shot from the prone supported, prone unsupported and kneeling. I have never been trained to shoot from the sitting position.

I would suspect shooting from the standing position would be used more often than sitting in our current conflicts.
 
The only people that do "military shooting" while sitting down are behind a belt fed.
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"sitting" is the worse position from which to "combat" anybody from!
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I wont venture to guess why the RO bars setting positions, its silly but its not my range.

As to the above two quotes, BOTH are totally false. Setting is a valid and good position in combat. A good setting position is as steady (an in my case more steady) then prone. Its taught, (or was), in rifle training including sniper courses.

It's used, I used in it in SE Asia, as did my comrades. Its quick to get into, its low to the ground (when one can't see anything from the prone position) and as I said its very stable.

Anyone who doesn't believe the sitting position is a valid, stable position for either target, hunting or combat, come to my range and let me work with you a bit, I guarantee you'll have a different opinion. If not, lunch is on me, if you agree with me after the session, you buy lunch.
 
Honestly. . .I would guess he is making his own rules up as he goes. Call him on it and then call his supervisor.

Sucks when they do that.

The local RO recently has decided pistol needs to be shot at 25 - 30 yards because they had an unexplained ricochet.

These RO's are not going to figure things out. Their only recouse is to make up some rule and enforce it.

Maybe they had a guy fire one up in the air when he sat down or something.
 
The marines shoot from the sitting position for 200yd rapid fire and 300yd slow fire during rifle qualification. Other than for marksmanship it isnt used though. Wouldnt be a very practical combat position. Hold on let me assume a good sitting position Mr. bad guy before you shoot at me.
 
We were taught the sitting position in BCT at Fort Dix, NJ in the Summer of 1967.
As far as "combat" positions go, whatever works is good. Only the hits count. Like a lot of people in authority, that RO "thought" he "knew" the" rules".
 
Hold on let me assume a good sitting position Mr. bad guy before you shoot at me.
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Actually, if you have shot much rapid fire, you'd understand its really quite fast to get into. All you;re doing is setting down after all, how long does that take.

In high power rapid fire, you use to start standing, then when the targets appear you dropped into position and started firing. Lately I guess the NRA thinks we are getting too old and they start the state setting.

The CMP still requires the stage be started from standing until the targets appear.

I found it rather fast, Much faster then getting into a prone position. Also gives you a better field of view.
 
I've never found sitting to be a very fast position to get into, though it is useful for varmint hunting in tall grass. In highpower, it's faster to actually sit than flop prone, but the real time is in getting your natural POA set from the basic position.
It seems to me that it takes me longer to get a good natural POA from sitting position (doing the butt shuffle until my front sight sits where I want it) than it does to get a good position from prone.
 
Sitting used to be my favorite hunting position. These days though it's an ordeal to get into and even worse to get out of, so I try to arrange things so standing rested is an option. In my experience, Range Officer is generally on about the same pay scale as Wal-mart door greeter so you shouldn't be too shocked to see similar competence. That said, the RO at my favorite range is a multi-time European marksmanship champion with a business that leaves him a lot of free time and he just does it to have somewhere to go every day. Act a fool though and he'll switch from German to English in a hurry so you understand "leave the range" means right now, idiot!
 
Overe here, sitting is not used in target shooting of the traditional kind, standing, kneeling and prone are, though, and the latter two are used by the military as well.
Sitting was indeed taught in combat rifle instruction, along with offhand, prone, kneeling, squatting, hawkins positions and the very combat act of breathing. I suggest you to strongly underline how breathing is essential in combat and, therefore, has to be excluded from your RO target practice. :cool:
 
"I suggest you to strongly underline how breathing is essential in combat and, therefore, has to be excluded from your RO target practice."

Giggle-snort. :D

Yup, tell that RO to quit breathing while he's shooting!
 
Most accurate: Bench rest
Next: Prone
Next: Sitting
Next: Kneeling
Next: Standing

All were taught to me by relatives and also in Hunter Safety Course (50+ years ago). The military gave training for all but bench rest.
 
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