Practical Shooting Drills for Riflemen - M4A1s Are Alright
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- čas přidán 25. 08. 2023
- Team T.REX hits the range with some M4A1s. Shooting scored courses of fire and focusing on 100M drills which is often overlooked in most people's rifle training.
Using T.REX AC1s and the new T.REX Quad Flap Chest Rig. - Věda a technologie
Lucas! More of this style of content. It’s raw, real, funny, and educational.
absolutely agree, this was one of the most interesting episodes and kept me focused for the entire time
Agreed
So good
i back this
I sixth this
The focus on scored courses of fire really highlights the commitment to practical shooting skills.
Can you explain what you mean? I'm not super familiar with the gun world (yet) and I don't understand what you mean by scored.
Thanks!
@@thomasgorman6513the assigned points for hitting the target at the optimal section (commonly high center chest or head box). Think of it like a Dart board but also under timing. Someone else will probably break it down better 😅
Scored. Like a grade. Points in a game, high score is a like grade school. Highest score wins..
All competitive shooting had some scheme for scoring (minus points for miss, hits in bullseye/ zone is higher than edges of target)
Makes it fun, and another want to compete/discrimination of 'who won' if two people shot same times
In this video, they were scoring the competitive runs with “Hit Factor” which is the number of points divided by the amount of time. An A-zone hit is worth 5 points, a C-zone hit is worth 3 points and a D-zone is usually worth 1 point (sometimes people will give 0 points for hits in the D-zone). If you don’t know what the scoring zones are, do a Google search for “USPSA target” and you’ll find plenty of pictures.
So, if you run a drill that is shoot 5 rounds, reload, shoot 5 more rounds and it takes you 10 seconds. When you score the target you have 6 As, 3Cs, and 1 D, that’s 40 points (6x5 + 3x3 + 1x1). You then divide your total points by your total time for a Hit Factor of 4 (40/10).
This gives you a quantifiable metric to use to compare yourself to others and to yourself as you improve. That which can be measured can be improved. If you don’t know your times and scores for drills, then you have no way of knowing if you’re actually getting better.
Lucas put up several very good comprehensive Courses of Fire on the TRex Arms website under the training section. You can use these to determine your current level of skill with rifle and/or pistol. In order to improve with both types of weapons, I’d strongly recommend you check out videos by Ben Stoeger & Matt Pranka (aka XRay Alpha) Not only do they have tons of free videos about drills, but Ben also posts 90+ minute free videos on CZcams from his training classes. You’ll learn good drills to use AND what to look for to correct mistakes.
This makes me yearn for range time with the bois
🏳️🌈
Wear protection
I literally just returned from the range before i watched this. Pistol though, trying to shoot some drills I saw yestreday
Went to a local Steel Match today all of the top 7 shooters were Trex fans and most were wearing trex hats. Culture is driving success and improvement.
That’s awesome!!!
I love these training videos, good stuff. T rex arms in my opinion is a true staple in the gun community and for the 2nd amendment. Keep up the hard work
I love the trash talking. My buddies and I showing up to the range always leads to plenty of verbal abuse and good laughs 🤙🏽
thats the salt in the soup :)
Nothing scares tyrants more than a gang of guys in M81 camo wielding their 10,000 RPM assault cannons with heat seeking laser sighting systems.
wearing skinny jeans😆
When tyranny becomes law revolution becomes order and duty
@@chriswilton9976 yet every single one out performed you by 10x lol. i can name 10 operators who went in a mission with skinny jeans loads and a button up.. doesn't matter kid. unirofrms are for \camo they dont do anything else. maybe waterproof or better for winter. i can tag 50+ brands that sell to the public that also do those. LOL.look wahts going on in viginaia. open your eyes, no one is saving you.
as they blow you up with a drone and finish the rest with black hawk miniguns. 😂 then roll over the bodies in mraps
@@cheetonation what does that have to do with skinny jeans, and why would pur military kill pur civs? what?
M4A1 training day? Doesn't count if I was not there.
I've always really liked the look of their range. Looks like fun and allows for a lot of different types of movement and some midrange shooting.
10:45 if you’ve been following Ben or Matt you’ll know ,” the less you do,the more you’ll do” meaning the less input you do to your gun the more efficient you’ll be with with your gun .
how about if we train with ferfrans soar rifle
Nice try, loser 😂
Who the fook is this guy
I've been doing most of my shooting in 3-Gun & 2-Gun competitions for the last few years. I think a day like this, just doing drills to test what I need to improve, would be beneficial every once in a while.
Yep. It’s different than a regular isolated training day or a match
The gravel they are walking on sounds like its a mix of rocks and shell casings. XD
It is
Cuz there is probably over 250,000 rds on the ground possibly over 1,000,000 rds
I love how everyone is picking what they can do better at the end. Being honest with yourself on what needs to be improved is always important. Love all the new content.
Did we just get a glimpse of the new chest rig?
Yes. They're all running them
Its been announced for 2 weeks already
@@TREXARMSyou guys anticipate presenting us with an offering such as this for AK mags?
Love the Chest rigs
@@mattr.1804it will hold one 762 ak mag per cell or 2 5.45/5.56 mags. If you are looking for dedicated double ak mag pouch chest rigs look at blue Jean operators videos
I need to find a group like this to train with.
I have multiple rifles with different barrel lengths, rails, cool guy stuff... the rifle I LOVE to take out to the range and am the most comfortable shooting is the M4 style with RAS and a Comp M4S. I have some quality of life improvements and dont stick to clone correctness, but I love it. Like it or not, this setup has been the most common and remains the most common as our National Guard and General Army fields this set up to this day, not to mention the armies we "loan" these out to. I appreciate that you guys show this type of content. Not everything HAS to be the latest and greatest, as long as you go out and train.
I and others around me appreciate your advice. This is always motivation to train and improve
11:27
Lucas does give some Michael Scott vibes the way he's talking to these guys
Lucas is now doing more to serve our country than most of the guys I was in the military with. He’s encouraging citizens to be prepared, resilient, and equipped.
Sure means a lot more than working out and playing Xbox in the barracks.
He’s larping. Imagine having the ability to actually go and do this shit for real but saying nah. I’m just gonna larp.
@@chrisbenson2430 do you think everyday citizens shouldn't train to fight?
@@chrisbenson2430 War ended 10 years ago and there is no fighting right now. Training in kit isn't larping, but you certainly are in the comments
@@chrisbenson2430what are you contributing?
@@chrisbenson2430You silly goose, the military are just professional larpers. Ask me how I know. A very small chunk, if any, of your military career is on target. That time is vastly outweighed by training.
I LOVED this video! The banter and fun you guys were having while still taking things seriously and getting good reps in was so much fun!
This was really cool to watch. I like hearing and seeing the real talk between drill. Love the drills themselves. Great content to be able to mimic and practice. Thanks so much.
As always, watching your content make us able to train to be better shooters. Thanks for that. As a french shooter, I can't train multiple distances but even respecting french rules I can use what you give me to train or just get motivation to get to the range and have a nice time. Thanks again to the T-rex Arms team.
The fact that shooting courses are scored demonstrates a commitment to practical shooting skills.
You can never train too much. Stay free, stay lethal, fight hard.
Train for what lol. I mean you can go do this shit for real. But if you boys want to larp, send it.
@@chrisbenson2430 your comments on this channel confuse me
Man this pumps me up.
Exactly the kind of content I needed.
Well done! They all focused on their training.
the best ever training I ever come across
As always,,,, outstanding run of skill sets. Great content
Those are some beautiful guns.
This looked like so much fun.
Marsoc is the best non wanting to shoot shooter I've seen in the last 48 hours honestly
Feels like a tease of the new rig dropping soon! Definitely a direct competitor to the Reece rig from Onward.
All the military briefing jokes being made, and Lucas is over there, just squinting into the sun like "what?"....
Man these guys have so much fun!!! I love America!!
Its nice to see all the weak ones in the comments complaining rather than saying they need to be training. Good to know the worthless ones are so easily identified. You will not last.
Great vid Brandon bringing the fire shirts as always 🔥🔥
Love this content, i hope one day i can get out there with yall one day, gonna try some of these next weekend
This is the kind of content I like. It gives me ideas. Also, stuck at 5.8 on the 50 round CCOF with my 20 inch with a 2-12. I can break into the 6s w my dot gun. The issue is speed into the eye box. Any drills to help that other than endless up drills? I’m getting tired of up drills and I have plateaued
Whoever your camera man is, props to that guy.
Been watching you guys for a very long time. Finally ordered something! Got the nova belt as I’m getting my ccw within the next few weeks. Really want to get your new m81 plate carrier too 😂
This posting frequency is amazing
And time of posting 💪🏽
A blessing, a blessing from the Lord!
Good stuff! I would really like to see everyone's times for the drills so that I could have something to compare myself to if and when i do some of these on my own.
Yeah, next time we’re going to show the sheet and record the data easier to show y’all.
@@TREXARMS Awesome. I think making sure people have an easy way to go and do the drills themselves (by way of making sure the viewer can see the course of fire and have time standards to reach for) makes it entertainment, training encouragement AND quality training ideas.
Time standard should be the aggregate of the 5 competent shooters. I’d love to see it too.
I don’t get to train like this in good old Alabama or Gulf Shores. But you guys are very entertaining and practical. I like that. Love the content, Lucas. 😄
Gulf shores no, but 25 minutes up the road in Summerdale I train in my back yard
@TheLieutenent, You're seriously missing out! Three Brothers Arms is a few miles north of I10 on 59. For $20 they have a Tac range with barricades, obstacles, barrels, stationed courses of fire, and all of it can be moved around however you want it. I go there all the time with a few people and have some awesome range days.
Keep up the good work fellas. It seems no matter how good you think you are with a rifle. You still need more training. Amazing vid
The Office reference was epic. Awesome video, Lucas.
This is inspiring. Need to get the boys to the range more often.
I like pmc for bulk ammo. It’s so nice out of the box. You guys use the 62 grain often or were you just using it because it’s clone correct?
Majority of optics are best zeroed with 62gr(since they mostly market them for the military and the standard round is the M855 green tip in 62gr). They also probably do it because if SHTF the majority of ammo you are likely to encounter in 5.56 will be in 62gr.
@@conventionaldudetactics5564 I'm wondering how that matters at all, unless you're talking about something with a fixed BDC ?
@@raifsevrence correct, BDC.
This would have been cooler with more M81
Another great video!!!
Thank you for making this video I really appreciate it thank you T Rex Arms .I have been thinking about buying a new firearm and I love the M4 a1 rifle thank you i can't wait to train with you cool guys you rock keep up the great work .
Sheesh the commitment to the m4 with 62 grain ammo for training is wild
We use 62g for a lot of guns in the armory
Its cheaper
@@TREXARMSis it a good round tho compared to m193?
Fantastic, really enjoyed 😊
Excelente evento veo una buena participación de los tiradores espero verlo más en el futuro gracias 😊
I was hoping y'all were coming out with a split rig. Hope you share why you choose not to. Best shooting, as always!
Man I wanna feel what shooting a gun is like now, makes me want to try it out seeing yall just tearing at it
Reaching Garand Thumb levels of kino now.
Have you not seen Lucas' dual wield pistol video? Like straight out of a Matrix film
Did we just get a glimpse of the new chest rig?. This makes me yearn for range time with the bois.
The show must go on
you see these dude are not big musluar but killing machines hard core thank sir your training was very professional
Great work. One suggestion please consider In including clearing malfunctions during your drills by including 1 or 2 dummy rounds mixed into each magazine. Maybe as a stand alone video. Just a thought.
You don’t know how to clear malfunctions
@@HWG-wm8ld what? no.. but they can make drills for people to get faster with. doesnt hurt getting extra info..
@@HWG-wm8ld I was a parole agent in Pennsylvania and we trained all live fire drills to include malfunctions drills this includes night time drills. Most people have never cleared phase 1,2 or 3 malfunctions while under pressure and very few train it. We also watched case study video of law enforcement and military personnel panicking under fire when faced with malfunctions while under fire. So it may not seem like a necessary drill but it has its merits, similar to dry firing and administrative and tactical reloads. Lastly I think it would make good content especially in live fire competition. It’s just a suggestion. Lucas asked for suggestions. I’m taking a gamble that this channel has probably never received a suggestion like that. I think it’s one of those invaluable things you didn’t think you need to know until you saw it demonstrated.
We call it "dummy and ball" in the British Army, used to do it a lot in specialist roles.
You get someone else to load your mags so you don’t know here the empty case sits, to avoid round counting.
It’s a good drill imo shame it kind of died out.
@@darkchild130 Thank you for mentioning this. That’s right we get someone else to prepare our loadout usually 3-5 dummies per mag so we have no idea when the malfunction will occur.
Изключително точни напътствия!!! Много важни фактори, които влияят върху крайната цел! 😎👌🎯🔞
Man that was fast. I still haven't mastered running that fast with a rifle.
creí que llevabas meses sin subir contenido, asique busque tu canal y resulta que has estado super activo, no se porque ya no me aparecen tus videos, me pondré al día, gran contenido como siempre
m4 a1 uppers with the socom profile barrel are awesome. the kac rails with panels and a vfg insulate heat way better than thin free float mlok handguards.
Lucas holding in the phrase “if you suck you suck” at the very end of the vid lol
Por isso eu gosto tanto dos seu vídeos. Parabéns pela aquisição !!!
I wanna see Lucas and his crew do the army’s rifle qual w a M4 and acog or cco. They also have to do the army’s 25 meter zero. Not sayings it’s hard, it would just be interesting
I’d like to go to a military range to do it
Prone supported and unsupported then standing supported in foxhole. What else was it? It's been a minute since I did army rifle quals
@@TREXARMSask your national guard maybe? Might be a good excuse for them to advertise or some shit
@@arktactical6112They got rid of the foxhole years ago lol. For a long while it was prone supported, prone unsupported, kneeling. Now, it's standing offhand, prone, kneeling with barrier, and standing with barrier with reloads and transitions as part of your time rather than stopping.
@@FuzzyBrains555can confirm did that last year in bct
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Need a range like that in my state
Nice setups
Based, kit to drills.
Good shooters!
That man is quick
I guess I’m taking out the M4A1 today, but I need that range.
🇺🇸 🦅 2A 🎯
its called the national forest. there everywhere. your allowed to do this, sometimes shoot and drive but depends on laws at that forest. some let you leave your stuff if its not trash either so you don't have to take it home after every trip
Well done
Would have been cool to see a couple of the guys with lpvo compared to everyone else with the dot
I like this content. Throwing in a few clips of being a human make it more entertaining
I think one set without any red dot would be a good be a good way to finish off the drill and score it double hit factor.
😮😂They are just walking on a bed of bullet casings during training. Cool sound
Man, You Guys have Too much Fun, I'll make Sure to Pay a visit next time I'm down there!
“Theres a piece of wildlife and I’m messing with it” 😂😂😂😂😂 iykyk
Garret’s Jim Halpert face is meme gold 😂😂😂😂
Cool video, who doesn’t love a friendly competition
When years of Call of Duty and training kick in real life🦖
I came here for the chest rig, I stayed for the office references.
I thought we we're getting less videos.. I've seen moar! videos in the past couple weeks than the past couple months. i won't complain. "Roll that beautiful bean footage!"
You thought we’d miss Brandon’s half of a cold start lol!
very good bro !!
Perfecto !! exitos y saludos amigo
Godspeed brothers
Really appreciated the ascetics of these rifles.
Decent try.
@ 43:30....the guy in blue said the word "like" 8 times in 20 seconds.......I thought I was "Like" listening to a teenager 😜.
Awesome content!!!!!!!
I love these drills. Too bad I can’t do them at a range near me. Kinda sucks
For all the guns we have, there is a criminal lack of good ranges in this country.
Brandon is letting Lucas win. He doesn’t wanna lose his side Kick spot.
He’s beat me before. I’ve got to work hard to stay ahead. -Lucas
@@TREXARMS I was joking. But holy shit. Got a comment back!!
Oh yeah I’m watching with no pants on
I suggest, next time you will make a stages like in the street with concrete road firefighting
Muy buen video 👍
Wow very Cool amazing gun nice ❤😊
please do a short video discussing the need or lack thereof/pros or cons of FSB guns vs. floated rails and the relationship to practical carbine shooting, I do not believe there is as much of need to go for a floated rail if not mounting IR units but almost everyone is deadset on getting a railed carbine, can you discuss this and whether or not the cost of quality rails is necessary for non-IR equipped carbines
You could hear one of the guys complaining in the video about the non-floated rail. It's easy to induce a point of impact shift while bracing your gun against a barricade with a rail like this. The barrel moves with the rail as pressure is applied.
A Midwest Industries rail is not all that expensive and they are good quality, check them out.
Needs to get me one of those AC1s (in M81 of course)
Y’all need someone who sucks at shooting but knows how to safely handle firearms to come train with you, I’ll gladly accept this position
Where do you guys train at? Would love to come out and do some drills.