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Special Purpose Rifle 3-4AUG24
Welcome to the much anticipated 2024 Combat Rifle Series! This program consists of four two-day immersive classes, that will cover all topics having to do with combat rifle craft, starting with the basics, and going all the way into night vision, close quarter battle, long range shooting and snipercraft. Classes include:
June 1-2, 2024 – Basic Combat Rifle
July 6-7, 2024 – Advanced Combat Rifle
August 3-4, 2024 – Special Purpose Rifle
September 7-8, 2024 – Tactical Precision Rifle
Prerequisite:
You must have prior safe weapons handling experience.
Description:
Special Purpose Rifle Rifle builds upon your foundation of basic riflecraft, and allows the advanced practitioner to really stretch the capabilities of the modern high performance gas operated semi automatic rifle. Of course, for those familiar with the famous mk12 Special Purpose Rifle, the idea was revolutionary in 2002 during it’s inception, to take a relatively standard infantry rifle, add a scope to it, and hybridize the rugged durability of an infantry weapon with the performance and precision of a target rifle, thus giving combat marksmen the special ability to both employ their rifle as a normal rifleman, as well as to stretch out beyond 800 meters, greatly improving his unit’s precision, range, counter sniper ability, and ability to suppress enemy crew served weapons, all while maintaining great mobility and defensive firepower, compared to a dedicated sniper who is burdened with slow, delicate, and specialized equipment.
Wait, hold on, back up. Ahem!
Of course, those familiar with the famous Snayperskaya Vintovka Dragunova, the SVD, the idea was revolutionary in 1963 during it’s inception, to take a semi automatic light weight infantry rifle, customized and specialized for the role, and add a scope to it to greatly stretch the capabilities of the infantry squad.
You mean like what Americans were doing with M1C rifles, in 1951? Pick the best and brightest and most promising of riflemen, someone with steady hands, good eyes, a quick mind, patience, and who learned well, then select a particularly accurate rifle, mount a scope to it, and give him extra training to increase the unit’s combat effectiveness? Surely, it was a new idea in 1937 at the start of ww2. No? Surely, then it was a revolutionary idea in 1914 then, as Europe tore itself apart in the forests and trenches of France. No? Surely, surely then, this was state of the art training and philosophy in 1863 as the Berdan Sharpshooters proved their worth at the battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, during the American Civil War.
…No… Not even then. You see, as long as there have been soldiers with guns, there have been both clueless idiots and a select minority of dedicated experts, called different things over the years…jaegers, snipers, marksmen, or just simply, “Riflemen”, as the difference isn’t so much in the type of weapon, but rather in the skill, training, and lifelong dedication to mastering a craft that sets these men and women apart from their peers.
What we seek in Special Purpose Rifle is to master your weapon such that with the minimum amount of equipment you maximize your abilities to shoot and move, both far and fast, to be capable night and day in the defense and in the offense, on the open battlefield and confined cityscape. Everyone has a rifle, but not everyone knows how to use it. Even fewer people can really consider themselves masters of the art of small arms combat. Special Purpose Rifle is the next big step for you on the journey from from average practitioner to seasoned expert.
During Basic Combat Rifle, we encourage students to strip down to the bare basics; to learn how to move safely and operate their weapons with reliability under stress, and lay the foundation for quality marksmanship habits. During Advanced combat rifle, we expand upon those basics with the capability to fight in the dark, managing the added complexity with white lights, lasers, night vision, red dots, magnifiers, and other combat optics, secondary weapons, and buddy pair teamwork. All of this thus far has been just out to 400 meters, or 440 yards.
Special Purpose Rifle builds upon all of those, and adds in range estimation, gathering and dialing dope, estimating wind, and spotting and correcting fire for teammates, including, how to shoot at distance in the dark using thermal clip-on optics. You are welcome to bring your own rifle, but we provide all rifles, scopes, night vision, and thermal equipment free of charge. Ammunition is $80 per person per day for everything you need for training.
Number of days: 2
Location:
Our facility is in the mountains 1 hour east of San Jose, 1 hour south from Livermore. Detail directions will be emailed to those who sign up.
Packing list:
Sturdy boots
Sturdy pants
Belt
Long sleeve shirt or jacket
Gloves
Layer garments so you can adjust for cold, wet, or warm weather
Hat
Rifle with 4+ magazines
500+ rounds of ammunition
Pistol and holster
100 rounds of pistol ammunition
Cleaning kit with oil, rag, toothbrush, barrel rod
Tools for mounting and adjusting your optics
Spare batteries for lights, night vision, lasers
Individual first aid kit (IFAK)
Eye protection
Ear protection
1 gallon of water per day
Salty snacks and bag lunch
Backpack
Sleeping bag or blankets
Towel and personal hygiene items
We provide rifles, magazines, magazine carriers, pistols, holsters and ammunition for you. While weapons and gear are free to borrow, we ask you to clean everything you used before turning it back in.
We can supply all the ammunition you need, including match ammunition, for $80 per person per day. Simply choose the “Ammunition” ticket option during checkout.
We have limited sets of night vision and thermal scopes for students to borrow. Contact us early so we can prepare for you.
