The U.S. Marine Corps Shooting Team and the U.S. Army Service Rifle Team are testing the new Kongsberg Electronic Target System installed at the soon to open CMP Talladega Marksmanship Park.
The two rifle teams compete against each other at shooting competitions around the world but came together as one team to help the CMP thoroughly evaluate the new target system. Read more about the new target system here.
Both rifle teams participated in competition scenarios at 200, 300 and 600 yards from standing, sitting and prone positions. The team will finish the testing Friday.
Six Marines make up the Marine Corps Shooting Team from Quantico Virginia. They are using M4 carbines. The sixteen members of the U.S. Army Service Rifle Team from Fort Benning, Georgia are using the M-16. All were using 5.56 target ammunition.
Most every team member I spoke to had nothing but good things to say about the target system and the park as a whole.
"The targeting system is super smooth and super quick with no pit changes," Joseph Hall, one of the Army Service Rifle Team members told me. "From what we're used to, we're saving a tremendous amount of time. We're able to concentrate on the shooting aspect of it and less on the actual maintenance and taking care of the targets and pit changes and relay changes."
Hall scored back to back 991's on a 1000 aggregate match. He is a native of Alabaster, Alabama.
"You get more time of the gun instead of changing yards lines, doing pit changes, switching out targetry, there is more time to shoot," Sgt. Antonio Digonza with the Marine Corps Shooting Team explained. " The target are hard rubber or plastic and are self healing and durable. They will last a long time providing multiple rounds and tons of usage so you can continue firing."
The main range is covered so this week's rainy soggy weather didn't put a damper on testing and caused no delays.
Don Heuman the CMP Marksmanship Park Range Master said everything has gone very well so far this week. " We are looking forward to a soft opening of the park on May 5 with the dedication on Friday June 5, 2015."
More information about the CMP Talladega Marksmanship Park events can be found on the CMP website.
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