An RWVA Appleseed Primer

/his primer is designed to facilitate learning "hile attending an RWVA Appleseed Shoot. Hach participant should )no" these Rifleman asics.

NP!A ;6atural Point of Aim<

A Rifleman ta)es his shooting position so that his rifle, "ith his ody rela'ed, is pointing at the target. :e doesn-t ha#e to fight muscle strain and he ma)es his %o of firing the shot a lot easier. &est of all, his shots "ill e on target, accurately and consistently, ecause he-s not fighting his ody-s natural position. :ere8s ho" to o tain your 6P=A: >. 3lose your eyes, rela' your ody, ta)e a deep reath in and out. ?. =pen your eyes and chec) your sight picture. @ times out of >A, your sight picture "ill ha#e changed, ecause your ody is no" rela'ed. B. 9ou-ll no" reesta lish your sight picture y ma)ing slight ad%ustments in your position. (f you are in the prone position, you-ll shift position pi#oting around your for"ard el o" to ring the sights ac) on the target. (n other positions, you "ill ma)e "hate#er small ad%ustments in your position so that the rifle points naturally at the target. ,. Repeat until you8#e o tained your 6P=A

As a Rifleman, you are presumed to 9e a sa:e an. +ons+ientio-s shooter, familiar "ith all safety rules. 9ou don8t do anyone any good if you shoot yourself or an unintended target. :ere are the Safety rules:
>. /he prime rule: A/;a8s 0eep 8o-r 3-<</e pointe. in a sa:e .ire+tion0 Eollo" it "ithout fail. ?. Ne=er /oa. -nti/ 8o- are in position an. rea.8 to shoot. /hat means action open, mag out, safety on, and grounded on the mat or in the rac). B. >eep 8o-r :inger o:: the trigger until your sights are on the target. ,. Ma0e s-re others aro-n. 8o- +o3p/8 "ith these rules. 9ou, along "ith e#eryone else are range safety officers.

M!A ;.inute of Angle<

1egrees and Minutes are measurements of angle. /here are CA minutes in one degree. While > degree is a #ery tiny angle, one minute is only >7CAth of that. And y coincidence, one .inute of Angle;.=A< is > inch per >AA yards. :ence, one .=A at ?AA yards is ? inches, one .=A at BAA yards is B inches, and so on and so on. /hin) of a #ery long ice cream cone, one designed for a > inch scoop of ice cream. (magine it stretching out of the mu++le all the "ay do"n to your target, one hundred yards a"ay. /he imprint of the cone on the target "ould e a one Minute of Angle circle. (f you could fire all rounds "ithin that circle, you "ould ha#e shot a one MOA group at >AA yards.
/his is a 1 3in-te ang/e ;>7CAth of > degree< > inch ? inches

.u++le >AA yards ?AA yards

The Six Steps to Firing a Shot

1. SIGHT ALIGNMENT -- Line up the front and rear sights: Simply center the front sight in the rear sight. 2. SIGHT PICTURE -- Keeping the sights lined up correctly, ring them onto the target . RESPIRAT!R" PAUSE ! As you reath the front sight "ill pass #ertically through the target. $se the natural act of reathing to ad%ust your #ertical alignment. &reath deep, slo"ly e'hale, and pause. #A. F!CUS "!UR E"E !N THE FR!NT SIGHT : (t may e a little hard to do at first, as you naturally "ant to loo) at the target. &ut )eep your eyes focused on the front sight, e#en if it means that the target gets lurry. #). F!CUS "!UR MIN* ! Keep front sight on target: 9our concentration should e on 4)eeping that front sight on the target5. (t may help for you to consciously repeat, 4front sight on target, front sight on target.5 /his is the ig one0 $. TRIGGER S%UEE&E ! S*uee+e straight ac) "hile front sight stays on target: While you are doing oth parts of step ,, you-ll ta)e up the slac) and s*uee+e the trigger straight ac). At the same time, you .$S/ )eep your concentration on the front sight0 1on-t let the front sight off the target2 if it does mo#e off target, gently ring it ac) on target, "hile continuing to s*uee+e the trigger. /he discharge should surprise you. '. F!LL!( THR!UGH ! 3all the shot and feel the trigger sear: With your sighting eye open, ta)e mental picture of where the sights "ere "hen rifle discharged, (f you can-t 4call the shot5, you "on-t e#er e a le to tell "hether the shot "as ad ecause you did something "rong. 6e't, feel the trigger sear reset and7or hear the trigger sear reset. 6o" you8re ready for the ne't shot. &ac) to step one.

In+hes, Min-tes, an. C/i+0s 1IMC2

$nderstanding the relationships of inches, minutes, and clic)s is paramount "hen attempting random range shots. (f one learns the concepts of (.3, one can easily determine the proper sight setting, or hold o#er, for any )no"n distance. As a ullet lea#es the arrel it immediately egins to drop. /he further it goes, the more it drops. /he path of a ullet ma)es a lo" angled arc. /his arc crosses the shooters line of sight t"ice. =nce close up, and again much further out.

?D meter sight-in

.>7.>A tra%ectory

?AA yards

Sighting in at 2$ 3eters4 (f you are sighting in your rifle at ?D meters and you missed the ull y > K5 to the right and B7,5 high2 9ou "ould mo#e "indage C clic)s left and ele#ation B clic)s do"n. $sing an .>7.>A, !ne +/i+0 is one M!A an. 1 M!A e5-a/s 16#7 at 2$3eters68ar.s. And "hen sighted in at ?Dmeters, you are also sighted in at ?AA yards.

Co3e -ps4 .ost military .BA cali er rounds are pretty much the same out to DAA yards. Learn the tra%ectory for one, and you can do pretty "ell "ith any military .BA cali er. Eor those of you using either a Farand or .>A, your tra%ectory studies are pretty simple. Gust memori+e the follo"ing Come-ups: B, B, ,, ,, D ;>AA-CAAyds<. /hese num ers represent ho" many clic)s up you ha#e to ma)e "ith an .>7.>A to compensate for tra%ectory. H'ample: (f you are sighted in at ?AA yards and your target is at ,AA yards, you "ould raise your sight I clic)s ;add B clic)s to go from ?AA-BAA, plus , more clic)s to go from BAA-,AA<.H'ample ?: (f you are sighted in at ?AA yards and your target is at CAA yards2 you "ould raise your sight >C clic)s ;BJ,J,JD<.

)att/e Sight &ero is sighted in at ?ID yards or ?DA meters;?D meter sight in plus ? clic)s<.(ts
function is to gi#e you a simple sight setting for most attle situations. (f your target is at ,AA yards and you aim center of mass you8ll hit D .=A ;D clic)s< lo" 2 D.=A ' ,5 L ?A5. At ,AA yards thats %ust elo" the elt on a human target. So aim a little higher and you8ll e right on. (f your target is at ?AA yards, you8ll hit ? .=A ;? clic)s< high2 ? .=A ' ?5L , inches M?AA yards.