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AR-15 SKILLS & DRILLS Learn to Run Your AR Like a Pro Tiger McKee Thank you for purchasing this Gun Digest eBook. Sign up for our newsletter and receive special offers, access to free content, and information on the latest new releases and must-have firearms resources! Plus, receive a coupon code to use on your first purchase from GunDigestStore.com for signing up. or visit us online to sign up at http://gundigest.com/ebook-promo CONTENTS SPECIAL OFFERS INTRODUCTION 1 SAFETY 2 PARTS & OPERATION OF THE AR 3 SLINGS 4 READY POSITIONS 5 CARRY MODES 6 STANCE 7 ADMINISTRATIVE MANIPULATIONS 8 FUNCTIONAL MANIPULATIONS 9 MARKSMANSHIP 10 TACTICAL USE OF YOUR EYES 11 FIRST SHOTS 12 ZEROING THE AR 13 TRAINING, PRACTICE & LEARNING 14 DEFENSE FUNDAMENTALS 15 TARGET ZONES 16 DATA BOOK 17 MOVING 18 FIRING POSITIONS 19 USING COVER 20 LOW-LIGHT CONDITIONS 21 TRANSITION TO HANDGUN 22 CLEANING 23 PRACTICE TOOLS 24 VESTS, CHEST RIGS & PACKS THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO MY WIFE, GRETCHEN, WHO HAS PUT UP WITH A LOT OVER THE YEARS TO SUPPORT MY TEACHING AND SHOOTRITE. RELATED TITLES FROM GUN DIGEST GUNSMITHING THE AR-15: THE BENCH MANUAL GUN DIGEST GUIDE TO THE MODERN AK GUN DIGEST BOOK OF SUPPRESSORS www.gundigest.com INTRODUCTION This book isn’t about the history and development of the AR-type weapon, building an AR or performing modifications. There are plenty of good sources for that information already out there. It’s also not a “tactical” book, although it does include subjects like using cover, working in low-light conditions and the fundamentals of responding to a threat. These are skills that you need, but learning to apply them for defensive or combative purposes is beyond the scope of this book. AR-15 Skills & Drills is about the techniques you need to operate the AR platform safely and efficiently, regardless of your application. Whether you’re hunting, competing or using the AR for defensive purposes, the same skills are used to manipulate the AR efficiently and shoot it accurately. To learn anything takes practice, performing the same skills over and over until eventually you learn them. We’ll discuss how to operate the AR so that you know what to practice, but equally important how to practice, providing a solid learning curve and the greatest return from your time and money invested. Some sections of this book describe how to perform certain actions, while other sections list specific drills that include applying the skills and techniques discussed in previous chapters. There are a variety of ways to practice; the only limit is your imagination. Just keep in mind that anything and everything you do should be performed safely. Safety is your number one concern any time you’re working with firearms. This book is not intended to be a substitute for training under a qualified instructor. Yes, one of the ways we learn is by reading and studying a subject. A book can tell you how, why or when to perform a certain action. What it can’t tell you are all the ways you can do it wrong or an alternative approach if a technique doesn’t work for you, or watch to make sure your finger comes off the trigger while reloading. Often you’ll be doing something wrong and you won’t even be aware of it. Cultivating the correct skills is mandatory and this book will help you with that, but eventually you need to attend training under a qualified instructor. Although this book focuses on the AR-type rifle and carbine, the same skills apply to a variety of firearms. The safety or magazine release may be in a different location, but the same techniques apply regardless of what type semi- auto you’re working with. Keep in mind that there are different ways to accomplish the same task, and various schools of thought on how to operate the AR. This book presents a way of doing things, but it isn’t an absolute or the only way. Your specific application of the AR may call for different techniques or operating principles. Becoming proficient with a firearm is an art; everyone’s artwork will be a little different. The AR is one of the best firearms ever produced. In the early days it experienced some growing pains, but it has served our military faithfully for decades now, with no end in sight. Today’s AR is reliable, simple to operate, and accurate. There is a huge industry that supplies accessories for the AR, and its modular design allows users to customize it to suit any purpose. You can do almost anything with an AR. But first you need to know how to operate it safely and efficiently. I hope this book helps with learning your AR. A NOTE ABOUT VERBALIZING TO LEARN Every technique we perform is a series of actions or steps chunked together and applied in the correct sequence. To learn a technique, or to modify an existing skill, the sequence is broken down into individual steps. You have to go step by step, performing the proper sequence so you get predictable results from your actions. The problem is that our brain always wants to get ahead of the body; the mind

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