http://www.stormfront.org/foru...owthread.php?t=28310 In addition to the other wonderful attributes of the AR-15, it is a wonderful platform from which to engage targets at close range. As party of the entry element of a SWAT team, I was taught and then taught others, how to point shoot the AR-15 which is fast reestablishing itself as the weapon of choice for entry teams all across America. Thankfully it is replacing the extremely over-rated mp-5.
When I first joined the team, I thought that point shooting was something that was only done with handguns. Discovering how to point shoot an AR-15 was a personal epiphany. I would like to share the technique with any here that may not be familar with it. (I by no means beleive that this technique is only applicable to the AR-15, it is just the only weapon that I have this type of experience with.)
Point shooting the AR-15 is perhaps the easiest skill you could ever develop with a weapon because the AR-15 (with its light recoil and pronounced front sight) is so user friendly in this regard. All you have to do is position the butt plate exceedingly high, almost rediculously high on your shoulder so that only about one or two inches of butt plate is in contact with your body. Since the AR-15 has so little kick, you can get away with this without experiencing any pain. The next thing is to carry the weapon pointed away from your body about 45 degrees and positioned directly in front of you. Stand with your shoulders square or almost square to a target (start out at the 3 yard line). Focus on your man sized target intently and without bending your head down to the weapon, begin raising the weapon; when the front sight looks as if it is between your eye and the target, blow off a round. The rear sight should never even register in your field of vision.
If the weapon is positioned high on your shoulder and if you saw the sight when you pulled the trigger, you should have good shot placement. We are not trying for pinpoint accuracy here, we are accepting that good enough is good enough. Even still, you should be able to put a round in a head sized target with amazing consistency at this range.
Don't make the mistake of trying to "aim" with the front sight. Merely let the breaking of your line of sight by the front sight be your visual cue to pull the trigger. The weapon should never stop until it has resettled after the recoil of the shot.
Practice doing this until you have the timing of the movement down. Once you feel comfortable, advance to a "double tap." Once you have the timing of this down, start increasing your distance away from the target. You will be amazed at how far you will have to be away from the target before you can't hit a torso sized target with a high percentage of your rounds.
This technique is all about increasing your speed but resist the temptation to try to go fast. Remember that smooth is fast in the world of firearms. Make it smooth and fast will come along all by itself.
As an afterthought, I would like to comment on round selection. As part of an entry team we were only concerned with stopping a threat in the shortest possible time. Additionally, were are not constrained by the Geneva Convention so we were free to choose the types of rounds that were most proficient at ending the threat (the bad guys life) in the shortest amount of time possible. This means that we can't wait for the guy to bleed out, we need the potential for massive, life-ending trauma with every reasonably well placed round.
The rounds that we selected to stop a human in his tracks were not the loads designed for taking down deer. We used the ones disigned for taking out prarie dogs. We used the softest tips that we could find. We wanted our rounds to turn to powder inside the chest cavity. We did not want any kenetic energy to be expended through a hole in someone's back. We wanted all that kenetic energy assorbed by his body so we used rounds that would not exit. (An added benefit to rounds that turn to powder is that balistics tests cannot be performed on them to match them to your particular weapon.)
The human creature, relative to the more primitive mamals, is a very weak and easily killed creature. Bears can often times take an amazing amount of abuse before they fall. We aren't like the bears. We are more like goats and rabbits. Humans have very little resiliancy once they receive a puncture wound and often times die simply because they have been shot rather than where they were shot. That is one of the main arguments behind the .223 vs the .30 cal, the later is just more than you need to kill a human. Just like we wouldn't squirrel hunt with a 300 magnum, we don't human hunt with a .30 cal.