Basic Rifle Marksmanship

Question 1

Name the five phases in Basic Rifle Marksmanship?

Answer 1

1. Preliminary Rifle Instruction
2. Downrange Feedback
3. Field Fire
4. Advanced Rifle Marksmanship
5. Advanced Optics, Laser and Iron Sights

Question 2

What are the four fundamentals of marksmanship?

Answer 2

1. Steady Position
2. Proper Aim (Sight Picture)
3. Breathing
4. Trigger Squeeze

Question 3

What are the 8 steps in the functioning of the M4, M16/A2 rifle?

Answer 3

1. Feeding
2. Chambering
3. Locking
4. Firing
5. Unlocking
6. Extracting
7. Ejecting
8. Cocking

Question 4

Describe the procedures for clearing the M16/A2 Rifle?

Answer 4

1. Point the muzzle in a designated SAFE DIRECTION. Attempt
   to place selector lever on SAFE. If weapon is not cocked,
   lever cannot be placed on SAFE.
2. Remove the magazine.
3. To lock bolt open, pull charging handle rearward. Press
   bottom of bolt catch and allow bolt to move forward until it
   engages bolt catch. Return charging handle to full forward
   position. If you have not done so before, place the selector
   lever on SAFE.
4. Visually (not physically) inspect the receiver and chamber to
   ensure these areas contain no ammo.
5. With the selector lever pointing toward SAFE, allow the bolt to
   go forward by pressing the upper portion of the bolt catch.
6. Place the selector lever on SEMI and squeeze the trigger.
7. Pull the charging handle fully rearward and release it,
   allowing the bolt to return to the full forward position.
8. Place the select or lever on SAFE.
9. Close the ejection port cover.

Question 5

What does the acronym SPORTS stand for?

Answer 5

Slap, Pull, Observe, Release, Tap and Shoot

Question 6

Is SPORTS an Immediate or Remedial Action?

Answer 6

Immediate action

Question 7

What is immediate action?

Answer 7

Immediate action involves quickly applying a possible
correction to reduce a stoppage without performing
troubleshooting procedures to determine the actual
cause.(SPORTS)

Question 8

What is remedial action?

Answer 8

Remedial action is the continuing effort to determine the cause
for a stoppage of normal function and to try to clear the
stoppage once it has been identified.

Question 9

What is a malfunction?

Answer 9

The weapon ceasing to fire due to a stoppage resulting from
mechanical failure of the weapon, magazine or ammo.

Question 10

What is stoppage and how do you clear it?

Answer 10

A stoppage is a failure of an automatic or semiautomatic firearm
to complete the cycle of operation…By applying immediate or
remedial action