1 00:00:00,140 --> 00:00:02,750 Yeah , you're good . All right , you 2 00:00:02,750 --> 00:00:04,760 ready ? Standby . Mhm . 3 00:00:33,940 --> 00:00:34,260 On . 4 00:00:38,740 --> 00:00:39,740 Yeah , 5 00:00:44,140 --> 00:00:46,140 I've been interested in competitive 6 00:00:46,140 --> 00:00:48,029 shooting since 2000 and I've been 7 00:00:48,029 --> 00:00:50,196 shooting competitively . I got into it 8 00:00:50,196 --> 00:00:52,473 back when it was more bullseye focused . 9 00:00:52,473 --> 00:00:52,460 It's always been a passion of mine . I 10 00:00:52,460 --> 00:00:55,040 enjoy shooting guns and the ability to 11 00:00:55,050 --> 00:00:57,380 shoot a tight group or shoot accurately 12 00:00:57,390 --> 00:01:01,050 is to me a very is an important skill 13 00:01:01,050 --> 00:01:03,106 to have . Especially as a marine . I 14 00:01:03,106 --> 00:01:05,050 wanted to come out here to want to 15 00:01:05,050 --> 00:01:07,272 expose the marines to a different style 16 00:01:07,272 --> 00:01:09,383 of shooting what they usually used to 17 00:01:09,383 --> 00:01:09,250 in competition , push our boundaries a 18 00:01:09,250 --> 00:01:11,750 little bit so that they can travel at a 19 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:13,750 place as far as phoenix for an 20 00:01:13,750 --> 00:01:16,590 overnight trip and just really expose 21 00:01:16,590 --> 00:01:18,690 them to a , there's something new in 22 00:01:18,690 --> 00:01:21,730 the competitive world . What size of 23 00:01:21,730 --> 00:01:22,730 the gone ? 24 00:01:26,740 --> 00:01:30,150 Yeah . Yeah . Mhm . 25 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:33,730 Yeah . Yeah . 26 00:01:36,340 --> 00:01:40,090 Yeah . So we started out at the 300 27 00:01:40,090 --> 00:01:43,620 yard mark and we shot some I think they 28 00:01:43,620 --> 00:01:46,090 were 12" steel gongs , 29 00:01:46,100 --> 00:01:50,010 six shots to get 30 00:01:50,010 --> 00:01:53,000 six hits . And then we moved over to 31 00:01:53,010 --> 00:01:55,800 more about 25 m and then shooting some 32 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:57,856 steel , going through some different 33 00:01:57,856 --> 00:02:00,340 barricades and whatnot , moved over to 34 00:02:00,350 --> 00:02:04,210 the 200 yard mark shot pistol at 100 m 35 00:02:04,220 --> 00:02:06,250 and then we shot rifle at the 200 m 36 00:02:06,250 --> 00:02:08,410 mark at steel targets and then to 37 00:02:08,410 --> 00:02:10,632 finish it off , we did all steel pistol 38 00:02:10,632 --> 00:02:13,060 at the 25 yard mark . It is 39 00:02:16,940 --> 00:02:19,107 uh , there's a lot of people that come 40 00:02:19,107 --> 00:02:21,162 out and they think that , you know , 41 00:02:21,162 --> 00:02:23,384 they're God's gift of shooting and they 42 00:02:23,384 --> 00:02:25,890 get humbled very quickly . Um , you 43 00:02:25,890 --> 00:02:28,230 know , I had had some success in the 44 00:02:28,230 --> 00:02:30,230 bull's eye area , but coming out to 45 00:02:30,230 --> 00:02:32,286 action shooting is a whole different 46 00:02:32,286 --> 00:02:34,341 style , the shooting to learn and it 47 00:02:34,341 --> 00:02:36,397 really , it forces you to constantly 48 00:02:36,397 --> 00:02:38,730 try to push yourself and be better . Um , 49 00:02:38,730 --> 00:02:40,786 and then through that competition it 50 00:02:40,786 --> 00:02:40,560 breeds excellence and it allows you to 51 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:42,727 take what you learn out here because I 52 00:02:42,727 --> 00:02:45,110 can touch base and talk to other 53 00:02:45,110 --> 00:02:47,332 shooters , civilian shooters and we can 54 00:02:47,332 --> 00:02:49,880 share ideas and share just different T . 55 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:52,370 T . P . S . And from there we can take 56 00:02:52,370 --> 00:02:54,259 that back and we can again we can 57 00:02:54,259 --> 00:02:56,370 incorporate that into our lessons and 58 00:02:56,370 --> 00:02:58,537 our teaching for the marines that come 59 00:02:58,537 --> 00:03:00,759 out to him to you . So it just it's all 60 00:03:00,759 --> 00:03:02,926 about increasing the survivability and 61 00:03:02,926 --> 00:03:04,981 lethality of the marines in combat . 62 00:03:04,981 --> 00:03:07,037 There's definitely other people that 63 00:03:07,037 --> 00:03:09,259 are better than us . So keep practicing 64 00:03:09,259 --> 00:03:11,148 pistols . Probably our biggest uh 65 00:03:11,148 --> 00:03:13,148 biggest thing to practice on . It's 66 00:03:13,148 --> 00:03:15,481 just a whole different ball game . Yeah , 67 00:03:15,481 --> 00:03:18,420 my favorite part about today was really 68 00:03:18,420 --> 00:03:20,642 just seeing the marines improve . I saw 69 00:03:20,642 --> 00:03:22,864 marines that really had prior to coming 70 00:03:22,864 --> 00:03:24,753 here , A lot of issues with steel 71 00:03:24,753 --> 00:03:26,864 plates and steel targets . I saw them 72 00:03:27,330 --> 00:03:30,060 improve like right before my eyes , so 73 00:03:30,060 --> 00:03:32,227 it's really impressive to see the hard 74 00:03:32,227 --> 00:03:34,338 work and dedication put into training 75 00:03:34,338 --> 00:03:36,504 to come out here . Really paid off and 76 00:03:36,504 --> 00:03:38,671 it was very , as a Oh , I see the team 77 00:03:38,671 --> 00:03:41,670 is very rewarding . I figured have the 78 00:03:41,670 --> 00:03:43,670 time to shoot while I'm in , so I'm 79 00:03:43,670 --> 00:03:45,837 going to do it and I definitely showed 80 00:03:45,837 --> 00:03:47,837 me a different sport that I'm super 81 00:03:47,837 --> 00:03:50,170 interested in and continue to pursue it . 82 00:03:50,340 --> 00:03:52,562 I would say that , I mean over the past 83 00:03:52,562 --> 00:03:54,900 24 hours we got to come out to Phoenix 84 00:03:54,910 --> 00:03:56,577 experience , a great level of 85 00:03:56,577 --> 00:03:58,632 hospitality from the people that ran 86 00:03:58,632 --> 00:04:00,854 the range shoot , an awesome match that 87 00:04:00,854 --> 00:04:03,410 had a lot of challenging stages . Uh , 88 00:04:03,420 --> 00:04:05,531 we were pushed , we were challenged , 89 00:04:05,531 --> 00:04:09,010 we were , we had marines rise up to 90 00:04:09,010 --> 00:04:11,120 that challenge and it's just , it's 91 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:13,120 great . It's an extremely rewarding 92 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:16,330 experience because it will put , it 93 00:04:16,330 --> 00:04:18,552 will make you better as things that you 94 00:04:18,552 --> 00:04:20,663 might have thought you were good at . 95 00:04:20,663 --> 00:04:22,886 But you can always improve . Yeah . And 96 00:04:22,886 --> 00:04:24,886 you just get traveling , shooting , 97 00:04:24,886 --> 00:04:27,490 competing and just begin to do this for 98 00:04:27,490 --> 00:04:30,590 a living . It's unbelievable .