Defensive Readiness Facts Follow-Up

By John Farnam

By John Farnam

Ft Collins, CO –-(Ammoland.com)- More on “Readiness”

In making the point about the importance of personal readiness in my last Quip, I didn’t intend to convey the impression that I teach students, during an emergency, to carefully adjust sights, stocks and slings, nor to sling-up, all prior to putting effective fire on threat(s)!

When the rifle is not “ergonomically optimized,” it still remains eminently usable, even with the stock retracted and the sling unused (but stowed in a manner so as to not interfere with weapon functionality).

Aimpoints are never turned off. EOTechs are turned on the instant the rifle is retrieved.

When not under our direct control, rifles are usually best kept in “transport mode” (fully-charged magazine inserted, bolt forward on an empty chamber, hammer forward, manual safety “off”)

With most western-style military rifles, once the weapon has been dry-fired (hammer forward on an empty chamber), the manual safety cannot be returned to the “on” position. This is by design. When the manual safety lever cannot be pushed into the “on” position, that tells the operator …Read the Rest

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