THE EFFECT OF PERSONALIZED STOCKS ON RIFLE MARKSMANSHIP

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the effect of personalized stocks on rifle marksmanship in order to decide whether or not to include stock-size as a factor in Task TRAINFIRE. An Infantry School class of 169 advanced noncommissioned officers fired a record with the standard M1 rifle (initial proficiency), following which they were issued new rifle stocks according to the lengths of their forearms as measured by a method developed by the Canadian Army. Thirty-two men received short stocks (12 in.), 23 men received long stocks (14 in.), and the remaining 114 men retained their standard stocks (13 in.). They then received 40 hours of marksmanship training with the personalized stocks, terminating by firing a second record course (final proficiency). It was concluded that personalized stocks are ineffective in significantly improving rifle marksmanship. It was decided that personalized stocks will not be used in Task TRAINFIRE.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1953
Accession Number
AD0479106

Entities

People

  • Charles K. Ramond
  • Howard H. Mcfann
  • Seward Smith

Organizations

  • George Washington University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Army
  • Cartridge Cases
  • Data Science
  • Errors
  • Infantry
  • Information Science
  • Instructions
  • Marksmanship
  • Measurement
  • Noncommissioned Officers
  • Pilot Studies
  • Probability
  • Schools
  • Standards
  • Statistics
  • Training

Readers

  • Industrial Economics
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.