Summary: Reed takes you on an in-depth journey discovering how a rifle barrel is manufactured. Welcome to episode #30 of the AR15 Podcast. I’m your host Reed Snyder and tonight I will be trying my first solo show. This is THEE podcast about your favorite black rifle! This show is for you; whether you're building your first AR or you’ve been building AR’s for years. There’s something we can all do to take our black rifle to the next level. BREAKING NEWS: Otis has signed on to provide us with 3 months of weekly giveaways of their BONE tool and bottles of their O12 carbon remover. And Steve has reported to me personally that the giveaways have arrived. We will start our weekly giveaways next week and all you need to do to get a chance to be considered for a give away is to write in to the show at steve@ar15podcast.com or reed@ar15podcast.com. Please visit Otis Technologies at www.otistec.com for all of your gun cleaning needs. Make sure you tell them you heard about them from the AR15 podcast and the Firearms Radio Network! OTHER BREAKING NEWS: I am an idiot. I have been telling you, our faithful listeners that my email address was reed@ar15podcast.com. I was wrong. It was brought to my attention that my emails was reed@firearsmradio.tv. Management has seen fit to create an account for reed@ar15podcast.com so it works now. Just another example of the fact that we are all human here at the Firearms Radio Network, some more than others. However, since you may have sent me an email that did not make it through, I would encourage you to send it again and I apologize if you thought we were ignoring you personally. We try to bring your emails up in the shows and if we can't, we try to send personal responses. So, please try again. AR-15 Training Tip of the Week: http://www.shootingillustrated.com/index.php/26585/modified-navy-qualification-drill/ By Adam Heggenstaller Modified Navy Qualification Drill The drill was developed by former Navy SEAL Jeff Gonzales. The MNQ Drill is intended to be shot with an AR or other semi-automatic. The MNQ Drill incorporates three firing positions, magazine changes, some movement and a timer to add a bit of stress. There’s a lot going on in this drill, but you’ll need only 15 rounds to shoot it. Place a target with an 8-inch center zone at 50 yards. (A paper plate stapled to the chest area of a silhouette target works great.) Load three magazines with five rounds each. At the firing line, assume a low-ready position with the rifle loaded. When the buzzer sounds, fire five rounds from the standing position. Reload, and fire five rounds from the kneeling position. Reload again, and fire your last five rounds from the prone position. The clock stops when you fire your final shot from prone. The par time for the MNQ Drill is 25 seconds, and only hits in the 8-inch target zone count. You start with a score of 0, and are penalized for misses and time over par. The goal is to keep your score as low as possible. Add 5 points for every miss and 2 points for every second over par. Subtract 1 point for every second under par. For example, if you shoot the drill in 35 seconds with two misses, your score would be 30—20 points for the 10 seconds over par and 10 points for the pair of misses. If you shoot the drill clean in 22 seconds, your score would be -3. Gonzales is the president of Trident Concepts, a training academy based in Cedar Park, TX, and he uses the MNQ Drill to gauge the skill level of both his students and instructors. To qualify as a marksman, a student must score 25 to 40 points. A good goal for beginners is to make the 40-point cutoff, keeping in mind each miss hurts the score more than each second over par. At Trident Concepts, a score of 10 to 24 qualifies you as a sharpshooter. To make the expert level, you’ll need a score of 9 or lower. Main Topic: AR-15 Barrels in Depth How it’s manufactured Bar Stock Drilling the Bore Reaming Rifling
