A SWAT team in upstate New York is being
mocked as an example of the difference between military and police
training after an officer was captured peering through a backwards sight on his combat rifle.
... 'It's disturbing to think that 1) none of his buddies corrected it, and 2) he's in a real-life situation with his optic on backwards, which means he's never fired that rifle with the optic on it, which means it isn't zeroed and he thought it was OK to show up to a gunfight with an unzeroed weapon,' wrote one Reddit user.
I do have to say he wasn't 'peering through' the sight; I (desperately hope) he'd have noticed the damn thing was on backwards if he'd ever bothered to look through it.
As I recall, it was a NYPD SWAT guy last caught with this, shortly after 9/11: standing guard with a M4(in requisite rolled-up sleeves to show the muscle) with a backward-mounted sight. Maybe it's in the air up there?
I mean, come ON, who the hell would go out on a hot call with such a sight and not look through it to make sure the damn thing was on?
Added: Uncle had the NY pic, and another. And a link or two.
7 comments:
One who doesn't even know what a properly functioning sight looks like.
Look up the dunning-Kerr effect. It's enlightening.
Dunning Krueger. iPads do odd autocorrects.
Not surprising, I am an engineer for the state and had to explain to a group of engineers the significance of aluminum oxidation in roadside appurtenances, they(liscenced engineers) were shocked they knew that aluminum didn't rust, which is why they thought we use it. We have lots of money to buy things, just no money for training.
Phelps,
Thanks for that, it explains an awful lot of things, including why democracy is such an ignorant idea
Have you seen the way they shoot? I'm fairly certain they don't realize there is supposed to be a red dot and just use the glass as a whole for aiming.
Brass
Now THAT is a scary thought
Phelps, took a look at it; explains a lot
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