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Originally Posted by HOLLiS
I notice that the standing position that is being taught to day is different than what I learned.
We were taught that one should be able to shoot a rifle one handed. That was the foundation of forming a solid shooting platform. The right elbow would be up and the arm pulling the rifle into the shoulder.
I noticed now elbows are down.
The left arm supported the rifle, The upper arm would be snug against the chest, Hand palm up supported the rifle under the mag. We were told having the arm extended was not as stable.
Obviously a fore grip would not be used in this situation. I was trained on the M14. This technique seem to work well with the M16.
Is the new style because of the M4 physical characteristics are that much different?
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The elbows are down because we got tired of bashing them into doorways. 
I think the rest of it can be attributed to different mission and environment. The other 7 are still the same.
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