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Originally Posted by Lang
The average soldier gets maybe 15 rounds to learn the weapon and probably never sees one fired again in service. Those whose job has pistols as a possible part of their combat equipment get one or two days a year on the pistol range (unless they are training for or actually on deployment).
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Obviously the Aus and Canadian armies think alike. For many years I didn't have to fire unless I wanted. Nowadays, my trade is a noncombat inside work support trade (not saying too much on the internet). My annual qual is about 60 rds on a very manageable course of fire. Unless I get a bad rifle, I invariably fire the highest possible score. Last year I fired rifle and pistol quals, and had top score in both. (Some of Blackie's genes are carried through the greatgrandparent's line.) Before this last deployment, the course of fire included firing with a gas mask at 100yds, standing to kneeling snaps, and a 200 to 100 run down. The outside the wire trades have two more qual levels including nights, positions, fire and movement.
