Costa and SR-25 Battle rifle

Farmboy said:
Chris running a Vickers sling, nice!
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It is a great sling, in fact I'm going to buy another from you very soon.

I was using that technique for years, I though I invented it back in 2001 for a while, I was wrong it turned out though.

To bad we can't get Costa up here for some carbine courses, and of course Larry Vickers would be amazing!
 
KevinB said:
There is video - coming - plus some helo shooting.

The forearm shooting is what is being taught and used in a lot of CQB shooting these days -- and the push for longer rails.

It allows you to get better control of the gun for rapid shooting and drive the gun better to follow on targets.

This was the main reason for the developement of our MRE rail years ago for a US SMU - and the reason we make our SR-16's with the longer rail now and low pro gas block.
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Kevin:

In general when one is talking about longer rails for AR-15 (5.56 and 6.8 spc) and AR-10's (7.62 Nato) respectively, what length of rail are we generally talking about??

Further, there seems to be a preferece towards compact red dots, in your opinon is there a place for low powered varialble that allow CQB to longer distance engagment.

Thx for taking the time.

regards

AbH
 
Boy, that guy sure is popular these days! Not that I am knocking him or what he does...but some guys sound a little stalky when the name come up. Reminds me of the way guys threw around Yeager's name a few years ago - although I prefer Costa to Yeager (on youtube, which is the only contact I have with either of them).

Anyway I am a little surprised to see in those last two pics that he seems to be using a light at 3 o'clock with a pressure switch.

I thought he was a "lights at 9 o'clock, pressure switches are light ADs waiting to happen" kind of a guy.

But again I have never trained with him, or anyone who has, or anyone who hasn't. I only have some pistol training under my belt. That is just what I thought.
 
I generally agree with what misanthropist said. During his gear talk he had a dual Surefire light mount on the 9 o'clock rail.

However, Chris Costa and Travis Haley both work for Magpul and probably tests all sorts of new gear provides feedback to R & D about what works and what doesn't.

In the Art of the Tactical Carbine Videos they had MSAP sling plates, MS2 slings and BAD levers long before production. They listed them as prototypes during the videos.

With all the new gear and accessories it is important for someone to test them and determine if they are actually useful. Shooting has and will continue to evolve based on new situations, gear, and training.
 
Odd, Costa preaches a leading thumb grip with your support/non dominant hand similar to that on your pistol. Yet in the photo above he has his thumb clearly wrapped atop the forend.....

To Costa's credit, and for those who believe they need more stock. Notice how Costa utilizes the NTCH cheek weld and the stock position. One click from closed.

TDC
 
TDC said:
Odd, Costa preaches a leading thumb grip with your support/non dominant hand similar to that on your pistol. Yet in the photo above he has his thumb clearly wrapped atop the forend.....



TDC
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ah he is on the light switch;)
 
I just thought as to every pic in this topic his thumb is on the switch if its there...the pic without the thumb, no light switch
 
Jamie said:
I just thought as to every pic in this topic his thumb is on the switch if its there...the pic without the thumb, no light switch
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Why not run the switch at the front of the 9 o' clock rail. This would allow you to place your thumb atop and alongside the pad and only require a minor shift to activate?

TDC
 
misanthropist said:
I could be wrong but I THINK I have heard him somewhere saying that thumb overtop is the best recoil control and if that is available he uses it.

I am dragging that out of a rarely-used corner of memory so the file may be corrupt!
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Odd, in Carbine two he stresses the benfits of using a leading thumb grip aside the boreline as opposed to on top as pictured.

TDC
 
OK, I've tried Costa's weird arm hold on my AR and it didn't work for me. Today I was sighting in my new T1 on the VZ (something wrong with that huh?) and I thought I'd try it again.

Maybe it's because I have less trigger time behind it than the AR but suddenly I was making faster/more accurate second shots. I didn't see the same results with the AR. Either way it looks like I'll be spending more time working with the new hold.
 
I think at the end of the day you gota do what works best for you. You can try different stances and holds but if it doesnt make you shoot any better than dont do it.

Just like a golf swing or a batting stance you can take tips from pro`s and then adjust it to suit yourself.
 
I've been playing around with this stance with my m14.

I've found that I am able to swing the rifle and acquire my target faster but at higher rate of fatigue. I find that while it is great for quickly "clearing" my house my arm is exhausted. When I support the rifle with the lower fore grip and the leading edge of the magazine I get fairly quick target acquisition with minimal fatigue.

So I will play with it some more, but I do not believe it is practical for a full size battle rifle, but with a light weight carbine I think it would be the bomb.
 
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