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Saturday, August 2, 2008

Weapons Stuff: The CSAT Rear Sight for AR-15/M-16, by XS Sight Systems

Filed under: Weapons Stuff — Tags: , , , , , — Matt @ 3:04 PM

    This sight is brand new, and there really isn’t much input about it.  It looks promising though and I just wanted to get this up on FJ so guys know that it exists. 

     I do like the fact that this rear sight has a notch, just like a pistol.  I also like the horizontal serrations carved into it, and this falls in line with the sight that Larry Vickers likes called the Slantpro Straight 8 by Heinie.  I have that sight on my Glock, and it is an outstanding rear sight aperture for pistols.

    But like I said, I do not own this rear sight and I haven’t heard any feedback about this sight, except for one comment at the XS store website where you can buy this sight.  On the CSAT website, they give a better description of how to use this new rear sight, so be sure to check that out as well.

    Also, I wanted to give a heads up that CSAT is coming out with a new rifle based on the AR 15 platform and that this rear sight will probably be a standard feature of this rifle.  It will be great to see the final product in the near future.  –Head Jund

The Combat Site

CSAT Rear Sight for AR-15\M-16

By XS Sight Systems 

AR-15 rear sight aperture from Paul Howe

Use the notch for 7 yard zero.

Use the small aperture for 100 yard zero.

AR-0005-7 for the CSAT rear sight aperture with the 24/7 tritium front sight $95.

22-2300-A-0009 replacement rear aperture CSAT $35.

Buy it here

 

Saturday, May 3, 2008

Tactical Thought Process: Clearing a Building

    This is a great video that shows the difficulties of doing these kind of operations. Being able to secure a house for observation purposes or setting up an ‘alamo’ house for you and your client during a catastrophic attack, will require clearing a building. For that reason, it is good to have some knowledge on how to do such a thing in a high threat environment.  And what this video presents, are the kind of obstacles in doing such a thing.   In this video, they tried to secure the roof, but it looks like they had company in the basement and did not want get in there and take prisoners.  In this case, the Marines just pulled out of the house, and blew it up because that was the safest, simplest and easiest option.  I don’t blame them either.   

     As for training for such things, the military and actual combat experience doing such a thing is a plus for the contractor. Or for you law enforcement guys, SWAT would be a good route, so you could take that into contracting. If you are a civilian, with none of that kind of background and training, your best bet is to seek civilian training. For that, I have to recommend Paul Howe’s Basic SWAT course(1 and 2) that he puts on at his school called CSAT. Do your research, and ask around, and it won’t be hard to find a good reputable school. (more…)

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Industry Talk: Thoughts on the OODA Loop, Paul Howe and Ken Good

     This article is a little old, but really interesting.  I first caught on to the whole OODA(Observe, Orient, Decide, Act) concept after reading Paul Howe’s book called ‘Leadership and Training for the Fight’.  Since then, I find myself applying those principals of OODA to my every day work, when overseas or home.   

      In a simplified version, of how I use it, this all relates to winning the fight.  You either can beat the enemy with speed or beat the enemy with surprise, or a little bit of both. And in this industry, beating the enemy means, keeping your client alive.  That ‘randomness’ and ‘unpredictability’ is a tool, that can totally help you accomplish this task. Also, the more you can isolate the enemy and keep them in the dark, the better your chances of survival and protecting your client. 

     And the various tricks of ‘observing’ and ‘orienting’ to compress the OODA loop, as described by Paul, was fascinating and really made sense to me.   I highly suggest studying OODA, and we can thank Col. John Boyd for developing such a concept.  We can also thank men like Ken Good and Paul Howe for their incredible interpretations of such concepts.

     On a side note, after reading the book, I had a brand new view point on binoculars and rifle optics.  I subsequently bought a Trijicon ACOG afterwards, and it has been one of the best purchases I have ever made for field work.  Here is a link for Paul’s book, a wiki entry on OODA Loop, and Ken Good’s article below.  I hope you enjoy. -Head Jundi 

Paul Howe book.

http://www.amazon.com/LEADERSHIP-TRAINING-FIGHT-THOUGHTS-OPERATIONS/dp/1420889508/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_a 

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From Wikipedia

The OODA Loop

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OODA_loop

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Got a Second?
Boyd’s Cycle – OODA Cycle
Written by Ken J. Good , Director, Surefire Institute

Introduction
Today?s environment of accelerating scientific discoveries and technological change bring ever-improving hardware to the end user.  In this climate is it easy to overlook and even abandon the core foundation of any weapon system, the interplay and perceptions of the human mind in a combative situation.

A man who understood this better than most was Col. John Boyd, USAF (Ret.) Col. Boyd was tasked with determining why American pilots in apparently inferior aircraft were consistently outmatching their Korean counterparts.  Air to air combat takes place in a 360-degree sphere and represents the pinnacle of the man and machine relationship coupled with the man on man dynamic warriors dream about. (more…)

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