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RIFLE STANDARDS

​Archangel Defense Standards: Rifle
7 Drills with a cumulative time for your standards. It truly tests speed and accuracy, and truly knowing your capabilities.

Have Fun and it’s Ran Cold !

🤙🏻Get After it and sign up for one of our performance based events for your chance to earn the patch.

Only 62 Pro Standards patches with over 800 attempts in courses & only 8 Archangel Standards patches!

Rules
-5YD DISTANCE
-IF YOU BREAK THE LINE FOR CENTER MASS ZONE/HEAD ZONE IT COUNTS AS A CLEAN HIT. Vitals are the target zone and including the spine. Head target is a 5” circle/brain
-A MISS OUTSIDE TARET ZONE COUNTS AS A HALF+ (.50) SECOND PENALTY (IN SILHOUETTE),MORE THAN 3 MISSES IS A FAILED ASSESSMENT
A COMPLETE MISS OF THE TARGET IS A FAILED ASSESSMENT (OUTSIDE SILHOUETTE)
-IF YOU RUN ALL STAGES IN 25 SECONDS OR LESS YOU WILL RECEIVE A PRO PATCH FOR PROFESSIONAL STANDARD, 20 SECONDS OR LESS YOU WILL RECEIVE THE GOLD WINGS PATCH FOR THE ARCHANGEL STANDARD (earned in events only)

Your position of Low (45degrees at the ground)or High Ready (Stock inside of arm pit)Start.

Stages
1. 2 shots CM
2. 2 shots head
3. 2 shots CM, 2 shots head
4. 10 shots CM
5. 2 shots T1 (left) tac reload with safety engaged, stow mag, engage T2 (right) (targets are 1yd apart, if you drop the mag, it’s a +10sec penalty)
6. 2 shots CM Target T1 1 transition, 2 shots CM Target 2, 1 shot head T2 transition 1 shot head T1 (target 1 yard apart)
7.  2 shots Center Mass, emergency reload (empty) 1 shot to the head

Competent: 35.0- 30.1sec
Advanced: 30.0sec - 25.1 sec
Professional: 25.0 sec- 20.1 sec
Archangel: 20.0 sec or less

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8x11 or 11x 17 format ⬇️
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