I qualified as ‘expert’ marksman, 1967...js
In ‘69 I qualified “Expert” on the M-14...”Sharpshooter” on the M-16. BCT was the first time I had ever *seen* a rifle,let alone fired one. I liked the M-14 much better than the M-16.But I suspect that if I had been 11 Bravo in the rice paddies I probably would have had a different attitude.
Ft Ord AIT. If I remember correctly the farthest target was 400 yds, not meters, iron sights.