M18 tips and tricks to make you a better shooter: 7000rds later

[@PatrickMalone-fj2ul]

A close up shot of the sights and dots would be a plus.

[@dadbehrouhbakhsh626]

I had a hell of a time shooting may M18 after switching from Glock. I love the feel of the M18, way better than the Glock (for my hands), but took lots of rounds through the M18 to go from terrible to semi-ok!🙂

[@DIYDad1]

You're absolutely right, I had to figure this out with my older HK hammer fired guns, it's more of a "deep hold" with the sights. I had to adjust. They are now my favorite guns to shoot. Every platform is going to have it's quirks. Just have to work with it and experiment and once you get the fundamentals down, you can divert a bit to refine things.

[@MagicPrepper]

Incoming "it will explode / shoot you in the leg" comments. There, now we can get past that.

[@PreparedAirman]

Lol. I prefer to throw mine like a grenade!

[@MagicPrepper]

@@PreparedAirman haha

[@DIYDad1]

MP is always up in the comments of my favorite youtubers! Me, being Prepper turned gun enthusiast in the hardest way 😂.

[@tacticalbt1023]

But it kinda does apparently to many cases to overlook at this point. Safety model is only one id carry

[@rickmeyer3458]

Man I really appreciate this video. I thought I was a decent shooter until I shot my m18. Everything went low left. Thank you

[@stephenreynolds8135]

Thank you so much. They don’t allow the older troops like myself to properly train out the habits of the M9. So the M18 was rough. This helped a bunch.

[@koori3085]

Thanks Airman, will take a look at this and see if old ways can be revisited!

[@Op4Grunt0311]

This is interesting and I need to try this out, I do have the same issue also low left

[@Thousand_yard_King]

It's the same with my Ruger P series, it has combat sights on it as well, once I figured that out I tacked everything down!!

[@koori3085]

First serious use was a P89, was thinking, what's he talking about, shooting the M9 made me feel a little silly when I had to, was just that different.

[@BRE4CHnCLE4R]

Sights from factory are generally zeroed at 25 yards.... thats why your shooting slightly low at 3 yards, height over bore

[@PreparedAirman]

I'm anticipating all the so called "Firearm Experts" will show up and complain. This is something that worked for me, your mileage may vary.. So, instead of typing and complaining, make your own video and show me your rebuttal.

[@nickclayton1935]

We just switched to M18s and I was consistently having this issue. I’ll have to try this next time

[@PreparedAirman]

Hopefully it helps

[@tired2sleep]

I see the same with my P365. could be a sig thing

[@nobody177]

Could you do a video on your experience with the Berretta?

[@PreparedAirman]

Yeah, I can do that.

[@joeloporto5210]

It all makes sense now. I don’t show left but always low… Ive been thinking its my grip. Its the goddamn sights!

[@ghostbear4417]

Can you run the test with different grain weights. I know there were problems withe the M9 sights when the army changed grain weights.

[@btrinidy5380]

I’m confused. Line up the dot on the rear end with the target dot ?

[@ENard-Oneder]

Shot the M18 yesterday for the first time at the range and it def shot lower for me too! What pants are those?

[@PreparedAirman]

Tru spec 24?7 expedition pants- kzbin.info/www/bejne/opayfGuqnrJrmZYsi=J9Nz1LjUVk_Fzyj4

[@jamesborek8125]

Which would be your pick? The M9 or the Sig?

[@livingtheamericandreaminth1872]

For me my M18 hits to the right I'm going to guess its the equal light causing that and for the commercial M18 the sights are slightly different

[@lolk4530]

Do they allow you to put an optic on yours?

[@PreparedAirman]

No, not yet. at my unit, we don't have the holsters to incorporate them yet.

[@charleshooper1465]

KEEP SHOOTIN SWEET HEART!!! YOU Air Force GUYS KILL ME!!!!

[@pyeitme508]

Useful 😃

[@TheeLiberator]

what holster?

[@PreparedAirman]

The holster I'm using is a Safariland 7378 7TS ALS for a M17 and TLR1. It's mounted on a QLS fork on a Midride belt mount.

[@schizosaint777]

Sigger

[@perpetualconfusion5885]

wtf, I thought it was me, the moment I tried the m17 for the first time, great group, just left

[@iricharddrake1692]

The m17 shoots phenomenal The M18 on the other hand shoots like shit why any of you prefer this over anything else that’s pretty much on market is beyond me Glock FN S&W all of them she way smoother the way this one recoils you might as well have a micro compact the XL even shoot better than I love my M 17 I love my XL I got rid of my M 18 absolutely horrible

[@joshuadean1987]

You never showed the sights or adressed what was actilually different... wtf is that about.

[@PreparedAirman]

I explain that starting at 2:59 They are combat sights, not percision sights. If you treat them the same, you will not be accurate.

[@BeansAndBullets]

Bro.. where do we aim at?.. you just made a word salad

[@ianaquila1858]

“Step 1: Throw it in the trash”

[@PreparedAirman]

Lol. If you throw it, it may go off on It's own...

[@M81_WOODLAND]

Great Value Garand Thumb. 👎 Give it up, it's been done to death already.

[@PreparedAirman]

Thanks for the view, comment, and Ad revenue. Ive actually owned and have been filming the M17/M18 before Garandthumb ever did... sorry you're late.. here's the original video kzbin.info/www/bejne/e6aqnH-fhM2KhZY

[@tyc4587]

Very helpful. And apparently very wrong