Crack Shot Crackshot introduces Army Marksmanship (1971 training film)

By Bob Owens | 4:46 PM | November 29, 2013

I knew that drug abuse was rampant in the 1970s but was unaware that it seeped into U.S. Army marksmanship training films as well.

“Crack Shot Crackshot” seems to be making an effort to be the Jerry Lewis of the firing range.

As someone who teaches rifle marksmanship based upon Army techniques used in World War I, it is interesting to watch the deviations in theory from the 1910s to the 1970s.

Bob Owens is the Editor of BearingArms.com. Bob is a graduate of roughly 400 hours of professional firearms training classes, including square range and force-on force work with handguns and carbines. He is a past volunteer instructor with Project Appleseed. He most recently received his Vehicle Close Quarters Combat Instructor certification from Centrifuge Training, and is the author of the short e-book, So You Want to Own a Gun. He can be found on Twitter at bob_owens.