Videos tagged with Viking Tactics

This content, featuring Retired Sgt. Maj. Kyle Lamb of Viking Tactics, Inc., focuses on the practical application of the AR-15 platform within the NRA ARC Challenge. It emphasizes fundamental shooting skills such as zeroing, understanding mechanical offset, and utilizing holdovers, crucial for both new and experienced shooters. The discussion highlights how the AR platform's modularity and the ARC Challenge's structure encourage skill development and informed gear choices for all levels of firearm owners.

This expert guide from NRA America's Rifle Challenge, featuring Kyle Lamb, details how to zero an AR-15 rifle for various shooting scenarios. It covers initial zeroing at 100 yards, understanding height over bore, and advanced dialing techniques for longer ranges using specific ammunition and scope adjustments. The instruction emphasizes practical application for competition divisions.

This expert guide from Kyle Lamb of Viking Tactics, presented as part of the NRA America's Rifle Challenge, details essential techniques for using a two-point quick-adjust sling. It covers sling application for stability in prone and kneeling positions, safe transitions between strong and support sides, and maintaining rifle security during sidearm transitions. The instruction emphasizes the sling's role in enhancing rifle control and safety.

This guide details the expert process of mounting a rifle scope, emphasizing precision and proper technique. Kyle Lamb of Viking Tactics demonstrates critical steps including achieving a solid mount, correctly torquing scope mount cross bolts to 65 inch-pounds using a Fix It Sticks torque limiter, and ensuring the scope is perfectly leveled using bubble levels. The guide also covers setting eye relief, checking for full field of view, and using index marks with a paint pen for ongoing verification.

This guide details the technique for transitioning from a strong-side to a support-side shooting position while utilizing a barricade, as demonstrated by Kyle Lamb. It emphasizes safe firearm handling, proper sling management, and efficient body mechanics for engaging targets from an unconventional position. The instruction is delivered with expert authority, suitable for intermediate shooters looking to enhance their competition skills.

This guide provides essential advice for new competitors entering their first AR Challenge match, drawing from the expertise of Kyle Lamb of Viking Tactics. It emphasizes the importance of foundational training, diligent record-keeping through a shooting log, and the value of building a community of fellow shooters. The guide also touches on involving family in shooting sports and preparing your equipment for competition.

This guide details advanced barricade shooting techniques from the NRA America's Rifle Challenge (ARC), presented by expert Kyle Lamb of Viking Tactics. It covers five distinct positions, emphasizing stability through body mechanics and rifle manipulation for improved accuracy and faster transitions in competition and practical scenarios. The techniques are applicable beyond ARC matches to hunting and self-defense.

This video features retired Sergeant Major Kyle Lamb demonstrating a critical AR-15 training drill focused on effective target engagement under pressure. Lamb, a highly experienced special operations veteran, breaks down the drill into specific shot placements: three to the chest, one to the head, and one to the pelvis, emphasizing the importance of the lower torso when facing armored threats. The session highlights the need for controlled cadence, accurate transitions, and aggressive gun handling to achieve optimal performance metrics like split times.

This video introduces the America's Rifle Challenge (ARC), a competition format for AR-style rifles. Kyle Lamb, President of Viking Tactics, explains that ARC allows participants to compete with friends and develop new shooting skills. Viewers are encouraged to visit the NRA booth and arc.nra.org for more information.

This review of the VTAC Hydura Sling by Kit Badger highlights its unique cam buckle system for rapid length adjustment, differentiating it from typical captured-tail slings. The presenter, Ivan, demonstrates how to loosen, tighten, and even temporarily capture the sling's tail using integrated Velcro, offering a hybrid approach. The sling is praised for its ability to achieve a very tight fit for dynamic activities like sprinting or climbing, while still allowing for sufficient length for stable shooting positions.

This guide details the process of zeroing a red dot sight, emphasizing the comparison between point of impact and point of aim. It covers using bore sighting tools for initial alignment and live fire for refinement, as demonstrated by an instructor with high authority. Key steps include using the correct adjustment tool and understanding how to move the point of impact based on the optic's markings.

This YouTube video, titled "Not a Fudd" and featuring Kyle Lamb, focuses on "EDC Drills to Keep the Rust Away." The alternate title, "Kyle Schools Josh on the Range," suggests an instructional or demonstration-oriented approach to practical shooting skills for everyday carry (EDC). The content likely involves live-fire drills and techniques to maintain proficiency with firearms for self-defense scenarios. The inclusion of the hashtag #dirtycivilian and the mention of Viking Tactics implies a practical, no-nonsense, and potentially tactical application of shooting skills.