Moons Out 2025 Launch: Prepare Your NODs!

This video details the author's experience at the Moons Out 2025 night vision competition, a brutality-style event emphasizing physical challenges and shooting under NODs. It covers the author's specific rifle setup, including dual laser aiming modules, and recounts memorable stages like shooting from a moving Humvee and a challenging blind stage within a shoot house. The author placed 15th out of 117 competitors in their first night vision match.

The Moons Out 2025 Night Vision Competition, hosted at Echo Valley Training Center, featured 10 challenging stages designed to test skills beyond basic shooting under night vision. Competitors engaged targets in various scenarios, including medical emergencies, dynamic movement, and complex target identification, emphasizing the practical application of night vision equipment and operational skills. The event was lauded for its excellent organization, safety, and innovative stage design, with participants competing in both passive and active night vision divisions.

This video details the stages of the Moons Out 2025 night vision rifle match, showcasing the use of an AR-15 equipped with a PEQ-15A laser/illuminator and EOTech optic. The presenter, Ian McCollum, navigates various challenging stages that test marksmanship, tactical decision-making, and proficiency with night vision equipment under simulated combat scenarios. The content highlights the importance of effective IR illumination and laser aiming for night engagements.

This video covers the second night of the Moons Out 2025 night rifle match, detailing stages like 'Bound Forward,' 'Double Wide of Death,' 'BMOT Knight Assault' (featuring a kettlebell drill), 'Radio Freakout' with radio commands, and 'Assault on Camp A107' involving concertina wire. The shooter, Ian McCollum, utilizes a Lage 556 Mac 11 A1 conversion with a B Meers Maul IR laser aiming module and night vision, highlighting the challenges and techniques required for night shooting competitions. The match emphasizes advanced shooting skills under low-light conditions.

This video documents the first night of the Moons Out 2025 night rifle match, featuring various stages designed to test shooting skills under low-light conditions. Lead Firearms Instructor Ian McCullum uses a modified Lage Max 11 A115 chambered in 5.56 NATO, equipped with a PTR Vent suppressor and night vision gear. The competition highlights practical application of firearms and tactical equipment in a challenging, simulated combat environment.

This guide details the specific technique for separating two MAS-36 rifles that have been inadvertently locked together by their bayonets. It outlines the historical context of this issue, the modification made to the bayonet to resolve it, and the step-by-step procedure for disengagement. The technique requires precise alignment and the use of a pointed tool to access the internal release mechanism, as demonstrated by firearms expert Ian McCollum.

This guide details the loading and firing procedure for the M134 Minigun, as explained by Ian McCollum. It covers manual indexing of the barrel cluster, feeding the ammunition belt, engaging controls, and firing. The guide also touches upon the weapon's spin-down inertia and the function of modern clutch systems. Expert instruction from a recognized firearms historian highlights the technical aspects of operating this powerful weapon system.

This guide details the operational features of the H&K G11 K2, a prototype assault rifle known for its caseless ammunition and unique rotating drum bolt. It covers the selector settings, magazine capacity, integrated optics, and the internal action designed for recoil management during high-rate-of-fire bursts. Expert insights from Ian McCollum highlight the historical context and technical innovations of this advanced firearm.

This guide details the operation of the German L.Gr.W.36 50mm light mortar, as demonstrated by expert Ian McCollum. It covers assembly, leveling procedures, ammunition handling, and live fire execution, emphasizing the difficulty in visually tracking the projectile. The instruction highlights the importance of proper setup for accuracy.