The Best Night Rifle Match Yet: Moons Out 2025, Night 1

This video covers stages 6 through 10 of the Moons Out 2026 Night Rifle Match, sponsored by Nocturne Industries. The shooter navigates various challenges including moving targets, physical exertion with weighted dummies, vehicle ambushes, booby-trapped courses, and a shoot house. The competition emphasizes shooting under passive night vision, highlighting the difficulties and techniques required for low-light engagement. The event showcases a variety of tactical scenarios and gear, with a focus on practical application in a competitive environment.

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.

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.

Moons Out 2026 is an advanced nighttime rifle competition taking place March 6-8, 2026, at Echo Valley Training Center in West Virginia. Registration opens December 1st. The match features 10 stages over two nights, emphasizing night vision and rifle sighting capabilities in practical scenarios, including medical and vehicular stages. Four divisions are offered: Thermal, Passive, Active, and Armored TST, with strict rules on light emission and equipment.

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.

Moons Out 2025 is an advanced rifle-only night vision competition held March 14-16, 2025, at Echo Valley Training Center. The match features 10 stages designed to test practical nighttime skills using passive IR, active IR, or thermal optics. Participants must have prior competition experience and proficiency with night vision gear. The event emphasizes safety with strict protocols and experienced range officers.

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.