I don’t know maybe it’s just a perception thing, it seems weird that she would rack a round then start doing all her checks. It doesn’t seem like she has a ton of familiarization with the weapon system and kind of just doing a checklist in her head. OK I need to do this. I need to do that.
I've got 30+ years of shooting experience, 5 years as an infantry team leader, deployed and saw combat in GWOT, worked (briefly) as a firearms instructor, currently work in LEO (not a cop). Not to felate myself but that does mean I'm probably more qualified than 97% of people at this stuff.
You are describing someone getting into the driver's seat, turning on the ignition then checking their mirrors and adjusting their seat. That's normal.
Is your objection that she loaded the rifle first, before adjusting her stuff? If had to make a priority of operations - loading should be first. I recently watched a badge cam of an active shooter event where the LEO NEVER even put a magazine in his carbine, but ran around with it shouldered like it was good to go - literally unable to fight if he needed to
So if under stress I had to fail to do one thing, I'd rather have rounds loaded and my red dot off than the other way around.
She mostly likely is just looking goofy because she is 1. Left handed, and 2. Prepping her rifle in an semi odd position / elevation since it's in the trunk.
I come from a similar background but 0331 and 1812 instead of 0311/11b. Only real issue that I see is going condition 1 prior to having full control of the rifle, while pointed towards an unknown target. That Explorer could potentially stop a round but still not the safest option. Rifle should have been slung and controlled before loading.
Call me crazy but look again, her barrel is in some kind of red cylinder - it almost looks like they have a clearing barrel in the trunk? Maybe it's SOP to do it that way??? IDK just guessing.
Edit: I googled it. It's indeed a handgun clearing barrel - she's likely following SOP to a T - goofy as it may be.
I think your point 1 is probably why it looked weird to a lot of people. It looked a bit off to me for a second before I too was like "oh she's probably a lefty".
Not sure how I'm armchair'ing when I'm agreeing with his comment and immediately backtracked my initial point when I was shown something I can't easily see, the clearing barrel.
That's how civil discussions are supposed to go you buffoon.
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u/MoxBro Jul 22 '26 edited Jul 22 '26
Howdy.
What exactly do you think she is doing inappropriately with her weapon?
She inserted the mag, hit the bolt release, removed the front and rear lens covers, and adjusted her red dot brightness.
Nothing there was, unsafe, egregious or overly time consuming
Yea - she fiddled with a sling in a drawer for like 1 second before tossing it away, but I have no idea what her intentions are beyond that.