What a day. (Part 3)

I'm back and.. having a headache. I guess I can't be under the sun or heat for too long now. Need the conditioning and getting used to being under the sun.
(Oh, by the way.. 2 days ago I stayed over in camp.)

My headache has been brought over from yesterday's activities in camp. We had a 5km Route March, nothing to brag about.. I really felt weak as I reached the 4km mark. That's the start of the headaches. I might have been mildly dehydrated and had not drank alot before the march.

Then, we had a Technical Handling of the SAR21 rifle. Haha, why weren't we issued with this rifle in the past? It's probably the easiest rifle I've ever handled but, it's heavier than the M16, by about 500g ~ 1kg. It makes a lot of difference this weights. Not kidding. Just holding it for about 5 minutes.. your arm is hurting. Heh. About an hour later after lunch, we had range at Nee Soon Camp for our SAR21 Familiarisation Shoot. That's where the fun and hell began for me!

I don't know if I'm supposed to say this here, but FUCK IT! I was issued with 5 x 6 rounds, meaning 5 magazines with 6 bullets in each. So total 30 LIVE bullets. My detail is then called to head towards the shooting 'bay'.. and commanded to load the a magazine of 6 bullets in the SAR21, only to realise, 1 of my 5 magazines, IS MISSING 1 BULLET. I WAS TOTALLY IN A STATE OF CONFUSION. I might have forced the magazine out TOO hard from my SBO and caused the bullet to be released from the magazine, OR I had miscounted when I was issued. But oh well,.. I was re-issued with one more bullet (meaning I now had drawn 31 bullets, one missing)

Shoot was fun! But I always made a silly mistake, I HAD ALWAYS LEFT MY "SAFETY" on! I missed the last target, sadly.. 'cause I was thinking about the missing bullet. So out of 24 Targets, I hit 21 (2 'missed' because safety was on accidentally and 1 official miss).
So, I got a 87.5% accuracy, not satisfied 'cause the SAR21 is DAMN EASY TO USE... haiz... I used to get.. 93.8% in the past, hitting 30 out of 32 targets with the M16 (Company Marksmen then.. hehe). But too bad, not a marksmen comparable to a sniper's 98% ~ 99% accuracy. Hehe..

After the shoot, I was double-checked for the bullet, but never found it on me.. or rather anywhere in the range. So now, I don't know what's gonna happen.. Time will tell.

By 8.30pm, we're in the Lecture Theater back in Kranji Camp, and having our last lesson and briefing 'til 9.30pm. Then, we headed home.. with me having a terrible headache..

Heh.. What a day.