Project Appleseed

Look at all the rifleman!!

Huzzah

I needed to spend some time with happy, well adjusted folks thoroughly enjoying themselves. Thank you all for just being the people you are.

  A little chilly on Saturday. Much, much better on Sunday.

  Thank you, BeeFree for successfully playing 3-D chess to fit things in for our friends from the North. No Lambo; excellent find for the mis used sighting system Saturday morning. Excellent find!!

  Good to see Mutt 'n Chop & Dad take orange hats.

Yes, it were an outstanding weekend. Great weather, great venue and best of all - a great bunch of American Patriots all around. It was an honor to be around each and every one of you.
In Liberty,
PHenry

Congratulations to all our new Riflemen! It was a pleasure working with you all on Saturday and I am sorry I was not there on Sunday to see you get your patches and to participate in the Memorial Volley. You all obviously listened to, and actively used, the instruction you received and the results spoke for themselves. Special shout out to Leadfoot Luke, and Austin. I know you both have been working on your marksmanship for a wile now and I'm glad everything finally came together for you. Thank you Luke for stepping up and taking a hat. Your shooting days may now be over, but the benefits of instructing are a whole new kind of rush.
Thanks to the entire left side of the line crew (you know who you are). Appleseed truly appreciates all the new shooters you have brought to our events. I think it's time for some of you to consider taking a hat and helping out the cause for the long haul.
Be well everyone, and I look forward to seeing you on the line sometime soon.
MrSurplus

Congratulations!

Welcome!

The Indiana cadre has a new IIT! Although he took the hat in Kentucky last November in between his usual shoots at Redbrush here in Evansville, I couldn't find a traditional promotion thread, so I made one.

Welcome to the team, Indy, we were glad to have you this past weekend.

Here is a hatting picture I found from last fall on imgur in KY, and here is an impromptu issuing of the RWVA oval to Indy and Alexandra the Great when we found out they had yet to receive the ovals and initial rockers.

Huzzah!

Way to go!!!   

15 Shooters arrived at the Albuquerque City Range to learn our history and rifle marksmanship fundamentals.

Saturday started off a little cold and unusually windy for a spring morning in Albuquerque.  This didn't dampen the enthusiasm of the shooters, many of whom were early.  After a great First Strike by Gila and a safety briefing, we started in on the marksmanship instruction.  The groups shrank with instruction and it was time for IMC after lunch and the Second Strike.  In the afternoon, the shooters learned to listen to their targets, sitting and standing positions, and the story of Prudence Wright.  The rain and thunder held off just long enough to get the line clear.

Sunday brought a review of Saturday's material and our first AQT.  Shooters got the rhythm of the AQT quickly.  3 shooters, Dominic, Matt, and Josh, shot rifleman scores on multiple targets, proving they are "men who know very well what they are about".  We took time out for the Patriot's Day volley which was shot at steel - it was amazing to hear 12 rounds ringing the steel after each block of names.  Shooters were divided into teams for a friendly competition.  A tie-breaker round was required. 

It was a great weekend with a great group of Patriots.

At this past weekend's Patriot Day 2 Day 25m Clinic at Redbrush Rifle Range near Evansville, IN, ShootNDrive accepted the blue hat of AppleCore!

He will be a welcome addition to the small but growing southern Indiana cadre and will surely take after the excellence shown by the other Appleseeding members of his family Darkfoot and Alexandra the Great.

The shootboss regrets he did not get a picture of the three of them together all with hats, we shall do it at the next shoot, but we did get the hatting itself!

Grats, dude!