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Douglas, WY - 21-22 June 2014

Started by Stuart McKim, June 25, 2014, 12:11:28 AM

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Stuart McKim

June 25, 2014, 12:11:28 AM Last Edit: June 25, 2014, 12:15:07 AM by Stuart McKim
We had a great event this weekend in Douglas, WY. It's always great to work with so many Americans who care about their heritage and bring their entire family with them! It's clear that you understand posterity.


Saturday went well, with one new Riflewoman and and one new Rifleman! Tanya and Randy are examples of that wonderful word we repeated throughout the weekend: PERSISTENCE!


Sunday started out cool, but warmed up quickly. Through additional review and practice, Frank achieved his Rifleman score. Sometimes it takes a few events, but that persistence paid off here.


Thank you, Joe MacGuire, for volunteering to take up your bucket and start bailing as an Appleseed instructor. Your willingness to help is definitely appreciated, and we look forward to working with you.


Thankfully, the weather was almost ideal for the duration of the event. About half an hour after we finished on Sunday, the heavens opened and rain fell down like a giant swimming pool's bottom fell out. Sometimes we are blessed by timing!

Thank you Converse County Shooting Range for hosting us. You have a great range, including a full 600-yard rifle range (which allowed us to do some distance work on Sunday!).

Thank you all for being attentive students and for making it such an enjoyable event for us as instructors. Remember, persistence is the name of the game, both in marksmanship and in being involved in your country. America needs committed men and women who are willing to persist until they achieve the change we so desperately need. The more concerned citizens involved, the easier the task becomes.

"We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate." - Thomas Jefferson

Note: Larger versions of the above photos are available by clicking on them.

Please chime in with your comments and photos.
"Good positions mean good scores. Poor positions mean poor scores. It's as easy as that." - Rifle Marksmanship with the M1 Rifle (1943)

colonial shooter

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June 26, 2014, 11:09:22 AM
Congrats to Randy, Tanya, and especially Frank. Sorry I missed this shoot, but it seems to have turned out spectacular
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deMontjoie

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June 28, 2014, 12:20:25 PM
Wow!  It's cool to see Douglas hosting Appleseed events.  My family (the "Graves" clan) is from Douglas and still owns the homestead just North of town.   I was back there last year and didn't realize that the town had such a nice range. :)

If any of you-all are ever out to the People's Republik of Maryland, about an hour South of Washington DC, please contact me and I'll host you at our local range.  Not 600-yards :-[, but we do what we can with the space that we have.

hawkhavn

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June 28, 2014, 05:41:49 PM
deMontjoie,

Be looking for a PM.

HH
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Stuart McKim

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June 29, 2014, 11:36:12 AM
Thank you, Randy, for the following photographs (click on image to enlarge):

Fred instructing:


A nice day in Douglas:


Listening to history:
"Good positions mean good scores. Poor positions mean poor scores. It's as easy as that." - Rifle Marksmanship with the M1 Rifle (1943)

M1bzrk

#5
July 08, 2014, 04:29:44 PM
Congratulations to Tanya, Randy and Frank!
Many thanks to Stuart (and congrats, also) and to Fred for "filling in".  Also to the Instructors who stepped up and to Joe for taking the orange hat.
I am just sorry to have missed the whole event and especially seeing old friends make Rifleman.
Looks like you had a great crowd and you were probably lucky that I was not there - the rain fell after the shoot, instead of just before.
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