Calera, AL November 14-15, 2015

[EddieB]

Project Appleseed returned to the Double Tap Training Grounds ready to spread the message of Liberty!  The cool weather quickly warmed up to perfect and stayed that way all weekend.  Our Shooters arrived and we got busy with T.J. 8 telling the First Strike of the Match and the terrible events at Lexington Green.  After a safety briefing, the Shooters fired thirteen shots at the Red Coat target to determine their max effective range and to see whether they were cooks or riflemen!

T.J. 8, Groton Minuteman and I presented sling use, the Six Steps of Firing the Shot, Natural Point of Aim, then tied it all together with the prone position.  Every new skill was practiced, and the improvements began to appear!  During lunch we heard about the battle of Concord during the Second Strike of the Match.  Groton Minuteman took over Line Boss duties after lunch, and we continued instruction and practice until it was time for the first AQT!

The Third Strike brought us to the conclusion of the events of April 19, 1775, and then after the benediction it was time to call it quits for the day.

Sunday morning brought more perfect weather and all our shooters back to the event.  After a quick review and a couple of drills, it was time to let the Shooters do some coaching duty with Ball and Dummy.  During lunch we heard stories about Dangerous Old Men (and women) and had an intro to Known Distance shooting.

We shot several AQTs, and I was very pleased when Ignacio shot a rifleman score of 212!  Huzzah!  Eric requalified with a score of 216, and Kennebago requalified with 230 (with a bolt gun!).  Kennebago put the cherry on top of a great weekend when he took an Orange Hat!  He will make a great instructor.

A big thank you to Butch and Kim of Double Tap Training Grounds.  They are always very gracious hosts and their facility is top-notch.

Shooters, please think about the Liberty we enjoy and how costly it was for the founding generation to preserve it for us.  Let's honor their memory by preserving it for our posterity.  I hope to see you at another Appleseed soon, and don't forget to bring a friend!

T.J. 8 and Groton Minuteman providing instruction on sling use.


Grinding out AQTs.




Ignacio is a Rifleman!


Eric requals.


Kennebago requals, and then...


...takes an Orange Hat!


Here's a link to all my photos:
http://s288.photobucket.com/user/EddieB_AS/library/Calera%20AL%20November%2014%202015

[Maximum Ordinate]

Good job, Yellowhammers!

Congrats to the new Riflemen and Orange Hat!  Huzzah!

[Kennebago]

Kind of hard to tell, but the flags were steaming like crazy early Sunday morning.



Slick facility too.

[Pop Revere]

Job Well Done Eddie . Sorry I could not be there to help.
Congrats to all of those who requalified and welcome to the team Kennebago.

AR-Mike