El Paso, TX, AAR - Feb. 4-5, 2017

[Ghostring]

An EXCELLENT Appleseed in El Paso, Texas! 

Even on a Superbowl weekend, we were privileged to have 13 (an auspicious number, to be sure!) PATRIOTS show up on a glorious day to learn not only marksmanship, but also the Heritage of our Country's founding, all at the El Paso Community College INDOOR Range and Classroom facility!  It is quite the fantastic facility.  We hung all the flags across two walls, and the British Advance/Retreat banners from another!  Any Appleseed held at that venue has the makings of quite the WIN!

Our very own Jerry Hall and Ghostring did the Three Strikes, while two of our recent Texas Instructor Boot Camp Orange Hats (Mr. & Mrs. Smith) presented Dangerous Old Men and Women!  Each of them called the line and helped to instruct, and so were able to pass their PC1 AND PC2!!!  Our Instructor cadre also included the very amiable RT_Mouse, who was not only able to pass his PC1 exam, he was a good sport about modeling the sitting position -- and called the line with aplomb! 

We saw significant improvement in marksmanship throughout the event, with Chris and Shady both scoring rifleman with a 235 and 214 (then a 222!), respectively.  Many of our new shooters ended the weekend seeing Marksman scores -- well on their way, they were!

Significantly for the Appleseed project in the El Paso area, 5 of the 9 Sunday attendees were moved to 7th step, with both of our Riflemen/women taking up the Orange Hat, and three (another couple + one more!) volunteering for Blue Hats!  HUZZAH!
All in all, a GLORIOUS DAY for El Paso, Appleseed and our great Country! 

[scuzzy]

Significantly for the Appleseed project in the El Paso area, 5 of the 9 Sunday attendees were moved to 7th step, with both of our Riflemen/women taking up the Orange Hat, and three (another couple + one more!) volunteering for Blue Hats!  HUZZAH!
All in all, a GLORIOUS DAY for El Paso, Appleseed and our great Country! 

HUZZAH!!!

[Mrs. Smith]

 . Huzzah, indeed!! Ghostring and Jerry Hall deserve extra credit for ramrodding a passel of IIT0s on their very FIRST event as part of the instructor cadre. RJ_Mouse, Mr. Smith, and I were pleased to see that both of them left with the same amount of hair they showed up with!

We are all tickled to welcome Rifleman Chris and Shady to the team. Shady's brother Taylor and my friends Alex and Emma taking Blue hats was an awesome bonus!!!

As soon as I can figure out picture attachments I'll post some 

[scuzzy]

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[Ghostring]

Thanks, scuzzy!  Pictures attached - GR   

P.S.  - That range is AWESOME 

[Jerry Hall]

This was an extremely enjoyable event for me, I got to get down on the line and Instruct!!!
Many thanks to our Instructor Cadre; we were on Mission and we were on Message.
And then, last but not least: Thank You Jim for relieving me of the duties of Shoot Boss for this event, I needed it!
To all of our awakening participants, thanks for showing up to make this event possible.
Here's looking forward to seeing more of Y'all and bring a friend, it'll be more fun...
"till we meet again. Happy Trails."
Jerry