BlueFeather asked me to get started on this right away. ~~:)
Albuquerque's first Ladyseed was held at the Shooting Range Park on October 15-16, 2011.
7 fantastic shooters turned up for a dose of April 19th, 1775 heritage and modern marksmanship skills.
Thanks so much for coming out and making Albuquerque's first Ladyseed a huge success. O0
You're enthusiasm, patience, improvement, excitement and attentiveness made it an honor to work with you. :bow:
L to R:
Shooter (Elaine), Kim, Vivian, Elizabeth, Billie, Kazuko and daughter Chinami, Michelle and BlueFeather (Gillian)
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A huge thanks to Shooter for all her hard work in getting this event promoted and organized!
And a huge thanks to Kim who paid for the all of the range fees!
And to Gideon who came out and set up the line!
We just got in from the shoot, so more to come....
Here BlueFeather and Shooter lead the initial parts of instruction.
The nice New Mexico breeze kept the temps near perfect and assured the flags of our Founders would proudly fly!
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...more to come!
BlueFeather explains the Redcoat target. 13 rounds fired, one round for each colony.
Shooters made tremendous improvement over the weekend on this target that answers that eternal question, "what is my effective range?"
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BlueFeather and Shooter instruct seated.
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The "course of fire board" makes it easy to know what's next.
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...more to come!
Wow! Check out that neat vintage Weaver K2.5 scope!
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Mother and Daughter (Kazuko and Chinami).
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Prone on the firing line. Shooter and BlueFeather change off as Line Boss.
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Shooter explains the AQT-Army Qualifying Test: The penultimate standard for marksmanship.
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...more to come!
The women led the reviews on Sunday. If you can spot what needed fixed, so did they!
Their teachable attitudes resulted in near perfect presentations. O0
Elizabeth and Vivian (standing)
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Kim and Billie (with hat)
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Kasuko, Chimani and Michelle (left)
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All ready on the firing line! Fire!
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The bench guys on the range next door range were simply making noise...
While these women of Appleseed were learning the true skills of a Riflemen! O0 :---
Thus one of our favorite hats in this program says it all:
Shoot Like A Girl If You Can!
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...more later!
Just when life and the endless forum battles feel like they are getting you down to the extent that you start to question why you are even doing this after... four years... then an Appleseed like this comes along and changes everything!
This Ladyseed was the epitome of awesomeness! I got to work with 8 fantastic ladies (7 students and IIT3 Shooter) who all did their best to learn and contribute. Everyone had a good time and everyone improved. We started off with a trigger control drill right after the first redcoat (which we read about in an AAR), and that virtually eliminated trigger problems, which I have never had happen before. We also split the six steps into two, as we have been doing all this year, and I think that helped students focus on just a few things at a time. We have been using a red dot flashlight on a stock for years to demo NPOA, but we brought two to this event and let each student practice NPOA with the red dot on a target only a few feet away: that let everyone understand the effect of moving the body to correct for aim -- I doubt we could have done this with a larger group, but it was perfect for 7.
We had the usual equipment problems and such, which will be listed in the IAAR, but what stood out was the camaraderie and cooperation. This is the third Ladyseed I have done and they really seem to have a different dynamic that ultimately contributes to everyone learning and absorbing more than usual. There are no ego battles and people who know too much to be taught.
I will continue to do regular 'seeds, but Ladyseeds are way more rewarding as an instructor. We could not have spent our weekend any better than this! Thank you so much: Kim, Vivian, Billie, Michelle, Elizabeth, Kazuko, Chinami and Elaine (Shooter) for coming out and being a part of this event! (And of course, Dan (TaosGlock) for all his work, as well as Gideon for arranging it all and initially setting up the line.)
/Gillian
Good job ladies! O0 .....O.L.
It sounds like a fantastic weekend. I really wanted to sit in the background and watch, but alas I had somewhere else to be and it was my loss. Especially, after reading the AAR!
All I can say is, you ladies rock!
I would like to personally acknowledge Kim and her husband Rob. They are outstanding Americans, and they are overwhelmingly supportive of Appleseed as demonstrated by picking up all the range fees for the shooters this weekend.
Thank you Bluefeather, Shooter and ToasGlock.
Gideon
We gave a few prizes for, highest 2 scores on the AQT, it was 183. Best score on stage 4, doubled it was 90. First shooter to break all 3 Oreos first and then a Patriot Patch to our youngest shooter, Chinami.
Congrats ladies!
Below. BlueFeather, Billie, Shooter and Chinami.
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BlueFeather and Billie.
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BlueFeather and Vivian.
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BlueFeather and Billie.
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And Chinami, our youngest shooter.
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"Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present Generation to preserve your Freedom! I hope you will make good use of it. If you do not, I shall repent in Heaven, that I ever took half the Pains to preserve it."
― John Adams
Thanks again to all the ladies and instructors who made this shoot possible!
It was an honor to work with you all!
THANK YOU ALL for Exercising our LIBERTIES, HERITAGE and MARKSMANSHIP!!! :bow:
I am honored to be associated with such fine Americans; "...who truly know what they are about".
Here's hoping to meet all of you on the APPLESEED TRAIL!!!! O0
Jerry
You know, I went to my first Appleseed shoot this same weekend here locally. Man am I hooked and I'm going to claim my Orange hat soon.
But I mainly stopped in here to say:
BRAVO ZULU to all of you who shot in the Ladyseed shoot as shown in the pictures above. They are GREAT pictures. I love the picture of the pink hat that says: SHOOT LIKE A GIRL IF YOU CAN!, What a crack up!!!!... A big thanks to all who shot and facilitated the range activities!!
And I totally concur with Jerry Hall's last posting, which I will state again here:
"THANK YOU ALL for Exercising our LIBERTIES, HERITAGE and MARKSMANSHIP!!!"
BTW, I love all the flags you used for a back drop at the range and I really love the area around Albuquerque, N.M also.
B/R.