What a nice weekend for a shoot. It was a bit chilly Sat morning, but warmed up nicely with very little wind & a good amount of sun all weekend.
Despite a bunch of no-shows & cancellations, we had a 2nd bay open again on Sat with 16 participants, which is great to see. Sun we could have squeezed everyone in 1 bay with 8 on the line, but the participants preferred to be able to spread out. We aim to please & that was the least we could do.
We had a few return seeders, Gary R, Gary T & Gregg. Welcome back. Pushpa came to watch her family shoot, but with half a dozen loaner rifles available, we were able to twist her arm (just a little!) & get her on the line. Thanks Annette for the use of your gear.
We had 3 nationally-ranked IDPA shooters, Annette, Cindy & Kitty on the line who offered up a way to help them remember the round counts for the AQT. Ok ladies, 2nd stage of the AQT: 1st target double-tap - reload - Mozambique then change targets and dump the mag. How was that?
Annette scored rifleman earlier this year & came back with a few friend in tow, helping to grow Appleseed. Cindy followed suit Sunday scoring 224 with her barkin' AR-15 (i swear it sounded like an AR-10). Kitty will be joining them shortly. She could probably shoot rifleman with a pistol... standing, but being this was her first time with a 'lawn arm' (... or was that 'long arm' George?), we hope to see her back soon.
Not to be out-done by the ladies, the men stepped up. Chuck shot an initial rifleman score of 232 & popped out a few more throughout the afternoon.
Sam also re-qualified with a 215 among others and accepted an Orange Hat. Thank you! I think you'll be a great addition to the program.
Speaking of Orange Hats... Cindy & Annette, there are still 2 orange hats in my box with your names on them if you ever get the urge... No pressure! We'd love to get Ladyseeds going in PA & expand to more ranges... No pressure! Oh, and you can contact me *any* time... But no pressure!
Congrats to our new & re-qualified rifleman. Well done!
Below are some pics of the event. I didn't get as many shots as I'd like. Please feel free to post yours!
There are a bunch of photo's up on the PA Appleseed Facebook page here https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.248708601853096&type=1 (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.248708601853096&type=1)
Kitty Richards took a bunch of photo's and posted them to her facebook page https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2468942455839.123287.1620665864&type=1 (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2468942455839.123287.1620665864&type=1)
What a fun shoot. Excellent.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone.
Note: If you're missing a jacket... I've got it.
Hi All
Had A great shoot, I'm so close to rifleman I can taste it
Thanks Mal, Tom and frank for the help I will see you in Dec.
I have already signed up
Gary R
Great weather, great shooters!
Happy Thanksgiving