Though it was not a Patriot's Day Shoot across the country, it was at Manheim this week. With great weather over the weekend, except, perhaps the light rain Sunday morning, we had a nice turnout of 16 on Saturday & 12 Sunday. It was also a great family event. We had a husband/wife team, a grandfather/grandson team as well as 3 sets of fathers sons on the line.
We did have only 1 make Rifleman this weekend, Art with a score of exactly 210. You know what that means...(pic below). Congrats, Art!
Art is also a local blogger who has written a very nice blog about his weekend with us, chock full o' pics. Thank you very much for capturing the essence of Appleseed. The blog is located here:
http://carteach0.blogspot.com/2012/04/appleseed-two-days-of-well-spent-time.html
Of notable mention was Mark, a Sunday-only participant at his first Appleseed scoring a 208 on his very first QDAQT. Nicely done.
Also Gabriel, our 2nd youngest shooter (I think!) on the line at his first Appleseed scoring a very remarkable 206. Great job!
I would also like to mention, we had 2 of our young participants both get burned pretty well with flying hot brass. Both handled it exceptionally well, maintaining perfect muzzle discipline while dealing with it. Ian has a perfect .22LR scar on his forearm & Gabe caught one inside his safety glasses, sporting a welt under his eye. Thank you both!
And as promised, link for USMC Style Shooting Jackets by madebymcron:
http://appleseedinfo.org/smf/index.php?topic=26523.0
Thank you all for coming. I do hope to see you all next month. Don't forget to dry fire!
Sunday participants:
Andy, Josh, Ian, Gregg, Steve, Harry, RoverAce (kneeling), Scott, Zack, Jeff, Gabriel, Kevin & Julian.
Art Welling shot a 210 & received the Rifleman patch from Greg (Tatical308)...
...and then was promptly baptized with water bottled from under the North Bridge.
Congrats Art!
After Greg's excellent history & demo of the Pennsylvania Long Rifle, he offered the opportunity for the participants to fire a volley into the oncoming lobster-backs.
Greg also brought another special treat for us, a Sharps 45-70 'buffalo rifle', perhaps most recognized in this generation as the rifle used by Quigley in the Tom Selleck movie "Quigley Down Under".
After the event concluded, Art & I brought out some extra-curricular enjoyment. Art allowed those who hung around to try out his very nice M1 Garand while I broke out the latest addition to my equipment, an M1A.
These young guys handled those 10lb, 30 cals like troopers!
Gabe, Ian, you forgot to sling up!
Thanks for a great shoot, and good lessons in marksmanship.
I've bookmarked the site for the nice lady building jackets, and when the spare change adds up I shall purchase one.
Art
A few pictures from the shoot....