That strange rattle in your truck turns out to be your loaner GI sling that slid under the seat.
You have more loaner 10/22s than family members who shoot.
Quote from: Twineagles on January 27, 2013, 12:24:46 PM
That strange rattle in your truck turns out to be your box of 5-10loaner GI slings that slid under the seat.
Fixed it for you.
Also:
Your fashion choices on an AS weekend consist of OD or tan
You find spare 10/22 magazines in pockets of pants and coats all over the place
You find used chamber flags in the washer after pulling a load
You can go on vacation and wear a different AS shirt everyday (this one is for you, 'burbs)
You find loose .22 LR in the bottom of the laundry basket
Your "t-shirt drawer" has one side full of AS t-shirts, crowding out everything else
You tell your kids that it's time to get in the car by saying "With 3 children...LOAD!" (that one's for you, Oz)
You find yourself slipping in refrences to Wyman and Whittemore into casual, dinner party conversation
You find stacks of have trifolds and Redcoats everywhere...just in case - car console, briefcase, gym bag, on your desk at work
Your coworkers complain about you constantly clicking your pen.
When receiving packages you examine the packing material to see if it's worth using to adjust comb height.
You have more zip ties in your vehicle than the electrician next door.
You own more than one staple gun.
You've ever used a chamber flag as a book mark.
You have multiple sets of 1 1/4" swivels still in the package because you found a sale.
You've made multiple trips to the local farm store in a day to comply with their 5 boxes to a customer limit on ammo.
It's raining/snowing/sleeting/bitterly cold/scorching hot and you shake your head at having a range to yourself.
You police brass for calibers you don't shoot because you know *insert forum name* loads for that.
You've ever gotten into a polite argument over .308 vs. .30-06.
You've ever used a web sling to keep your pants up. ;)
You can go camping for a weekend without having to pack anything in your car.
You have prepped mags for rifles you don't own...
just in case.
You have color choices of vet wrap and tape.
You have steel plates made into the shape of redcoats and have 3 cans of Regal Red rolling around in the bed of your truck.
You shake your head at those who say that an SKS CANNOT shoot over 200 yards
You use tri-folds as book marks in a borrowed copy of the American Rifle.
You have a prized collection of non qualifying AQTs clogging up your range box yet have your Rifleman target framed, signed, and a spotlight installed to highlight it in a power outage.
Dougum
Your kitchen faucet has been leaking for months.
Your garden has more weeds than vegetables.
Your car no longer fits in the garage.
You have a range bag the size of a large steamer trunk.
You have tubes of sunscreen in all your cars cupholders.
You have ammo cans labeled with your forum name, written in paint marker.
You have an assortment of clipboards all over your house, car and garage.
You have single foam ear plugs of styles and colors you have never bought.
You find lengths of trimmer string in many of your pants pockets.
You're exhausted after a long day at the range, yet you're still on the forums late Sunday night, instead of sleeping or preparing for Monday morning.
You carry an Appleseed challenge coin in your billfold.
The floorboard behind the front seat of your car has trifolds scattered around.
There is Appleseed literature in the trunk of your car.
You have complete strangers asking you about your tee shirt.
Your yearly calendar has dates blocked out for shooting events--for the whole year.
You have flourescent orange line paint on your finger nails.
..I am glad I am not the only one, I am an Appleseeder..
The people you yearn to spend time with the most are fellow Appleseeders.
You have a dummy rifle with a sling and a laser mounted to it.
You have cleared redcoats stapled up on the wall of your man-cave.
Your non-appleseed friends aquaintances call you Johnny Appleseed.
You all had met "Hello!" Thanks for the laughs. This is great stuff.
Quote from: Two Wolves on January 28, 2013, 02:06:29 PM
The people you yearn to spend time with the most are fellow Appleseeders.
You have a multiple dummy rifles with a sling and a laser mounted to it them.
You have cleared redcoats stapled up on the wall of your man-cave.
Your non-appleseed friends aquaintances call you Johnny Appleseed.
FIFY
Quote from: SteelThunder on January 28, 2013, 02:24:21 PM
Quote from: Two Wolves on January 28, 2013, 02:06:29 PM
The people you yearn to spend time with the most are fellow Appleseeders.
You have a multiple dummy rifles with a sling and a laser mounted to it them.
You have cleared redcoats stapled up on the wall of your man-cave.
Your non-appleseed friends aquaintances call you Johnny Appleseed.
FIFY
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One with a red laser and one with a green laser!
You post pictures of shot redcoat targets and AQTs on your Facebook page.
All of your neighbors know who Hezekiah Wyman and Samuel Whittemore were.
You quote John Adams to children and you quote Patrick Henry to adults.
You buy tin flashing at Home Depot to use as raw materials to make redcoat-shaped cookie cutters for friends.
You constantly take double takes as you drive because you thought you saw an abandoned political sign that could be repurposed as a target backer.
Your wife asks you when you are going to put those boxes in the attic, although you already had complied with the initial request.
You could build several 10/22s from "left over parts" you have on hand from modifying rifles into LTRs
You add up what you've spent on your "special" 10/22 and realize you bought your first beater car for less
You know the reliability rate of Remington Value Pack .22 LR cartridges down to the 0.001%
You've made up several curse words that you reserve for use towards Rem Value Pack - many of them sound like the father from "A Christmas Story"
You can get into an hour long conversation about why the Green Shoot Boss hat is WAY better than the new one
You pine for the days of orange chamber flags
You feel honored when the first Red Hat you promote to Shoot Boss demands one of the Green Hats still left in the supply box.... :)
You go to a gun shop and wonder why none of the rifles on display have chamber flags inserted.
Whenever you sleep in on a weekend it feels really weird and you swear you're forgetting something.
You have a strong urge to correct people who quote Henry Longfellow's "Paul Revere's Ride."
You shake your head at people who ask for recommendations on what bipod they should buy.
This is for Redfox24:
You go to the gun store and shake your head in wonder at the guy that buys 3 boxes of shells to sight in his rifle and complains that he already went through 2 boxes without succeeding.
You go to the range to shoot and end up teaching steady hold factors to strangers.
Your rifle gets more oil changes than your car.
It only makes sense because your rifle is worth more than your car.
But that's only because you've gone through so many cars you don't bother buying one that'll last - Cause it won't.
You keep asking yourself, "Why am I cleaning this rifle again, when I haven't fired it 3 years?????"
The tops of your boot toes are as worn as the soles.
You fall asleep mumbling "hold the trigger back.....hold the trigger back........hold....the trigger....baaa........"
You had to get another secure storage cabinet just for loaner rifles.
There is a whole bank of shelves in the pole barn for Appleseed "stuff".
The Wife (Lord bless her) just assumes its an Appleseed weekend late-April through mid-October unless notified otherwise.
You're proned out in the mud in a cold rain and happy as a clam. And you haven't and won't fire a shot all day.
You snore using rifleman's cadence.
Quote from: olefido on January 28, 2013, 09:01:15 PM
This is for Redfox24:
You go to the gun store and shake your head in wonder at the guy that buys 3 boxes of shells to sight in his rifle and complains that he already went through 2 boxes without succeeding.
+1 1/2 ::)
You can't name the members of your wedding party but you can rattle off the forum name of every instructor at your first Appleseed.
You walk into a room with youngsters present and mentally remind yourself to be sure to call it a "bucket" shot and drop the "gelding" quote today.
When advising a soon to be college student, you turn NPOA into a metaphor for life.
Quote from: SteelThunder on January 27, 2013, 01:06:30 PM
You tell your kids that it's time to get in the car by saying "With 3 children...LOAD!" (that one's for you, Oz)
I'm going to keep saying that until Zazzles admits it's funny. She did laugh the other morning when she was packing her backpack for school and I said "Student! Your preparation period begins NOW!"
where are the multiple LIKE buttons...man..... **) love the snore in riflemans cadence.....
You stop somewhere on the way home with your loop sling still on your arm and a streak of fouling down your cheek and neck.
You have AQTs posted knee-high on your walls for practicing your NPOA.
When you get stressed, you pull out a rifle that isn't dirty and zen out cleaning it.
There's a whiteboard in the corner of your living room, with remnants of an IMC lesson still on it that you don't have the heart to erase.
On the wall next to your desk are your first Rifleman AQT, a picture of "King Porge" with its snout blown out, and a calendar with at least one weekend highlighted.
You write memos on the backs of COIs from previous shoots.
You wonder why you keep smelling Rem Oil, and then realize it's your clothing.
You realize that you've had a .22 casing down the back of your shirt this whole time.
You remember to always keep power drills, squirt bottles and staple guns pointed in a safe direction.
You lie down to read a book and realize you're in prone.
You've sworn to "make a rifleman" out of everyone you know.
You suddenly realize that everyone at the range is making the same shooting mistakes.
The guy to your left apologizes for his brass hitting you, and you wonder why you didn't notice.
The sound of gunfire is soothing.
You wear an Appleseed T-shirt almost every day of your life.
You've bought an extra one in a size up so you can sleep in it.
True stories ;)
Quote from: olefido on January 28, 2013, 09:01:15 PM
This is for Redfox24:
You go to the gun store and shake your head in wonder at the guy that buys 3 boxes of shells to sight in his rifle and complains that he already went through 2 boxes without succeeding.
Hey, I resemble that remark..........
You sleep in your Orange Hat.
You fall asleep while in the prone position during the 4th stage.
You Sib's can recite your History....backwards.
You call people by their Forum name, without even knowing their real one.
Your nightmares are about messing up at an Appleseed, in front of EVERYONE.
Your Sib's collect .22 casings, to make art projects. Then they enter them into the local Fair.
You can find another Appleseeder, from 50 feet away.
You brush your hair, and find more then one casing stuck in it.
When your Sib's recite History, in their sleep.
When your idea of dressing up to go into town is, a AS shirt, your Hat, and blue jeans.
You drive 15 miles down the road and feel your Ear plugs still in.
Your Sisters personal motto is, "Drink more water, before you shrivel up and die. It is hard to make Rifleman when you are dead." **)
RnR
You know that dirt, sand, mud, and grass are more comfortable than a Midway USA shooting mat.
You've considered mounting your TV remote control on a dummy rifle.
After seeing your in-laws' vacation videos, you explain to them about respiratory pause.
You wish you had a penny for every .22 case you left behind, but you know you'd just spend it on more ammo.
Every time you see a hillside, you automatically estimate how many shooters it could accommodate as a backstop, and where the firing line would be.
You don't just call "time out," you call it 3 times.
Dave
when drinking a bottle of water you keep your support elbow under the bottle....
Your the only one at the range and you are waiting for the load command
Guys this is awesome! You say one thing after another and I say Check...,Check.... ::)
You want to correct people when they pronounce inalienable (rights) from the Declaration of Independence and explain the difference between freedom and liberty to complete strangers when they misuse one of the words.
Your sleep patterns have changed:
You used to be a back-sleeper, now you wake up in prone.
You used to sleep quietly, now you call out line commands in your sleep.
You never used to sleepwalk, now you wake up in your chair, logged into the forums.
You sleep with the lights on, because you can't put down Fischer before you pass out.
You now hear gunfire in your sleep that doesn't come from your neighbor's land.
If you're on the forum on a Friday night.
Quote from: scuzzy on February 01, 2013, 09:36:10 PM
If you're on the forum on a Friday night.
Ha ha...wait....
Doh!
Your copy of Fischer has colored sticky tabs marking key points of the 3 Strikes along one edge and D.O.M./D.D. along the top, notes penciled in the margins, a splash of mud on at least one page, and is dog eared and water stained.
Quote from: scuzzy on February 01, 2013, 09:36:10 PM
If you're on the forum on a Friday night.
? I don't get it?
If you are nodding your head while reading this thread.
you wake your self up saying: "i called that one"
Quote from: Transform on February 01, 2013, 08:49:19 PM
You sleep with the lights on, because you can't put down Fischer before you pass out.
Hear, hear!
A few more...
When you're computer is slow you find yourself yelling, "LOAD!"
"Down, boy, down!" to your unruly dog becomes, "Disperse, ye rebel!"
You've got a row of different caliber brass casings lined up on top of a TV you never use.
You picked these casings up at Appleseed and refer to it as your "diversity display."
The UPS guy hauls a box up to your door, and asks, panting, "What's this thing full of, lead?!"
You discover that you can run faster and farther if you breathe in rifleman's cadence.
Your right shoulder and left hip (or vice versa, if you're a lefty) are always a little bruised.
You cringe and turn away, biting your lip fiercely, when someone says, "History's boring. Who needs it, anyway?"
You've tally-marked every day you've lived... outside of Appleseed.
You refer to putting on the parking brake as "racking the bolt."
You doubled-up laughing when you read the line, "I went to see what was acting and went to git me a horse." (Classic Paul Revere!)
And now, you've officially replaced "What's going on?" with "What's actin'?"
You're in prone in your backyard, wearing your Appleseed shirt, reading Fischer and using a chamber flag as a bookmark; and you don't realize it until someone else calls it to your attention.
You spent five consecutive hours writing a poem on the First Strike (breathing in, breathing out, pausing and clicking your pen between lines).
Hey Melissa, I bet many would love to read that poem. Post it, or many make a new topic for Appleseeder created writings.
Quote from: Whippet on February 02, 2013, 02:19:29 PM
Hey Melissa, I bet many would love to read that poem. Post it, or many make a new topic for Appleseeder created writings.
Good idea :) http://appleseedinfo.org/smf/index.php?topic=33935.new#new
You used to do a lot things.
Shooting
Diving
Paint Ball
Gun Shows
Run your business properly
Spend time with family
Clean rifles you actually shot
Reload
And yet, it seems like a fair exchange. :cool2:
While watching your ducks and geese at the creek you tell sibs the strikes.
You become so engrossed talking that the geese wander off never to be seen again.
Yes...True!
Quote from: Melissa on February 02, 2013, 01:19:29 PM
"Down, boy, down!" to your unruly dog becomes, "Disperse, ye rebel!"
I have a pair of schnauzers.
For a few years now they've been referred to as the Hessian Mercenaries.
Quote
The UPS guy hauls a box up to your door, and asks, panting, "What's this thing full of, lead?!"
Heh, the day the UPS guy dropped off four cans of M-2 from the CMP was amusing. Said he, "Damn these are heavy, and they sound like they may be broken. You mind checking that they're okay?"
So I cut the tape and lifted an ammo can out by it's handle. UPS dude rolled his eyes and had a few choice words about boxes and handles.
He left with a tri-fold and my standard offer to supply any gear needed if he spent a weekend on the line.
Haven't seen him on one of my lines yet though. :wb:
Quote from: Miller on February 02, 2013, 06:23:51 PMI have a pair of schnauzers.
For a few years now they've been referred to as the Hessian Mercenaries.
Haw! I resemble that remark. Great great (...) great grandad was a Hessian who was captured and held in Maryland, and later married a lady in Pennsylvania and settled in. He really was a Revolutionary War veteran.
QuoteHaven't seen him on one of my lines yet though.
He's probably afraid you'll order more ammo.
Dave
Quote from: Hinermad on February 02, 2013, 07:31:09 PM
He's probably afraid you'll order more ammo.
Heh....
A very valid fear.
you find out when filling out your National Honors Society Papers that 90% of your community service revolves around firearms instruction and all of your "community organizations" are firearms related.
True story :P
when you pull up to a stop sign with the kids in the car you ask " line clear on the right? line clear on the left?" and after affirmative responsive from the kids you say "The line is clear the line is clear" and then drive on........
When your talking to someone who talks really loud and you keep reaching up to your ear to turn down the sound on your electronic earmuffs even though you're not wearing them.
...or you've had to have a foam rubber ear plug surgically removed MORE THAN ONCE.
...or you shop for your next set of eye glass frames based on which ones will be the easiest to shoot with.
...or (and you must have a death wish) you yell at your wife for muzzle sweeping you with the vacuum cleaner nozzle.
Quote from: olefido on February 06, 2013, 09:53:50 PM
...or (and you must have a death wish) you yell at your wife for muzzle sweeping you with the vacuum cleaner nozzle.
Did she just respond with "thank you"? I bet she used at least one of the words. >:D
You look in your glove box and truck console for a pen and the closest thing you find are a red, an orange and an aqua chamber flag.
Your "lead pencil" is a .22
yer favorite pen is made from a LC 7.62 x 51 case connected to a LC 7.62 x 63 case. The best part is that it was a gift from a shooter at an event. O0
Quote from: Whippet on February 07, 2013, 12:22:12 AM
Quote from: olefido on February 06, 2013, 09:53:50 PM
...or (and you must have a death wish) you yell at your wife for muzzle sweeping you with the vacuum cleaner nozzle.
Did she just respond with "thank you"? I bet she used at least one of the words. >:D
Yes, and it wasn't the first one.
Quote from: olefido on February 07, 2013, 08:48:39 PM
Quote from: Whippet on February 07, 2013, 12:22:12 AM
Quote from: olefido on February 06, 2013, 09:53:50 PM
...or (and you must have a death wish) you yell at your wife for muzzle sweeping you with the vacuum cleaner nozzle.
Did she just respond with "thank you"? I bet she used at least one of the words. >:D
Yes, and it wasn't the first one.
In the spirit of all things Appleseed....
The next time your survival instincts slip like that I've got a couch you're welcome to use.
O0
you've had to explain to the officer why your cupholder and floor mats are full of casings.
You tell the strikes and every DOM you know to captive audiences (like on a road trip with your cousins/friends).
You can paper the walls of your house with your saved AQTS and Redcoats.
You use to have a 3 car garage, now you have a 2 car, and an appleseed area
You leave a Cleared red coat posted next to an unshot one after every range visit.
You have a dozen "friends" that avoid your texts/emails because they know if they respond you will be demanding them to come to the next appleseed event.
Your wife asks when she can get "her Garand" :cool2:
Your wife scores rifleman and takes a hat so she can spend time with you.
You clean out your back pack getting ready for the next work week and find several black sharpies, a few pens, a couple of chamber flags and brass, zip ties, and a few ( ::) ) assorted pieces of brass tossed in there....
Picking spent .22 brass out of the tread of your boots is so routine that it's no longer a conscious act.
You find spent .22 brass in your change jar when you take it to the bank to cash in. (Which leads to some funny looks from the nice girls working the teller windows. Good opening for the AS sales pitch though.)
You buy all your pants based on how comfortable they are to prone out in rather than how good they make you look. (And consider built-in pockets for knee pads the greatest thing ever.)
You have a better understanding of the causation of the War for Independence than most High-School History teachers.
You teach American Revolutionary History better than most High School teachers, and have been told as much by a High School teacher.
You know the difference between the War for Independence, and the American Revolution. (and so do your friends, relatives, coworkers, facebook/twitter friends, and anyone who ever sent you an email)
You are more likely to quote someone that's been dead 200+ years, than you are to quote a current celebrity.
Quotes from the founding generation are inserted into your random daily conversations.
You *feel* the debt that you owe to the Founding Generation.
Though aforementioned debt can never be repaid, you work diligently to 'pay-it-forward'.
At the end of the day, you sleep peacefully knowing that on this day, you have done everything you can to spread the ideals of Liberty and Freedom.
When current events are getting you down, a quick trip down AAR lane has you feeling better.
Pictures from events you attended/worked bring the smell of gun smoke and Freedom to your nostrils.
You understand that "Freedom isn't free" is not some cliche, and you know the price that was paid.
When asked what people you find inspiration in, your list contains more people who died 237 years ago, than 'celebrities'.
You understand that Liberty isn't a spectator sport, and that it is played for keeps.
You know that the hardest war to fight is the one for the hearts and minds of your fellow countrymen, yet understand that it is the only one worth winning.
You read the message about the new Marlin LTR rifles and instinctively wondered how do I order one.
Quote from: Twineagles on February 27, 2013, 03:07:09 PM
You read the message about the new Marlin LTR rifles and instinctively wondered how do I order one.
One? Whaddya mean ONE?
Quote from: Miller on February 09, 2013, 02:00:03 AM
Picking spent .22 brass out of the tread of your boots is so routine that it's no longer a conscious act.
You mean you don't take the common sizes of brass with you to the store to determine whether a pair of boots will be brass-sticking free?
Quote from: Roland on February 27, 2013, 06:14:42 PM
Quote from: Miller on February 09, 2013, 02:00:03 AM
Picking spent .22 brass out of the tread of your boots is so routine that it's no longer a conscious act.
You mean you don't take the common sizes of brass with you to the store to determine whether a pair of boots will be brass-sticking free?
I haven't bought a new pair of boots since I started Appleseeding.
I tend to wear a pair of boots until they just sort of fade away.
You buy a high end rifle and a gi sling is installed first
You have suggested the Idea of going to your in-laws for Memorial day weekend because you realize there is a apple seed shoot close bye.
You have 10/22 mags that are marked 2 and 8.
You replace the carry strap on your mats with GI Slings so you'll always have extras to loan.
Quote from: Mutti on May 04, 2013, 08:12:21 AM
You replace the carry strap on your mats with GI Slings so you'll always have extras to loan.
What a great idea.
You hand out redcoat targets like most people hand out business cards.
You make your co-workers bring their .22's to work so you can school them on how to prepare for their 1st seed! (I have taught prone on my office floor (with the door closed of course)
All your friends/family/co-workers/acquaintances have either started running away when they see you coming OR they have signed up for a seed.
Every conversation begins with have you signed up for the next AS and/or have you joined the NRA yet...followed by UN-MERCILESS shaming if the answer to either of these questions is no. After the required shaming I tell them a short story about an act of sacrafice that was made on their behalf 238 years ago!
When you use apple seed shirt as a pillow cases.
When get 2 XXL shirts to sew together for a sleeping bag.
When you call you cats it sounds like this........ WITH 2 BOWLS OF FOOD EAT! ;D.
When you call your sibs by there form name.
KDCat
You're told that you tried explaining "something about inches, minutes and clicks" to your non-AS wife the night before.
(I talk in my sleep) ::)
You get pulled over for speeding and your first thought is, "Cool, I can tell the cop about Appleseed." And...it works. ;D
A friend starts to invite you to a Saturday event and then interrupts himself... "Oh, never mind, you do the shooting teaching thing every Saturday."
Quote from: Bullet on June 24, 2013, 04:49:39 PM
You get pulled over for speeding and your first thought is, "Cool, I can tell the cop about Appleseed." And...it works. ;D
A friend starts to invite you to a Saturday event and then interrupts himself... "Oh, never mind, you do the shooting teaching thing every Saturday."
Friend has already been to a 'seed right?
Right?
When you are purchasing another 10/22 and the salesman offers to show you how to operate it and you offer to show him how to dissemble the trigger group. Cabelas guy seemed a bit taken back by that ;D
These are all fantastic, and I found myself nodding my head in agreement to more than a few!
At the last Appleseed I attended, a discussion ensued with a couple of people about how they found the prone position really uncomfortable. I responded that prone is my favorite shooting position. Then I realized why.
I've been sleeping in prone position (unknowingly) for several years now. Can't fall asleep any other way. LOL!
Quote from: discoqueen on July 19, 2013, 12:52:02 PM
prone is my favorite shooting position. Then I realized why.
I've been sleeping in prone position
Maybe I need to try that! ::)
...You are on a first-name basis with every RSO at every range within 200 miles...
...Your slings and staple guns all have "THIS XXX BELONGS TO" written in large block letters on them
... and they still walk away...
...you've given enough .22 ammo away to fund a nice vacation...
...You own 3 dozen click pens and each has been held by dozens of people and none has ever written a scratch...
...You understand the feedback loop of an attentive audience...
...the dramatic pause in your presentation packs more of a punch than the vast majority of your words...
...you've served as red hat under an shoot boss that you coached as a shooter...
... you remember the sheepish look on that shoot boss's face when you called him out for a safe rifle violation as a shooter...
Guys who run the indoor range, after intently watching you shoot, looks at the t-shirt and says "Oh, you're one of them Appleseeder's. That says a lot!"
...if you have used a shooting mat as a sleeping mat while camping at a shooting range.
You know now that your other "gun forums" are mostly worthless, iceberg ridden, male chat rooms for "gun owners".
All your buddies are Appleseed instructors or at the least, attendees, or you will rarely answer their e-mails/calls.
You have a GI sling on your hunting rifle, which is now the same as your MBR.
Your CMP M1 Garand has replaced your bedside CQB AR.
All your rangefinders now laser to at least the limit of your rifle sights in bad conditions.
You have actually shot your Mosin Nagant and 8mm mauser to "2000" yards per the maximum marked sight marking.
You filed/painted 4 notches down the front sight of your 03A3 so it will shoot to 1200 yards so it is mostly on equal ground with your Garand and M1A.
You look forward to shooting in the wind.
You snicker at the word 'tactical" and CQB.
Your wife, who is now an Appleseed instuctor, also has the same amount of MBR's as you do.
Same wife also has as many field boots/clothes as she had has casual dress garments.
Same wife now thinks nothing of a reloading bench in the master bedroom as her AR likes custom ammo for long range.
You know that phrases like "Live free or die" and "Don't tread on me" are more than just modern slogans bandied about as bumper stickers on todays vehicles.
You know that these colonial slogans were words that defined a code, that was a lifestyle, which is the American Revolution.
You know the Appleseed words "learn today, teach tomorrow" are part of that same 'American Revolution'.
You correct others when they say 'American Revolution' as they nearly always mean 'Revolutionary War'.
You know who coined the phrase 'shot heard round' the world' and where it was at, it's significance and correct/educate others who know not their heritage.
You can at least argue, though not conclusively, with the revisionists who fired that first single shot at Lexington.
You love to correct the revisionists about what really happened at Lexington after the first shots by whom and you do it with respect for their ignorance.
You know the Grand Union flag is not a modern "British" flag. When a historically challenged doufus americana asks you at a gun show "why are you displaying a "British" flag?", you refrain from asking them if they flunked American history.
You fly a Betsy Ross flag.
You actually help your struggling fellow scoped sighted bench shooter to get his rifle sighted in by explaining to him it is initially easier at 25 yards that at 100....and why! Then hand him an Appleseed trifold and next shoot date for an Appleseed.
The top and bottom layer of trifolds are actually the protective covers for the ones you give out.
The seat behind your truck has a full compliment of AS targets.
You know that a rack grade MBR and mil-spec ammo is plenty good enough for our program.
Quote from: Transform on February 01, 2013, 08:49:19 PM
Your sleep patterns have changed:
Do you mean that you sleep in stages? Like 2 hours, then 55 minutes, then 65 minutes, and finally, 5 hours?
You've shrunk a Redcoat and AQT target by 33% to allow for training at a 50' range.
So glad this thread got bumped! So much awesomeness! My contribution:
You have burn scars on your support elbow from a fellow Appleseeder's freshly-ejected .22 brass; because you refused to compromise your NPOA over a little pain....
Quote from: Mutti on May 04, 2013, 08:12:21 AM
You replace the carry strap on your mats with GI Slings so you'll always have extras to loan.
What a great idea!
You see someone on a FB buy nothing page is giving away two boxes of 50 each plastic type political signs -and you snatch them up for your local Shoot Bosses to use as backers.
You find yourself looking for events at locations that allow camping so you can afford to help at more.