Saturday:
13 pre-registered, 2 no-shows, 1 walk-on for 12 shooters total. No safety issues, good students, good attitudes and a good time.
4 RIFLEMEN!!!
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Some great history and stirring admonitions. Great weather & good folks!
Special thanks to Gordon Shaw, Will Bush, Michael Green and the fine fellows at Moss Hill for helping make this happen!
In Liberty,
Bama
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Hey, this madman looks familiar to me... Yep, that's the dude I see in the mirror every morning.
I had a good time at my second Appleseed and again qualified Rifleman, this time with a 226 score vs my best last year of 220.
And yet again I experienced an equipment malfunction, this time the rear sight of my Tech-Sight actually came off my Marlin 60 right as we started the 400 yard portion of our first AQT.
I quickly slid it back on to the dovetail and it slid up to where it was before and seemed to lock up, it was tight, so I said, "Lets see if this returns to Zero".
Amazingly it did return to zero, and I scored 46 points on it.
Like last year, my best Redcoat effective range was 300 yards with a good head shot.
A big thanks to the range and staff. It was a pleasure to set up and have an Appleseed there.
Also a big thanks to the participants. You made it worth the effort. A most attentive group whether shooting or listening to our history. Sometimes I did not know which the group wanted more of. If we could have sliced open the day and inserted a few more hours, everyone would be pleased. But that is not the way it works and the time monkey is always on our shoulders.
Regardless, a lot of history was covered and four riflemen emerged. Congrats to all.
Keep practicing and all of you can do it! A rifleman persists. You have the knowledge now; just polish those skills.
Let me encourage everyone to spread the word -- we call it 7th stepping. Plan right now to attend another Appleseed (we have several more throughout Alabama. The next is in Montgomery later this month (April). Plan a weekend and bring someone with you. One never forgets it when they help open the eyes of another patriot.
Until we meet again.
CADMAN
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