The Isaac Davis Memorial Range hosted a scout troop to camp and Appleseed on the range. Smiles were a mile wide teaching young people history and marksmanship, what a great weekend. Typical Florida weather for January: frost, rain, and then t-shirt weather all in one weekend.
Thanks go to AdobeWalls, Lucky Lori, Sean Shoot Here, Tomblin and the Silver Bullet for their service. ..:..
We were blessed with a special guest instructor, PHenry who helped along with rewarding good groups with a chance to shoot his portable battle cannon. :---
After the Appleseed event we invited the Jefferson Long Rifles out to allow everyone students and instructors to shoot flintlocks. I couldn't tell who had a better time the students or the instructors! Thanks Jefferson Long Rifles. O0 O0
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NICE-looking range!
And a nice-looking group!
Bet a future improvement is to extend that firing line cover to provide shelter behind the firing line for more people.
All those people who will be showing up, as the result of development of a hard-hitting, effective, productive promo effort. Let's get one of those started!
You guys behind this location deserve a big, patriotic hug from the good ol US of A! Of course, this being the real world, you'll have to make do with less... :) :'(
I attended and helped out at the recent appleseed at the Isaac Davis Memorial Range. It was a very large event with many participants. It was a truely wonderful experience that EVERY ONE who attend enjoyed ! You missed a once in a lifetime experience if you missed it. TOO bad for you !! Hope to see you another time.
LUCKY LORI
Cold enough Saturday that I wore insulated Wranglers and a feather coat most of the day. Sunday was mild, with a surprise cold shower first thing. But were we worried? No! Let it rain! The Isaac Davis Memorial Gardens shooting line is now a covered line, with a sheet steel lid high enough to make cannoneers like PHenry snug and non-deafening (a bit more flinching on the line, still). In a country where progress seems inordinately difficult to pull off, our Shoot Boss keeps moving forward.
Scouts were a hoot! Clever, interested, dedicated and speedy getting downrange to see the results of the last course of fire. Having young people on the line brought a completely different feel to the event, most welcome. Instructors learned a lot about fitting rifles, with a tiny brave woman shooting amongst the young lions. Results of the first Redcoat were sobering, but the program covered most of USMC Grass Week by 11:30 and then things started happening. A little too much firehose for everyone, so no new Riflemen were revealed, but it was very clear there are some just about ready for a handsome patch. What made the Scouts different for everyone else? No co-dependent dysfunctional parent-child dynamics! Every man on the line was his own man -- except for the one brave woman in there . . .
What a treat to spent the entire weekend at the Isaac Davis Memorial Range and Gardens with 25 or so of my most admired friends. AS instructors, Boy Scouts and Jefferson Long rifles all at the same time! Waiting patiently for warmer weather and the butterflies in Lucky Lori's garden. Now to set out and make it all happen again......
How 'bout some pictures of the targets after the use of those flint-lock fire sticks? ;) Inquiring minds want to know...
That really really looked like a great shoot. Great job to all those concerned!
The Long Rifles were shooting balloons for the enjoyment of the scouts. Someone said later it looked like someone killed a clown from all the debris on the ground. There was one long two inch diameter balloon Ben made sure it didn't survive the engagement.
Quote from: 9mm4545 on January 21, 2014, 11:33:28 PM
How 'bout some pictures of the targets after the use of those flint-lock fire sticks? ;) Inquiring minds want to know...
That really really looked like a great shoot. Great job to all those concerned!