Project Appleseed

We had another great shoot in Durango, Iowa with seven patriots showing up to learn rifle marksmanship and the history of April 19th, 1775. The weather was absolutely fabulous for the middle of July. Many thanks to Lyle for sharing his beautiful range with our group. And many thanks to Steve for jumping the Wisconsin border to help instruct this event.

We had a mixture of inexperienced and experienced shooters. For two of our shooters it was basically the first time they'd ever shot a rifle. Kudos to Matthew and Mary. You guys showed remarkable improvement throughout the weekend. Congratulations to Kurt for re-qualifying and earning his distinguished patch with a score of 243 and to Andrew for earning his rifleman patch at his first Appleseed event with a score of 225. It is very special when a dad earns his distinguished patch and his son earns his rifleman patch on the same day. Congratulations to Keith for re-qualifying with a score of 221. Final congratulations go out to Mary for clearing her redcoat target on Sunday. That is a remarkable achievement for someone who hadn't shot a rifle before. Kudos to Andy for struggling through all the ups and downs with a broken foot and for adapting to the difficulties of finding ways to support yourself in the different positions. Kudos to Bridget for demonstrating great persistence and improvement as well.

We got a late start on Sunday due to worship services so Keith and the instructor crew hammered out a couple AQT's along with some .308 shooting at 200 yards before the rest of the shooters arrived. I'm happy to report that everyone re-qualified and that the 200 yard targets suffered greatly.

Pictures of our event are posted below. If you click on them they will expand to a larger size. If you click on them again they will shrink back down.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52228615176_aa40654903_b.jpg) Here is our group on Saturday

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52228615141_2c4be1bae7_b.jpg) Mary shooting stage two	(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52227612092_0789644c08_b.jpg) Kurt showing great open leg support	(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52229099365_62ac46f9a8_b.jpg) Matthew opting for kneeling in stage two
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52227611742_5456bb551e_b.jpg) Keith adapting to bifocals in stage two	(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52228615056_be6dba8b17_b.jpg) The whole group shooting stage four	(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52228889029_234fa0672e_b.jpg) Bridget checking her NPOA
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52228622558_3d478f6832_b.jpg) Mary bearing down in stage four	(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52227611962_82a6f4c7a2_b.jpg) Andrew working on his rifleman patch	(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52229099270_62d1961cea_b.jpg) Father and son celebrate together

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52227611922_b3420f9105_b.jpg) Mary waiting for the Load command	(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52229099225_771bf0bbc1_b.jpg) Andrew opting for different support	(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52227611862_e9b4fc942b_b.jpg) Andy adapting to his broken foot	(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52228888864_7eac8bd29b_b.jpg) Shooting stage two
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52228622453_80974de07d_b.jpg) Bridget has her mags prepped	(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52228622428_966a5be034_b.jpg) Andrew earns his rifleman patch (225)	(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52228614816_86a82aff1f_b.jpg) Kurt earns his distinguished patch (243)	(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52228888779_4070d51919_b.jpg) Father and Son celebrate together
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52228614736_d027f961d3_b.jpg) Mary and Kurt clear the redcoat

Looks like another great Iowa event! (and some impressive shooting!)