The day began with clear skies, cool weather and a hits count first string of fire that hinted at some (potential) riflemen among us. After a great first strike by Roswell in the persona of Captain Parker and the safety rules delivered by Bug_7, the 25m course of fire was off and running. We spend the morning working with a diverse group of students which included families, first time shooters, returning IITs and a 7th step invitee! The first live fire squares yielded the results we suspected earlier in the morning where groups were 6 MOA or less! After letting the students in on the fact that their targets can actually talk to them, we retreated back into the classroom for a great 2nd strike by UpACreek and IMC by Roswell. After lunch, we made some sight adjustments bringing everyone close to (or less than) 4 MOA and proceeded to learn more about the tripod of marksmanship followed by two AQTs and rifleman scores by half the line comprised of 3 re-requalifications, two new riflemen one of which received a North Bridge water baptism for his 210. The Saturday closing hits count saw remarkable improvement with half the line making shingle shots and 3 cleared targets and a new Orange Hat was welcomed into the program, congratulations Allison! We also awarded four William Diamond patches to our youth attendees! Sunday yielded TWELVE rifleman scores including one distinguished and a second, missed only by 1 point!
It was a great day for heritage, history and marksmanship!
Thank you students and instructors for making it a safe and very productive event and to Sheriff Reynolds and Corporal Watkins for hosting us!
Apologies for being late to the party with the pictures. This was great event!
:pics:
Saturday:
3rd Strike by 6Bones
(https://i.imgur.com/SLfMIz8.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/4NWWD4W.png)
William Diamond Youth Patches
(https://i.imgur.com/ppwf8V4.png)
Daniel (Snipes) re-qualified.
(https://i.imgur.com/CEjPxS5.png)
Sterlin Qualified
(https://i.imgur.com/hXNRaSI.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/AM7KTsO.png)
Kyler squeaked by with a 210 and earned a baptism with actual water from beneath the North Bridge.
(https://i.imgur.com/GU4Ddnr.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/1HLWJ0f.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/4wz9CiQ.png)
Alison (Foxtrot) topped her previous score and took an orange hat!
(https://i.imgur.com/nL7qwOn.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/Odo1SuO.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/jrbRHBP.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/pt3AzY4.png)
Sunday:
Snipes again re-qualified several times.
(https://i.imgur.com/LBs2wxr.jpg)
KellyMynView re-qualified.
(https://i.imgur.com/UzOnyeV.jpg)
Cokeguy re-qualified.
(https://i.imgur.com/V3JUd6f.jpg)
Foxtrot re-qualified.
(https://i.imgur.com/uVvi79T.jpg)
Axeman re-qualified with a Distinguished score.
(https://i.imgur.com/4qU9l49.jpg)