Well another great shoot behind us and many more to come. Once again a HUGE thank you to Patriot Academy for allowing us to use their world class facilities. I do believe that when they are through with this project it will be the finest training and shooting facility in the country. Along with a wonderful helpful staff of true patriots. :F
Saturday morning started out nicely with 10 shooters on the line. Once the pre shooting activities were complete we brought rifles to the line and posted up our first redcoat. Did I mention that we were shooting off of astroturf? Very nice. We had one clear the Red Coat target,Randy a return rifleman going for a 250. But th/Users/jayewatson/Downloads/apple1.JPGe results of the first Red Coat revealed that we had some pretty good shooters on the line. :--- 6-100 4-200 3-200 2-400 and 4 Morgans Shingle strikes. With that we set out to work under a cloudy cool overcast breezy sky.
El Tejano` and I started with the prone position steady hold factors and dove in to the days instruction. After a few sighter squares and getting everyone zeroed the fun was just getting started.
We finished the morning with everyone doing excellent.
We broke for lunch and some story telling. Did I mention that we have access to indoor A/C classrooms!
Talk about nice! Being able to step indoors and cool off is a real bonus! Thanks again Patriot Academy! But when we stepped outside after lunch the sun was out and the cool breeze was dying away. But our shooters never faltered! :snipersmi They dove in to the afternoons instruction with zeal! Ghosting, Gen x Minuteman Zach and Jerry and El Tejano' shared their knowledge and it showed. Did I mention that by 3pm the temp was 100dg! With a heat index of 110! It was brutal, but nobody faltered. It definitely qualified as a "Caliente'" Seed! >:D
By the end of the first day the shooters were cooked "well done", but after the end of day redcoat the results showed that they were paying attention and using their new skills well. The results were a 50% improvement from the morning. Unfortunately we were not able to get in an AQT because of the extreme heat. We had to get cool and hydrated.
Day two started out cloudy and breezy again. The shooters were ready to get into the AQT grind! We posted a new Red Coat target and saw that the cooler weather was helping our shooters out. It was an even better improvement than the ending previous days Red Coat!
So we posted up the AQT and got the days work started. And wow what a result! These folk were paying attention! By the time we pulled the first AQT and Twinkle Toes scored the first two redcoats we had Two RIFLEMEN!!!! Arron shot a 230, with open sights! Not bad for your first AQT! Yes he has had prior instruction and is a shooting instructor, mostly pistol work though. Our second RifleWomen was Donna! This was her first ever event and her second AQT! :bow: It shows that when you pay attention and apply the instruction you can do amazing things.
As the day progressed two more shooters became Riflemen, Harry and Teresa! well done Harry and great job Teresa! Teresa had been to multiple Appleseed events and finally put it all together with a score of 232 which bested her husbands Riflemen score from previous events. And Randy prequalified with a 246! That real close to a 250, keep trying!
We had one more knocking on the door just 3 points shy! Finally the heat got to us and it was decided to call it a day after several more AQTs. What a great shoot.
Thanks again to the cadre' here at Fredericksburg and your outstanding efforts to promote Liberty, Heritage and Marksmanship.
It was a great weekend. The heat was a thing for sure. Everyone hung in there and that was great.
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