It was a great weekend at Pioneer Sportsmen's Range in Dunbarton. We started on Friday with a one-day Shoot Boss Camp, where we talked about all things Shoot Bossing!
On Saturday, nine stalwart shooters arrived for the first Rimfire KD weekend in the Northeast Region!
We were blessed with copious liquid sunshine. We originally planned to enjoy all our classroom time on the range. Thankfully, the well appointed clubhouse was available for us. We began the day with some instruction about KD shooting and trajectory. Then, we moved to a very wet range.
The Pioneer Sportsmen's 100y range is mostly sand. Even wet, it's a pleasant place to shoot. Thankfully, we got a short break from the rain. We spent the remainder of the morning gathering data at distance and finished shooting our first AQT after lunch. Congratulations to new RKD Riflemen: Andrew (41), Matt S (42), and Clyde (49)!
About 3pm, the sky opened up! We reconvened in the clubhouse where listened to the story of the War of Regulation and the Battle of Alamance. These events were a foreshadowing and inspiration for the events of April 19th, 1775. We also learned about the effects of wind on Rimfire KD shooting. The highlight of the day was Matt S joining us as a new Orange Hat!
The instructors enjoyed a traditional instructor meal after the event.
Sunday morning came quickly and we met back on the much dryer line. Because of rain all night long, MattNH, mmirate, Nightpoison, and Brent1775 did some serious IAO to keep shooters out of the mud!
We began our day with a fundamentals review, and then jumped into Target Detection. After participating in a Range Estimation exercise, it was time to begin using the data we collected on Saturday!
We shot an AQT and broke for lunch. At lunch, MattNH told us the story of Kings Mountain.. Then we shot more AQTs... and wrapped up the day. Saturday was very wet, but we ended Sunday with some perfect weather. Congratulations to RKD Riflemen: Kevin (41), Andrew (40, 41), Matt H (40), and MattNH (48).
I want to thank each of the instructors who came out and helped make this weekend a success: Google, MattNH, Nightpoison, mmirate, . O0
To all the shooters, well done. If you didn't earn your patch this time, remember a Rifleman persists. America needs Riflemen today to step up and be active in your communities and in your nations. Our forefathers paid for our Liberty in blood and it's up to us to guard it well.
Finally, thanks to Pioneer Sportsmen's leadership for their hospitality. It's a pleasure to work at such a beautiful range.
In Liberty,
MO
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Great looking group MO. I wish I could have been there!
Good to see you and Google teaming up.