We had a small but enthusiastic group of patriots this past weekend. They could be called summer soldiers because it was hot and humid.
Saturday saw 5 shooters on the line, 3 of whom were returnees. After the usual drills we got in 2 AQT's and produced 2 riflemen- young Austin with a 210 and Steve with a 218. Interestingly both guys were using loaner rifles.
Sunday dawned suffocatingly hot. We were down to 3 shooters and managed to get through the day 2 course of fire and even take care of some frustrating equipment issues experienced by one shooter. We managed 3 AQT's and Gary turned in a solid 218 on number 2 then took a break. We shot 1 more AQT then called it a day after our final redcoat around 3 pm.
Shooters and instructors all earned a Caliente Seed patch, for 2 days of well over 100f heat index. These were the first Calientes presented since we got them 2 years ago.
Special thanks to Benchrest Rifle Club for their generosity and , of course, thank you to the shooters and instructors for the great weekend we shared!
As to my brain fart Sunday the name I was looking for is Mary Katherine Goddard. 57 th signer of...
It was great spending some time at the event. This was my first MO event. <add another state to the list> Below are a couple of pictures I got from Saturday. Austin and Steve did great on borrowed equipment. With the 210 score, Austin also got baptized in water from the North Bridge.
With Steve, give a Marine an AR (even a Tippmann) and he'll show you a riflemen...
It was hot, but 3/5 scored Riflemen and frankly I think we have one more that is on the cusp if he'd choose a more reliable rifle.