Special thanks to the Mingo Rod & Gun Club for hosting us yet again. They donated their entire 100 yard rifle range to us for the weekend, and were very helpful in all aspects of getting ready for the weekend at an Appleseed Rifle Clinic. We will certainly be back there again next year.
The weather was great both days, sunny and seasonally warm, and we couldn't have asked for a better weekend of marksmanship and heritage! The shooters all persevered through the firehose of instruction and greatly improved as the weekend progressed. We worked through the day proceeding from demonstration to dry fire practice to live fire confirmation of our marksmanship instruction, combined with history and heritage. A few equipment fitting issues were quickly corrected, and all were resolved effectively. Everyone was very receptive to the course of instruction. History and heritage were well received and there were some great discussions.
Three shooters could not join us on Sunday, as we worked through more drills in the morning (as we can't shoot until after 10:00 AM), and all showed great improvement as the day progressed. By Sunday afternoon everyone had the process down pretty well and we proceeded at a good pace. The Time Monkey stayed off our backs, and many AQT's (including a Rapid Fire AQT) were shot. Devbo kept us all moving in line with his instruction, as he earned his Red Hat and wore it in style! HUZZA! HUZZA! HUZZA!
The shooters showed those pesky Redcoats the strength of our cause on both the AQT and Hits Count Targets, and we have three new Rifleman to add to our cadre, Joe, Roy, and Hayden (whose two 238's were the high for the weekend), and one who requalified, Henry. And six shooters cleared the Hits Count Target – Joe, Hayden, Josh, Roy, Scott and Henry - and several got very close - with Henry clearing all four over the course of the weekend. Huzza!
Thanks to all the shooters and the Mingo Rod & Gun Club for a great weekend.
Great weekend!
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