What a weekend! Hats off to our NC crew - R-Mack, Proud Patriot, Bulldog14, and Recon82 (and Karen). They came in early to set up and stayed late, making sure the range was left better than we found it. The range is looking better and better. During the weekend, Hawkeye got us tapped into the 21st century with Starlink! THANK YOU!!! Special thanks to R-Mack for agreeing to close everything up after the shoot. Maximum Ordinate and I were able to jet back to TN and me on to GA in time for me to puppy sit.
I hope everyone had as much fun and learned as much as I did at our KD on our Ramseur home range. Maximum Ordinate continues to set the standard in teaching. He led 14 shooters through much of the instruction with EIGHT earning their KD rockers! 6 of those had never attended a known distance event before - Huzzah!!! The shooters were great to work with and all could shoot so well. Many missed their rocker by just a point or two. I hope to see you all at another Appleseed event soon. Ray - I'll try to visit a range by you up in Alaska some day - I hope everyone got home okay near and far.
Pictures tell a 1000 words and we took a bunch. I'll let them tell how the weekend went -
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We got to try some hot dogs from here along the way - not bad at all.
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Range set up on Saturday morning. See if you can spot DEH in the wild with his little knife.
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What a beautiful range! Thanks to Steve and all those that have worked here in the last several months. The 500 yard berm is open for business again.
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Awesome crew ready to seize the day.
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Holy smokes! Maximum Ordinate surprised me a bit and let me know that I'd been promoted to dSB! He can keep secrets. Thanks a lot for the confidence ISAAC - I'll try to earn it.
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John shot Morgan's Shingle first thing in the morning. Congratulations! You've been added to our Roster of Morgan's Riflemen here https://appleseedinfo.org/smf/index.php?topic=59673.new#new (https://appleseedinfo.org/smf/index.php?topic=59673.new#new)
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R-Mack got to shoot a little bit on Saturday. He made a valiant attempt to shoot the shingle in the standing position.
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Garrett shoots in prone
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Tyler in prone
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Jonathan in prone
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Sitting
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Ray standing
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Sitting position.
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Standing position
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Bulldog14 awards his granddaughter her orange hat. She shoot a rifleman score at R-Mack's 25m event in October. Thanks for stepping up TheReluctantShooter!
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There must have been a lot of dust around. Derry got us all tearing up.
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Thanks again, Kate. See you at an event soon.
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Steve shooting something huge and heavy.
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This is a horrible picture, but the only one I have of Proud Patriot getting an Appleseed coin for her ongoing hard work cleaning up the Ramseur range.
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A previous Appleseed volunteer drove all the way from eastern NC to give us a donation he won for Appleseed. Thank you!!!
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An accurate rendition of the vicious Smoky Mountain Jackaloupe (We are ALL artists in Appleseed, some of us are better than others. I consider myself a bit like Picasso.)
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Maximum Ordinate teaches us how to shoot on a slope.
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There was awesome coaching going on all weekend.
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Maximum Ordinate goes over more instruction.
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Derry's family came over to celebrate his birthday with all of us. Evan explained that they'd swiped his grandmother's lemon cake recipe and Katherine and Kate both took a try at it. I'm not the only one that said it's the best lemon cake we've ever had. Happy birthday, Derry!!!
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Duane does smile, just not on command.
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The Giddings family celebrating Derry's birthday! Among them we have 3 orange hats, 2 red hats, 1 surprise to be revealed soon and one aspiring orange hat who's well on his way to achieving a rifleman's score. The family that Appleseeds together has a blast. Thanks for coming out!
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We're getting ready for the next string of fire.
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Garrett earned his KD rocker
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Duane earned his KD rocker
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Donald earned his KD rocker once (his highest score of 47!!!)
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Tyler knocked his first KD AQT out of the park!!! He scored a 49 Saturday afternoon, earning him both the Distinguished Rifleman Patch and his KD rocker.
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Derry earned his KD rocker
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Donald earned his KD rocker again!
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Maximum Ordinate shared his Rusty's Riflemen Patch with those that earned their KD rockers by early Sunday.
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Anthony earned his KD rocker
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John earned his KD rocker
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Kevin earned his KD rocker
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Donald earned his KD rocker for the 3rd time (that's 3 out of 4 if you're counting!!!)
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Anthony earned his KD rocker again! Nice shooting
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Whhhaaattt? How'd this get in here? What an awesome trip. Thanks for driving and letting me talk your ear off.
Looks like an awesome event! Congrats again Upacreek! And Congrats to the KD Riflemen! O0
Great weekend with great people. Can't wait to do it again!
It was a great event, I learned a lot! I can't wait for the next one so I can redeem myself and get higher scores! Time for even more dry fire!
It was a great KD weekend. I had the privilege of being both an instructor and a shooter. Listening to R-mack, upacreek, and Maximum Ordinate tells me that I have a lot to learn, but I will get there. We had great weather, and an even greater group of shooters. Thanks to my family for the "surprise" birthday party. Rusty said that turning 65 officially makes me a "Dangerous Old Man" Looking forward to the next Appleseed event.
CONGRATS everyone on a great event!
Congrats to the 8 KD rifleman scores - that's incredible!
Congrats Proud Patriot on earning your coin -- well deserved!!
Congrats to Upacreek! WELL DESERVED LADY!!
Happy Birthday to Derry - so nice to have all the family come out and celebrate - they are a special family indeed.
Jeeez! How'd I miss this?!