Wright City, MO 4/18-4/19 2026
Even though it was cold and wet Saturday, it was a great event, and we saw a lot of improvement from the all the shooters. We had a great mix of new shooters and experienced along with a large group of instructors.
All the shooters showed growth over the weekend, and all have a solid chance to get rifleman in a future event. We had 7 Shooters qualify or requalify this weekend which is Fantastic!
Zeke Scott!
Paul Scott!
Zac Thornton!
Mike Eschmann!
Craig Yarno!
Paige Scott! - Forum is "Suitcase" (Distinguished! – 240+)
Flintlock54!
To get rifleman the first event is no easy task. Congrats to you all and the requalifies!
A Rifleman persists! Practicing and working on the skills learned will make it a likely qualification in the next event or two. Reference the guidebooks that were handed out for finer details of points or ask one of the instructors using the forums and message them. I hope to be a part there when you persist and qualify!
It was great meeting and enjoying the weekend with you all. I feel I can say that all the instructors felt welcomed and we had a great time. A special thank you to Jamie Thornton for sharing some great food over the weekend. I know I appreciated it very much. Safety was great at the event – we had a hard time finding anything to focus on and talk about Sunday morning. Again thank you all for coming out on the special weekend.
All the instructors were ready to tell history and teach Rifle Marksmanship. I hope I was able to share some ways to think about how history repeats itself and things we learned in history tend to return over time. Everyone should learn the history so we can avoid the cycle of re-learning! The book, Paul Reveres ride, is available at the Appleseed store or audiobook.
Some quick numbers for everyone (attached) Fantastic improvement all and way to accept and harness those new skills! If you are curious, if you fired in all the opportunities then you fired 299 shots. We should have fired off one more......
I have high expectations for you all the next event, but you must practice! Polish those new skills!
A couple pics of Americans in action.
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Good shoot! Made some new friends and got reacquainted with some old ones.