Middlebury, VT September 26-27 2009
Full distance event.
8 Shooters both days.
4 No-Shows.
No new Riflemen.
SEVERAL Dangerous Cooks!
2 shooters drove 6 hours from Long Island to make this event.
Another shooter drove 4 hours from Maine.
Props to them.
Saturday: 25M standard fare
Redcoat background history, 1st Strike...
4 QDAQTs
Mostly .22s on the line, 1 Boomer.
The Boomer helped other shooters find their Bubble.
Noticeable improvement on the final Redcoat.
Sunday: 25M / Full Distance
25M Redcoat, Sighters on 1" Squares, B&D w/ Centerfires, 2 QDAQTs
3-4 shooters shot tighter groups with their Battle Rifles than with their .22s!
Managed (2) Full-Distance AQTs on Sunday. (Even with the rain)
No target pits, plenty of fresh cow pies.
Used a 2-man team on a 4-Wheeler to record/verify the FD hit locations on a clipboard for each shooter after each stage.
Had to use a laptop case to keep the clipboards dry when not in use.
They pasted the holes afterward.
This worked out well.
Gave us plenty of time for History on Sunday.
2nd / 3rd Strike, DOM...
Each shooter went home with their hit record and come-ups for their rifle/ammo combination.
I was very pleased with the shooters' attitudes, receptiveness, and abilities.
Definitely a GREAT site for 4/19.
A BIG Thank You to our host range.
Another Thank You to Nickle, Blueskys, NattyBumpo, Rifleman_NH, and D.
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B9, I think they'll both take us up on the opportunity to become IIT's once they get that score in.
The rain was a day long drizzle Sunday, about 1.5 inches of it for the whole day.
But, our shooters hung tough, and stuck it out, and even a few of our Instructors got the chance to get some FD shooting in.
The Shoot Boss is too modest to say that he shot a Rifleman score FD, with iron sights. Of course, he's been a Rifleman for about 2 years now, but not with irons at FD.
yeah, the 2 guys from LI were Rich and Pete. good guys. I think the long drive alone speaks for the dedication. :)
Glad it went well, too bad about the no shows, they are missing out.
Greets Nickle!
Do you know if Rich and Pete are the same two fellows from L.I. who attended the SaraSpa Appleseed on 9/19 & 20? If so, my hat's off to them - they have nearly as much driving time in as shooting time!
wasn't us.. this was our second seed.. the first one being Calverton, NY w/ kDan in August.
Doing the next shoot at Calverton this October! Can't wait...
pete