This was a great shoot! (I know, I always say that) It really was - the weather was great on Saturday, lousy on Sunday. Rain, some hail, lightning....did I mention wind and near record low temps?
Tom proved he was a Rifleman again, and decided to become an Instructor!
Devin PERSISTED and shot a Rifleman score on Sunday, in the cold and wet.
Everything went well, all shooters improved, and enjoyed some great history.
Landon got a "Son of Liberty" patch, and he very much deserved it. I think this was his third or fourth shoot, and every time I see him he's upbeat in the worst weather conditions.
OldGrunt suggested creating a "Grandfield Badlands" patch - perhaps with a shivering frog....
pics from Grandfield.
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I'll take the weather we had over what it was a year ago.
Welcome Tom to the Oklahoma instructor cadre as a new IIT.
Congrats to Devin who persisted over several shoots to get that RM patch.
Congrats to Saturdays Rifleman qualifier too!
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Hmmmm. . . do I need to grow a mustache and goatee?
Is that the secret? **)
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Great pics!
Looks like y'all had a heckuva good time.
Nice pics!
thanks so much for the great pic's guys....I have a good idea for a few of them....But sure it was Grandfeild in prime form.....
Sure was nice to have such great shooters show up .Appleseed each one are speical But they dont call it badlands for nothin...lol Seeya in Nov.for sure and time to do it again
Proud of every one, especially all who toughed it out in bad weather on Sunday. I would be good to share a foxhole with any one of you! You've shown you have what it takes to overcome adversity. I so hope to see each of you again this year. Let's all plan on being at the Badlands this Fall.
Congratulations Rifleman Devin!
And as always I wish to express my gratitude to the instructors for donating their time, and imparting their knowledge and skill to make each of us better marksmen.
Sorry to have missed Sunday, but my rig is not well suited to Badlands wet clay roads. The clay completely filled up the front fender and had the front wheel locked up solid. The rear wheel would only spin to the side. About 8:30 am, completely stuck in the middle of the road, with another round of rain and lightning bearing down, I said, "God, look what I've got myself into. I'm going to need some help getting out of this." About one minute later, over the hill comes...one of His angels?...no, but the next best thing, it's Oldgrunt in his 4-wheel drive! Luckily, my trailer fit onto the back of the 4-wheel drive. And Oldgrunt knows what he is about; he told me to take the front fender off, thus eliminating the gumming-up problem. After slip-sliding about a mile back to a semi-firm section of road, I considered it sound advice when the Oldgrunt told me, "Go to the house!" Over 5 hrs later, after holing-up under numerous over-passes, and getting caught in a couple more rounds of hail, I made it to my daughters house in Moore.