It was another fine weekend in the black swamp. Despite skies that appeared threatening at times it stayed dry all weekend. We had an eager group of 13 shooters show up with teachable attitudes. This group really took the instruction and implemented it. By Saturday afternoon I was seeing all sorts of NPOA shifts. Saturday afternoon Rick shot a 210 and good-naturedly welcomed his 'individual little rain shower'. All the shooters demonstrated marked improvement over the weekend.
This group was engaged and attentive during the history portion. I have the feeling some of them will be doing more reading about our shared heritage as Americans.
Many things impressed me with this group of shooters. Too many to list, however, I will mention two things:
1. Our youngest shooter Logan (age 14) showed amazing muzzle control when his fellow shooter's HOT brass went down the back of his shirt and got stuck there. He kept his muzzle firmly downrange while enduring the pain of that hot brass. Huzzah Logan!
2. This group really worked well (as riflemen do) in teams. We played a variation of Parker's Revenge Sunday afternoon that required them to figure out a how they were going to work together to accomplish their goal. Later when we headed over to the 500-yard range they again demonstrated their teamwork skills working as shooter and spotter to ping steel.
As things were winding down Sunday Cadence stepped up to join the instructor ranks and accepted an orange hat. Welcome aboard Cadence!
Once again I thoroughly enjoyed my time in the black swamp and the company of the great American's I met this weekend. I hope to see you all back soon. Bring some friends with you to share the fun times with.
Respectfully,
Miki
Sounds like you appleseeders had a great time. Sorry I missed it. :-[
^5
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