Another fantastic weekend, sharing markmanship and history with some of the best people you could ever hope to meet. I've been involved with the Appleseed project for a couple years now, but this event truly stands out.
Saturday,, we had 23 shooters take the line in typical southern Arizona blustery winter weather of 40 degrees and wind, but we made great progress and minted three new riflemen!
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Jon stepped up to take an orange hat and hit the trail with us
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But wait!....what the heck is that....
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It's Arizona's newest Red hat instructor!
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The new Saturday Riflemen
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On Sunday, 18 stout hearts returned to brave even chillier temps and some scattered precipitation to hear futher tales of that great day, and to shoot AQT's.
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Three more riflemen, and two new orange hats, including Arizona's youngest IIT!
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Congrats Debbie!
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And Pete, a young man who knows very well what he is about
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and two more new orange hats
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Several repeat 'seeders were with us, wich really allows the instructor corps to cover terrain quickly, because they bring friends and family members, and help with the teaching!
I'm excitinedly looking forward to our next scheduled event already!
More event pix can be found here
http://s863.photobucket.com/albums/ab197/mnseitz/Appleseed%2017%20DEC%202011/
Congratulations Slinged in!
To those unnamed (as yet) IITs welcome and congratulations as well.
HH
Seven riflemen, what more can I say?