Day one is in the Appleseed books. This I believe is the first fund raiser event sponsored by Project Appleseed. It was fun, fast and very hot.
All the shooters showed incredible progress through out the day, money was raised and I believe everyone had a very good time.
I would like to thank our sponsors who donated prizes and prizes and more prizes. Armalite, Pro Mag, Techsights, Craddock Barrells. We did a shoot a stick for most items, for a fee, shooters put their name on a lath and a designator shooter using a MI shot at a stick. When hit, that was the winner. All the designated shooters were female today and the smiles on there faces after shooting a "real gun" were worth more to me than the prize.
More items to shoot for tomorrow, including a Vortex rifle scope and a match grade upper from Armalite.
More to come,,,,,,,,,,
First time shooters of the U.S RIFLE CAL. 30 M1 is priceless :) .To hear that Garand giggle between each shot is just to COOL :cool2:
D-fly Keeping the Faith
Thanks to ALL OF THE PARTICIPANTS in this special Appleseed fundraiser for the Wounded Warrior Project.
It takes A LOT of people to make this kind of event happen, and for it to be successful. @)
If you have not already done so, please take a moment to visit the Wounded Warrior Project website. You will see their Mission, Vision, Purpose and Core Values. You will see why Appleseed chooses to support the WWP.
http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/mission.aspx
Through the work of some dedicated Appleseed volunteers we were able to offer some FANTASTIC prizes to help raise money for WWP.
Kudos! to individuals and industry for their generous support of this coordinated effort to support our veterans.
Vortex! A Wisconsin based company! ^:)^
Armalite @)
ProMag @)
Craddock @)
Techsites @)
Patternmaster @)
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Thanks to the Winnequah Gun Club for their support. Through their generosity to the Appleseed project we have a range dedicated to serving Appleseed events. Their daily membership fees from this event will be donated to the WWP. This club ROCKS!
ATTENDEES! PLEASE SIGN ON AND COMMENT HERE :--- QUICKLY >:D
Without you, there would be no Appleseed.
Thanks for taking the decision to attend Appleseed, and for your generous support of WWP.
GEEZ! We had fun yesterday. More to come today!
You all represent what is GOOD about America.
HONOR AND REMEMBER!
This is so cool. Great job all. :bow:
Even with the heat and the wind, it was an incredible time. No matter how many times you hear about our Heritage you can't help but swell up with pride to be an American. My daughter shot this weekend and we are very proud to be helping out the Wounded Warrior Project. You would be hard pressed to find a better cause to give your time and money to.
Now Heidi wants a nick name. How about MissHeidi or is that one too easy?
ONE OF THE MOST AWESOME EXPERIENCES OF MY LIFE! O0
This was my first Appleseed event and I loved it... I have never been to any shooting event where the instructors felt so much compassion for our forefathers and the ones who died giving us our freedom and liberty! Our great country is in grave danger of losing our rights and freedoms and Appleseed is just what WE The People need to remind us of the sacrifices that were made! I hope that Appleseed spreads like wildfire through the homes of America! Anyway as far as this event went... I will admit, there were times when I was aggravated because breaking bad habits is a hard thing to do... Once you muscle through and remain persistent, you will become better! I will be back soon to claim my Appleseed title as a Rifleman! Army Marksmanship has nothing on this!!! Great Job Appleseed and THANK YOU to all the Instructors who volunteer your time!!! Thanks D-Fly for introducing me to this wonderful organization!
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Whew....
Just walked in the door and wanted to check in. A longer post will be following as well as a DFTFH thread.
Absolutely amazing.
All my thanks to Wisconsin Cadre for putting up with me for two days.
Much love to all of the manufacturers that donated such great prizes
And as always....
A most sincere thank you to the shooters. To work that hard for two days in the heat and dust... At every shoot I attend my faith in the people of this country is restored and this weekend was no different.
God I love this program.
This may have been my first Appleseed shoot but won't be my last. Had a great 2 days with a great bunch of people who are dedicated to the cause. And am proud to be part of helping Wounded Warriers again as well. The entire event was run flawlessly by the volunteers. All the hard work and efforts were very much appreciated. Fun to watch the improvement of each and every shooter on the line. I plan to continue to shoot and improve on my own with all I've learned this weekend. And of course I loved the M1's seeing action. I'd like to think the rifles enjoyed it as well.
Shane
Quote from: EricTheRed on June 10, 2012, 07:37:36 PM
Now Heidi wants a nick name. How about MissHeidi or is that one too easy?
How 'bout Hard Core Heidi.
Lord knows she dove into everything with gusto and was still hustling when I left for home.
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What a GROUP!
It's Saturday morning, before registration time, attendees are arriving, volunteers are setting up the firing line, washing picnic tables, setting up easy-ups, and the first two students ask "is there something we can do to help?" The start of a very good day!
EricTR - Thanks for bringing MissHardCoreHeidi. What a wonderful way to spend the weekend with your daughter. She seemed jazzed! Her smiling face was more cheerful than her starburst, tie-died T-shirt.
LibertyFighter, Stevie, and HollowPointShooters - very cool that you made this Appleseed/Wounded Warriors fundraiser a club event! I see by your website that you are a dedicated group.
Quote from: Miller on June 10, 2012, 09:44:42 PM
At every shoot I attend my faith in the people of this country is restored and this weekend was no different.
God I love this program.
O0
Quote from: ShaneinWI on June 10, 2012, 11:25:06 PM
I plan to continue to shoot and improve on my own with all I've learned this weekend.
O0 Am I remembering correctly; were you one of the prizewinners this weekend?
It was a GARAND weekend!
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WHEW! Just got home and cleaned up.
What a great way to kick off the summer!! :---
Every time I attend an Appleseed, my heart is filled with joy as I see true Americans show up and begin their journey to becoming a rifleman. I am filled with hope as I watch each of the attendees digesting the events of April 19th 1775, and sacrifices that our fathers made to secure the freedoms and rights that they will begin to hold a little more precious and near to their hearts.
YOU are what will help us get the message out to those that will hear it, and help in our mission to reintroduce people to their heritage. To get every American in touch with their inner rifleman.
dedicate those 6 steps to firing a shot to memory, but ACT on that 7th step!!
I wanted to thank everyone that helped to make this weekend GLORIOUS; from all the hard work done behind the scenes to acquire and distribute the prizes, to the amazing Americans who decided that they were going to make themselves better this weekend and show up to an Appleseed AND donating to a great cause in the Wounded Warriors Project. I want to also thank the volunteers and instructors (especially those that came from Ohio/Iowa/ and Indiana) for being a part of APPLESEED'S FIRST fundraiser for such a great cause. Lastly Thank you to All of the industry leaders who donated our prizes for this weekend and Winnequah Gun club for the gracious use of their facility, THANK YOU ALL for making this a success.
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Many thanks to Brown - Procurer of the Prizes :bow: (Notice what he is holding?)
He took pictures of all the winners and after he gets back to Indiana and hoses the dust off ::) I am sure you will see some of them.
For now, here are the FABULOUS prizes that we were able to offer in the Appleseed effort to raise funds for the Wounded Warrior Project.
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Pretty cool, eh?! :---
Well it doesn't stop there. Take a look at the picture below.
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Okay, are you done oggle-ing over the Garand?
Yeh, handsome dude doing the shooting, as well.
But that is not why I posted this picture. You have to look closer.
May I draw your attention to his trigger hand. No draggin wood, of course! But it's not that either.
It's what he's wearing on his wrist. It's the BRACELET!
Not just any bracelet, but a very special bracelet.
Bellringer, IIT, made these bracelets out of some super cool cord and offered them for sale, doing his part in the efforts to raise funds for the Wounded Warrior Project.
How cool is that! Great job Bellringer! Hey they even look good on the OLD GUYS!
Looks like you all had a great time for a great cause!!
Thank you all!!
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For a $5.00 donation to WWP, the shooters got to shoot 1 enblock for a small prize. When is the last time you saw this many U.S. Rifle's 30 cal on the line?
It turned out to be a great weekend - heat, sand, sun and all! The improvements from Saturday morning to the end of Sunday was fantastic! From newly minted Rifleman to several shooting running the table on Red Coat targets. You shooters worked hard this weekend and I salute you! Thank you for helping make America a better place by participating in its Heritage and especially for all the donations to make this Wounded Warrior Project Appleseed clinic a success!
An extra thank you to our out of state instructor/shooters who came all the way in special from Iowa, Ohio and Indiana. that was a long haul but I loved learning from you guys and the stories.
And I kinda like Hard Core Heidi as a screen name... Almost as good as Fluffy. ;) <ducks from Miller's swing!>
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A very successful weekend, I'd say. Thank you to all that made this a very special event....a whole lot of good was done this weekend. I look forward to taking a more "active" role with my new orange hat! Thank you for the opportunity.
BTW, I brought Joe V. with me to to this shoot and he scored Rifleman w/iron sights on his first event. I think this was my 5th event, but first qualifying with irons, too. I'm proud of him, and I know he had a great time because he is already talking about who he wants to bring to the next one!
What a great weekend! I signed up to shoot, but still was able to get some instructing in...hehe couldn't help myself.
Thank you to all the donors for the wonderful prizes, I was so surprised by all the generosity.
Thank you to all the attendees who stuck through the heat, this Appleseed wouldn't have been a success without you.
Congratulations to both Tuhlmann and EricTheRed for taking on the Orange Hat. Maybe I will see you on the trail!!
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After a Friday night planning session, the visiting instructors head to the range.
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With the heart of a Rifleman, Hedi takes some instruction from triggernick.
Good memory Old Glory, I was lucky enough to win one of the Patternmaster Chokes. Will be put to good use. Thank you.
Now that I have MOST of the sand washed off and collected my thoughts here are some of the pictures from this weekend. Once again I am so humbled to be part of a GREAT group of Americans that came out to support a fundraiser to benefit Wounded Warriors. We raised a good amount of funds, had WONDERFUL prizes donated by Industry, and had a fantastic time.
While it was hot every one of the shooters persevered and came back on Sunday for even more punishing heat.
I want to thank all of the shooters for coming out. It made the trip to WI worth the effort to get there.
All of the instructors and even some shooters pitching in to set up shade
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Checking in at registration. Look at all those great donation prizes!
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Saturday morning is off to a start with the safety briefing
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First shots of the day at the opening Red Coats. Look at that long line of shooters under the watchful eye of BellRinger
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Sam and Bill get ready to try and clear the Redcoat target
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I heard that Appleseed can teach an old dog new tricks on how to improve their shooting positions. Bellringer and Janir show them how it is done.
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So how is everyone's groupings starting to look?
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Some of our donating companies
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Joe is the first winner of the drawing for a sling from Tech Sights
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Trying out the seated position
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Congratulations everyone on the success of this great Appleseed. O0 :bow: O0 :bow:
Heidi takes aim with the sledgehammer of the Battlefield . look at that smile from the M1.
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Mac claims the Archangel target stock from Promag. Heidi hit the 6MOA target with ease. Nice shooting Heidi!
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High score on the first AQT claims the Archangel hat
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David Claims the Tech Sights with a high score of 47 out of 50
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Taking aim for the next prize
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And the Winner is Julia for the Craddock Precision Barrel
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A little Coaching from Triggernick and Laurie Claims the Donated Tech Sights
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History Time!
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After the Morning Pledge of Allegiance it is review time for safety rules on Sunday
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Checking Sunday morning targets to verify zero before going into the AQT grind
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Even the shooters want to get in telling history by reading off the Appleseed playing cards
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Adrian helps julia claim a Archangel stock from ProMag
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Nice shooting Adrian!
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With a very substantial donation Eric takes home the second target stock from ProMag
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Brown, Thanks so much for posting all the pics! Great stuff! Can't wait to see more! I always take the camera to every event and I usually get so tied up in focusing on shooting that the camera never comes out of the bag so it's nice to see pics!!!! Thanks Again!
Garand Shoot-out game #1
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Helps Joe Claim the Tech Sights. Thanks for the great shooting Bill!
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Garand Shoot-out #2. Look at all those Garands!!
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Two very happy winners of the PatternMaster Choke Tubes
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So what is with all the sticks all the winners are holding you ask? Shooters buy a chance at a prize by putting their name on the stick. They are then placed at 25yd target line and a random shooter uses a Garand to hit that 6moa target . Not an easy task unless you are a Rifleman in training!
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Mike claims the Armalite donated National Match AR Upper
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John gets the Vortex Optics scope from the hometeam donating company. nice groupings on that redcoat
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Eric and Eric grab a bucket and join the Instructor ranks. Thanks Guys!
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Our Shoot boss in Training is Promoted to full Shoot Boss. Nice job Triggernick
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And as is tradition he is showered with water. Boy does that feel good on a hot day!
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I just wanted to say,
Thanks to all the instructors and shooters who bought my bracelets this weekend ;D. Thanks to them I was able to donate fifty dollars to the Wounded Warriors Project ^:)^ ..:.., and I had a really awesome time instructing. Oh, I almost forgot ;) congrats to the new OHs and SB O0
Thanks all,
Bellringer
WOW!!!! what a GLORIOUS weekend, thanks to all who came out to Winnequah Gun Club to share their weekend with Appleseed. :~
Congratulations to our newest Rifleman Joe I know someone took some pictures of you getting your patch ;) .
Some pics from the weekend:
D-fly Keeping the Faith
More pics
Heidi and the U.S. RIFLE CAL. 30 M1
I think Heidi's name should be starburst...bc of her shirt that OG pointed out and her personality.
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After a Friday night planning session, the visiting instructors head to the range.
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With the heart of a Rifleman, Hedi takes some instruction from triggernick.
Does it get any better than seeing your Daughter shooting an 30 cal.
This was a great Appleseed lots of shooters willing to learn, it was fun to watch everyone progress. congrats to Trigger Nick our newest and wettest shoot boss ..:... I especialy want to thank all of the vendors who supplied prizes and food you really went above and beyond my hat is off!. I personally want to thank Armalite for the match grade upper that I won it is just too cool Thank You. I hope this can be an annual event and we can grow it so we have to use two bays, and that the Ohio, Indiana, and Iowa contingent return. Hope every one had so much fun that they join us in October!.
Infidel
Those orange hats are so bright they glow! Time for you guys to get down in the dirt and break them in.
Thanks for the nickname suggestions!! I had a blast this weekend and I LOVE the pics. I loved shooting the m1 grand and thinking about putting it on my christmas list!! Hope to see you all soon!!
O0 :)
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Thanks for the nickname suggestions!! I had a blast this weekend and I LOVE the pics. I loved shooting the m1 grand and thinking about putting it on my christmas list!! Hope to see you all soon!!
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I loved shooting the m1 grand and thinking about putting it on my christmas list!!
Haha! Be careful there. I went to Anniston to get ONE.....and THREE followed me home!!!
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Quote from: MissHardCoreHeidi on June 11, 2012, 08:33:25 PM
I loved shooting the m1 grand and thinking about putting it on my christmas list!!
Haha! Be careful there. I went to Anniston to get ONE.....and THREE followed me home!!!
Anniston is a dangerous place no doubt. Luckily all that followed me home form there was 692 rounds of M-2 ball and a bayonet.
The CMP North store at Camp Perry in Ohio is even more dangerous and closer. I left there with a rifle, enough ammo to make walking to the car a trial, and a sober feeling. If you hit Camp Perry take the time to drive to all the ranges and read the plaques about who they were named for. All of them contain the full Congressional Medal of Honor citation for the soldier the range is named after. Strong stuff.
So as promised a little more now that I've had a shower, some sleep, and a few mgs of vitamin I.
A great weekend with a great bunch of folks raising money for a great cause and spreading the flame of liberty.
I hope based on the success of this weekend that fundraising shoots become a regular feature on the shoot schedule from coast to coast. Appleseeders are, without exception, some of the most generous people on the planet. Willing to open their homes to complete strangers based on nothing more than a shared passion for our great nation. People so generous are a natural match for such great non-profits as The Wounded Warrior Project.
And as so many prior have said so many thanks must go to the manufacturers that donated so generously. Seeing such support from our partners on the manufacturing side of the shooting world just made my day.
The generosity of the shooters reinforced again the caliber of folks that give up the comfort of their couch to come learn their heritage. And even while getting deluged with knowledge and broiling under the sun they were up beat, involved, and generous beyond words. And the improvement shown from Saturday morning to Sunday was amazing.
And the instructors... Wow. A sunny morning in a sandy clearing in the Wisconsin country side. A virtual convoy of cars and trucks appears and an hour later a tent city has sprung up and class is in session. The ability to simply get stuff done shown by these folks at every shoot I've attended is awe inspiring. And they do it all for nothing more than the chance to spread the story of how we as a people came to be and to wake up sleeping Americans. I'm proud to be working my way up their ranks.
For myself...
It was good to spend time on the line as a shooter and work on my skills, it was great to meet so many great folks, and I'm proud beyond words to have been able to participate.
Thank you all.
It's story time....
My favorite experience of the weekend, happened at 2:30 in the afternoon on Sunday. A very young man and his father showed up and heard that he could get some experience shooting various rifles at an Appleseed. I told him that it is a little bit late to get started with the Appleseed, and gave him some brochures and talked up Appleseed. I ask them to sign up for the next Appleseed in the area.
Then, young William, pulled out of his pocket, I believe it was maybe about $8, and he said he wanted to donate to the WWP anyway.
It melted my heart.
Needless to say within 10 minutes I had him with a 10/22 rifle, went over the four safety rules, how to clear a rifle, and put him into a steady hold prone position. I assigned an IIT to work with him the rest of the afternoon, while I went over to give his father a bottle of water. We talked some more about Project Appleseed. When the course of fire was complete young William sought me out and proudly showed me his Redcoat target with a nice group.
His father was so impressed that he donated some money as well. They stayed to help clean up.
That's my story; let's hear yours.
Talked with William and his father a bit. Discussed sling technique, impressions of the program, etc... Had no idea of their whole back story.
Was really impressed with young William. I see a hat in his future.
And his father showed the sort of open miindedness to new ideas that makes a good Rifleman. We will do well with them involved.
Awesome story ColyCat! That gave me goosebumps! It seems like when I get down and start to think that I am the only one left that really cares about the state of our country something like that happens and it encourages me to keep on keeping on! I have two awesome experiences from the event. First is what I talked about in my post about the pure genuine passion that the instructors have for our country! Seeing the instructors tear up and get emotional when they talk about our country and the flag and our freedoms really kindles the fire inside of me. Seeing a young man 13 years old correcting a 27 year old seasoned Army Marksman is another thing that really shows that Appleseed is an amazing program! But my favorite part of Appleseed is seeing my wife out shoot me! (Don't tell her I said that) If you all didn't notice on Saturday, she wasn't very excited to be there and was mainly only there because I drug her along... about half way through the day I started to get a little discouraged because I knew she wasn't gonna want to come back on Sunday... BUT Saturday on the way home after clearing her red coat she said "What time do we GET to come back tomorrow?" and all I said was 0800 babe! I was so proud of her for stepping outside of her comfort zone and proving to herself that she could do anything! I see another ladyseeder in the near future! Can't wait for the next Appleseed! I hope that we both become riflemen at the same time!
That is soo cool about Stevi and wanting to come back for more. I was the same way at my first seed, but the thought of clearing the red coat, heck, some days I still can't do it.
Anyone else has a good story of some kind?
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Awesome story ColyCat! That gave me goosebumps! It seems like when I get down and start to think that I am the only one left that really cares about the state of our country something like that happens and it encourages me to keep on keeping on! I have two awesome experiences from the event. First is what I talked about in my post about the pure genuine passion that the instructors have for our country! Seeing the instructors tear up and get emotional when they talk about our country and the flag and our freedoms really kindles the fire inside of me. Seeing a young man 13 years old correcting a 27 year old seasoned Army Marksman is another thing that really shows that Appleseed is an amazing program! But my favorite part of Appleseed is seeing my wife out shoot me! (Don't tell her I said that) If you all didn't notice on Saturday, she wasn't very excited to be there and was mainly only there because I drug her along... about half way through the day I started to get a little discouraged because I knew she wasn't gonna want to come back on Sunday... BUT Saturday on the way home after clearing her red coat she said "What time do we GET to come back tomorrow?" and all I said was 0800 babe! I was so proud of her for stepping outside of her comfort zone and proving to herself that she could do anything! I see another ladyseeder in the near future! Can't wait for the next Appleseed! I hope that we both become riflemen at the same time!
Similar story with my wife last Sept. She was using a .22L dedicated upper AR with iron sights (I didn't know we could use red dots or scopes at that time). She moved to a red dot and made progress all day long, almost clearing the Red Coat at the end. She was sore as heck that night but insisted on going back to get better. Didn't want to shoot AQTs anymore... just wanted to work on tightening up her groups (AQT transitions were giving her back troubles). Then Colycat let her shot his scoped 10/22 late Sunday morning... she pretty near dropped a full 10 round mag into the 1" black square on a sight-in target. Had she been using a scope on her AR from the get go... she would of out shot the whole firing line, myself included by the end of day Sat.
She would of been at the Shawano shoot this past weekend, but she excepted a job promotion that puts her on the road 4 out of 5 days of the week traveling to her corporate office. Driving doesn't fare well with her back. To bad, I was all ready to surprise her with a new scope I picked up for her back when I thought we'd make the April Shawano date. :-\
Waiting patiently for her next opportunity....
The look on Joe V.'s face when he showed me his AQT with a 220 just before Goldfish gave him his patch has to be one of my high points. He'd gotten some comradely ribbing through the weekend from both myself and Eric and the look of satisfaction on his face was priceless.
Now we just need to get him to another 'seed and get him a hat....
Quote from: colycat on June 11, 2012, 11:21:36 PM
It's story time....
My favorite experience of the weekend, happened at 2:30 in the afternoon on Sunday. A very young man and his father showed up and heard that he could get some experience shooting various rifles at an Appleseed. I told him that it is a little bit late to get started with the Appleseed, and gave him some brochures and talked up Appleseed. I ask them to sign up for the next Appleseed in the area.
Then, young William, pulled out of his pocket, I believe it was maybe about $8, and he said he wanted to donate to the WWP anyway.
It melted my heart.
Needless to say within 10 minutes I had him with a 10/22 rifle, went over the four safety rules, how to clear a rifle, and put him into a steady hold prone position. I assigned an IIT to work with him the rest of the afternoon, while I went over to give his father a bottle of water. We talked some more about Project Appleseed. When the course of fire was complete young William sought me out and proudly showed me his Redcoat target with a nice group.
His father was so impressed that he donated some money as well. They stayed to help clean up.
That's my story; let's hear yours.
Close to that.
Late on Sunday a older gentleman came up to the registration area saying he knew the event was going on but just could not get away soon enough to join us on the line. He still wanted to do his part and handed me $100 to donate to Wounded Warriors.
he did not stay but maybe 4 minutes from start to end. just long enough to thank Appleseed for doing this fundraiser,pass along a generous donation,shake a hand,and depart.
But the best part of the weekend for me was watching Heidi and her enthusiasm. Eric MUST be one proud papa with her as a daughter.
Sorry I'm a little late to the party, but after long drive home and some time to get the Wisconsin sand off of me, I'm back.
This weekend turned out to be one heck of an Appleseed weekend! Twenty+ eager Americans showed up and stuck it out in 90-100+ degree heat. My genuine thanks go out to everyone who made this event happen. To the WI instructors, thank you for the hospitality and generosity shown as well as the lessons taught. You know, Ohio really isn't that far away. ::) Shooters, I really enjoyed being one of you for the first whole weekend since 2009.
I took a different perspective than I normally have at shoots, and I enjoyed it tremendously, which is a direct result the program itself, but also because of the environment created by the other shooters and instructors.
Thank you Brown for handling the the prizes and running the drawings, special shoots, etc.
Eric, Heidi, and Brown, the next time I shoot in some sort of competition, I'll enjoy being 'handicapped.' ;D
That's quite the story, Coly. I would have liked to shake that young Patriot's hand.
Seeing instructors offer their M1's to be shot by all the shooters was something special, and listening to all the bang-bang-bang-bang-bang-bang-bang-pings was incredible! Watching the berm constantly splashing up mounds of sand with each shot left me speechless. U.S. Rifle Cal .30 :---
Nick, you think you could get Wolfie to post that vid she got of you getting dowsed?
This weekend confirmed to me that Appleseeders, Instructors and shooters, are the best people in the world.
Stay the Course,
---GoldFish
Introducing new shooters to the M1 Garand priceless O0
U.S. RIFLE CAL. 30 M1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcEvtSh7sW4)
Practice, persistence, patience, dryfire, dryfire, and a little humility. What a great country we live in :) definitely worth saving. Once again thanks to you all for sharing our great heritage.
Shooting - the only sport endorsed by the Founders
an American Tradition since - April 19th 1775 :~
D-fly Keeping the Faith
Some more pics
Some pics from Sunday
And more
Thanks to all the volunteers and the Winnequah Gun Club for organizing and conducting a GREAT event. Sam and I enjoyed it immensely! When I checked in with him today, he responded "I had a great time and learned a lot; wish we could do that every weekend!"
Thanks to the many great sponsors that supported the fundraising efforts for the Wounded Warriors:
Vortex GREAT OPTICS (I use them a lot) and located in Wisconsin!
Armalite
ProMag
Craddock
Techsights (well engineered and effective! another great Wisconsin company and on my Liberty Rifle, a Ruger 10/22)
Patternmaster
And thanks to our instructors, a great and knowledgeable clan that made us all better riflemen, better versed in our history, and more aware of the need to make our heritage live in our words, deeds, and choices.
Spread the word. Appleseed is a solid and worthwhile weekend commitment: it is fun, it is informing, it builds useful skills and self confidence, it is centering, and it is FUN! I'll be shooting at Appleseed events for a long time to come!
Quote from: Bisonwill53704 on June 13, 2012, 11:20:56 PM
Sam and I enjoyed it immensely! When I checked in with him today, he responded "I had a great time and learned a lot; wish we could do that every weekend!"
Between the smiles seen up and down the firing line this weekend and the above comment, justifies every mile and minute spent working as an Appleseed instructor. THANK YOU shooters for giving us a weekend job that is so rewarding!!!
Quote from: Ratchett on June 13, 2012, 11:43:00 PM
Between the smiles seen up and down the firing line this weekend and the above comment, justifies every mile and minute spent working as an Appleseed instructor. THANK YOU shooters for giving us a weekend job that is so rewarding!!!
Exactly this.
A thousand times this.
I enjoyed shooting the A2 sights on my 22 so much, that I ordered and installed a set on my 5.56 AR last night. Glad I stuck with the peep sight. I could definately see the improvements throughout the weekend with my shooting. The plan is to do alittle shooting on my own in the morning. I printed off some of the targets from this site to continue to improve. Still pretty excited about all that we learned last weekend.
D-Fly great job on this project and fantistic job explaining it to the Rifleman radio audiance O0
A new IIT will be using it as part of his samuael whittamor presentation. He said D-Fly called into the show and it got him so motivated he wants to tie it in .
I will try to archive to program but this puter does not work very well :( probably operator error :-[
(http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/1229/dsc0085kj.jpg)
After shooting the US Rifle cal 30, Stevie clears the Red Coat at the end of the day, Saturday.
It's been almost 3 weeks and I finally got a chance to shoot alittle more. Although I wasn't able to clear the redcoat target during the training, I took a few minutes last night to shoot on my own and cleared it on the first try w/ open sights. All the training and shooting details must have really took hold in my brain. Looking forward to keep working on the skills I have learned.
That's the firehose Shane.
It may not all come together that weekend but as bits slot into place you'll find things just "clicking".
after much anticipation....here is the video of me getting soaked, we were finally able to track it down!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiGEybZocx4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiGEybZocx4)
Putting this on our Wi FB page!! BTW it isn't true anymore...you aren't the newset SB anymore, but I'll forgive you, just this once. ^-^