All,
A few of you got to meet Doc either at an Appleseed or through Sycamore Valley Gun Club. Doc was instrumental in starting my interst in highpower shooting and getting a Garand. Needless to say without his friendship, mentoring and guidance I would not be where I am today or met most of you.
Ed
http://www.allenfuneralhome.org/obituaries/dr-charles-riley-doc-shick,-od.aspx
My thoughts and prayers are with his family. @)
Wow, what an example for involvement and dedication. Sure sounds like he was a good man, and I imagine the service will be a beautiful celebration of all he accomplished. My condolences to all of his family and friends.
Would you have bought a M1 and started shooting it regularly without him? If not, then tell his wife I said thank you. She likely doesn't know it, he probably didn't either, but that bit of mentoring reached farther than he could possibly have known. Indiana Appleseed owes him a great debt.
YHJ
They knew it, I actually started shooting high power borrowing HER M-1, until the CMP got one to me.
HH
Jake's thought was my first one as well. Imagine the success we have had as a state because of people Hawk has attracted to it. For those of you that are new, almost all of the SBs here came from his instructing tree in one form or another. Now imagine the guy that started Hawk off.
As an aside when we did the Freedom one day last year we were doing a Primer in the clubhouse and Doc came by to shoot the breeze. After some conversation he announced to the group that he was tired of kids getting tattoos these days. Getting a tattoo was stupid. Why would you mark yourself as one thing forever? They were all stupid tattoos anyway, either in a language the kid doesn't speak or meaning something the kid didn't know anything about. He then said, "There is only one tattoo a kid should get, anyway," and he yanked up his sleeve to reveal The Eagle, Globe and Anchor. "Now," he said, "That's a tattoo!" Jeff Williams yanked up his sleeve and said, "Hey! Somebody did that to me, too!?" and they compared ink. I wish I had gotten a picture.
Sadly, I did not have the good fortune to have known him, yet the influence of his character and life have surely impacted mine through those who did.
Condolences and blessings,
ATM
Doc was a rifleman for sure. He worked really hard to keep the club going and was always trying to promote the shooting sports. I used to love talking to him out at the range. He knew his rifles well, and he was into prairie dogs. We're going to miss him.
Stopped by the funeral home tonight to pay my respects. The place was full of shooters and many stories of Doc, Sycamore Valley and hunting.
HH