22 young men from all over the world came together to hear the tale of marksmanship playing a role in the founding of our country. These future leaders quickly grasped the fundamentals of field shooting, crunched all the numbers, and turned these loaner rifles into precision instruments of rifle craft.
The pizzas didn't stand a chance...
We finished off the day with "modern KD rifle familiarization" and rang steel at 100 yards. Huzzah! I had a lot of fun today and I hope to see these young men back at the range - with friends! - again soon.
"All you gotta do is not mess up."
Special thanks to the instructor crew that made this event happen. Folks sent rifles and ammo from afar to make sure this event turned out well. Hats off, yet again, Hoosiers. It's always my pleasure to serve with you fine Riflemen. With dedicated volunteers like you and the hard work of young men like those on the line today - we're going to save this country. Huzzah!
Over half the group never shot a firearm before.
Yep, they got it!
When we turned those young men loose with the centerfires on the 100 yd, they beat the daylights out of my Stage 1 sized AR500 steel.
Thank you guys so much for putting on this second event for Rose. I know everyone in attendance had a blast and learned a great deal about our Heritage as rifleman.
We can't thank you all enough for both your time and money that you poured into this event.
I hope these past two years are a start to a great Rose-Hulman/ Appleseed yearly tradition. Thanks!
-midridg
This was one of the most fun Saturdays I've had in a long time. Rifles, history, and pizza? Yes, please! :~
It's been a while since I was in college, but to say these young men are intelligent is an understatement. On one of our trips down to the target line after IMC instruction, I actually overheard a few fellows talking about using the "sum of squares" to find the absolute center of their groups. ;D Cracked me up. I told them that an estimate was probably "good enough" in this case.
The additional instruction that we don't normally see at an Appleseed (formulas for using kinetic energy and inertia to calculate recoil effect, etc) was very interesting!! Even if most of it was beyond my level of understanding. ;D
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Somebody ask for pics? Well they're a little late but here they are:
Since so many of the youngsters had never handled a firearm, we changed things up a bit and started with instruction on the prone position
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Then it was time to get down to business
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DaveD goes over the finer points of prone with a shooter who had some fun making his nametag
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So gentlemen, what are our targets telling us?
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Rimshot educates these young men on the Regulars' retreat back to Boston, while teaching the fine differences between Liberty and Freedom
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Then at the end of the day it was time for Introduction to Modern Sporting Rifles
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Gotta love the wood furniture on an AR
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And of course, all this took place under the very watchful eye of The Mohawk
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