It was a fantastic weekend in Manchester, Tennessee! We had great weather... mid-80s and sunshine... some rain started only five minutes before our course of fire was over. It was a delight to see an enthusiastic and teachable group of shooters that came out to hear the message of Liberty and to get some hands-on training to defend it!
My thanks go out to all the shooters who came out and my fellow instructors who worked so hard to make the clinic a safe, passionately informative, and productive weekend.
I snapped a few pictures and will post them below after I pull them from my phone. If you'd like a full-size copy of anything I posted, send me a PM with your email address.
See you on the trail!
-Rusty
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Foggy Start
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Our Newest Red Hats Rusty (left) and Nathan (right)
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Our Newest Rifleman and Orange Hat Matthew
More to come . . .
Congratulations Matthew!
What a great event!! For more than obvious reasons (I earned my RH!!), this was yet ANOTHER benchmark moment in my life!! As Rusty has stated, this event was attended by Patriots that were attentive, teachable and passionate about Liberty's cause.
I thoroughly appreciate EACH and EVERY one of my fellow Instructors and IIT's for their commitment to making this event memorable and SAFE for all that attended. With a little more practice and determination, I'm confident that we will soon see many of this weekend's "shooters" get "over the hump" and become Riflemen as well.
I owe a great debt to Ramblinwreck for his mentorship and inspiring leadership. Without him, many people would not be involved in this great program that I love so dearly. Thanks Wreck!!! You're the BEST!!
Again, thank you to all that attended. Because of you, I believe we CAN "save the ship"!!
HOOZAH!!!
-Spartan
Here's a couple of more shots:
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The Group
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The Left Side of the Line
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The Rifleman's Rifle (M1 Garand)
This is getting to be a good habit. TnColonel fills the shooting line with a tremendous bunch of awakened Americans and some of Appleseed's finest instructors step up to conduct the event. Huzzah TnColonel! ^:)^
It was a great weekend where Liberty advanced. Thanks to all those that got "involved" and and those who are "committed". (if you want to learn the difference between those two terms come to the next shoot on July 27-28 and I'll tell it again.)
See you on the line.
Ramblinwreck
I'm nowhere close to the photographer that TNeagle is... but here are some of the snapshots I took during the day.
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Last one!
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Great pictures Rusty!
Here's a few instructor portraits and I'll be done:
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TNColonel
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Ramblinwreck
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AnnieOakley1
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Rusty
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SureShotSpartan
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Tellico