Huzzah, the Ohio 2015 Appleseed trail has started with our first shoot of the year at Clinton County Sportsman Club in Wilmington, Ohio. We had five shooters brave the cold weather (Sat morning in the teens with flurries) to start their Appleseed experience.
The range was frozen solid in the morning so footing was easy. However, when the sun came out and the temp edged over freezing, things got squishy. Luckily one of the Instructors brought a firepit and some wood to burn plus some straw to but over the mud so it was not that bad.
Morning Redcoat led to instructions in the positions and before we knew it, it was lunch time and time for strike one. More instructions after lunch, second strike around the firepit at the afternoon break, followed by a practice and real AQT and the day ended with a solid third strike from Longrifle.
Sunday dawned sunny but cold. Plus with the winds up from Saturday wind chills in the teens prevailed most of the morning. Our shooters pressed on working hard on the skills. Russ was our only rifleman with a 219, however Mike was knocking at the door.
The afternoon Red Coat was shot a little early so we could displace to the 200 yard range for some distance work with several centerfires including my M1. One of our shooters, Brent, who will be leaving for the army in a couple weeks enjoyed the introduction to America's first semi-auto battle rifle.
The day closed with some final calls to action and warm good byes amongst all who attended.
Corvette
Big Huzzah to all the attendees. Fewest errors making rifles safe I have ever seen. Thanks for making our job that much easier.
WAAAAAA-ZZOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! :slap:
It appears we spent a good bit of time around the fire.
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We must have done something else though....maybe not....
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Ahh there we go!
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