Another wonderful Appleseed at the Desoto Rifle and Pistol Club in Como, MS. We were blessed with fine 80 something degree weather after the week's earlier 105 degree heat index. I can't say enough about our attendees. Three Riflemen and many knocking on the door! I know many of these folks will be back and others want to see Appleseeds closer to home. Thanks to Eddieb and Mudtrunks for their fine instruction - without them, I'd be lost. I thought my trusty Appleseed camera (the old one...the only one my wife lets me bring) died, but it was just full. I'll post the pic that I took and thanks to Eddieb and his camera, there will be more. Huzzah to all!
Thanks to Ebben the Shoot Boss, EddieB, and Mudtrunks we all had a large time at Appleseed this weekend! It was the first Appleseed for all of us in my little group. We had two teenage ladies with us. One had a pretty good firearm background and the other had never fired a gun until earlier this year. They both shot some respectable scores and learned a lot. They will be back to earn their Rifleman patch in the fall. They are really fired up for the next Appleseed. Frankly I was humbled by the difficulty level involved in shooting Rifleman, but after a few lucky shots on one of my last AQTs did make Rifleman before I ran out of ammo. My buddies both had a great time and will be back as well.
Thanks again to our Instructors for making this event happen. I have been shooting since I was a wee lad but learned a whole lot at Appleseed.
Here we are sweaty and dusty
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We had a great time reflecting on our heritage and honing marksmanship skills. Folks in Mississippi know how to shoot! I had a wonderful time with a great group of people, and I am glad they came out to help bail water.
Charlie was our first Rifleman of the day. Huzzah!
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Charlie cooling off with water from the North Bridge after he shot that 210!
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Carl earned his Rifleman patch with a very respectable score of 231!
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David stuck it out to the very end and walked away as a Rifleman with a score of 232!
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Shoot Boss Ebben discusses KD on Sunday after lunch.
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See more photos at this link:
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Thanks so much to our instructors for some great training. It was great and our teachers were more than patient with us all.
I will do this again!!
I'm going to change the Sept Appleseed from a KD to a regular one. Come on out and earn your Rifleman patches!