First off, a Great Big Thanks to Tusco Rifle Club and Colt for hosting yet another fine Appleseed. Appleseed could not prosper without the assistance and willingness of all the clubs and ranges like Tusco that host the shoots. Again, Thank you.
All of the shooters, which included numerous families, were outstanding. Great teachable attitudes, great improvements, a good sense of humor and all were very diligent and safe.
In addition to the "Winterseed Patch", perhaps there should be an "Amazon Jungle Patch" as I am sure that the heat index was way up there. Nonetheless all in attendance prevailed and were all on paper for the Redcoats.
Dave's persistence paid off by qualifying Sunday afternoon with smiles all around. I always appreciate how the other shooters respond when someone gets their patch. That is my paycheck. It was a treat to watch the faces of the young shooters as they rang steel at distance Sunday afternoon. The Garands provided by Charley and Little Buddy provided a first-time opportunity for many of the shooters and most seemed wowed by their experience.
It was humbling, enlightening and educational to work with a great corp of hats, 2 Blue, 2 Orange and no less than 2 other Shoot Bosses. They made my job easier, fixed my mistakes, kept me laughing (Getting Your Monkey On!) and kept the shoot going smoothly, safely and professionally. It gives me hope that in attendance were a father/son Orange Hat/Blue Hat, father/daughter Shoot Boss/Blue hat, husband /wife Blue Hat/Orange Hat and even a Shoot Boss that was older :cool2: (and much more experienced) than me. I also appreciate how all, Shooters and Instructors alike, pitched in at the end of the day on Sunday when the skies finally let loose to help cleanup and breakdown the line.
Pictures anyone???
Great shoot, see you on the Appleseed Trail and keep your powder dry!
A BIG THANK YOU to TUSCO rifle club! It is by far the nicest fascility I have worked at and it has the nicest members I have worked with! Thank you for all the work and hospitality you extend to AS!
The shooters were great all weekend and we had a safe and smooth shoot. Progress was made by all. I'm sure that many patches will be earned in up coming shoots from this group. I hope to see all of you again.
To all the volunteers I had a great time meeting and working with you all.
Chuck
What an AWESOME weekend!! The teachable attitude of all the shooters, and a GREAT group of instructors! Having never worked with any of you except Corvette, we pulled together and pulled off a great shoot! It was an absolute pleasure working with each one of you and I hope to you all again in the future! To all the shooters....keep at it! There were great strides in improvement throughout the weekend...I see future riflemen and riflewomen in our midst!! I don't have many pictures but I have some.
Getting some instruction
Our promising youngsters!
Rifleman Dave!
Andrew shooting the M1 Garand!
Josh shooting the M1!
Bas shooting the M1!
Steel targets at 100 and 200 yards
Little buddy's M1 target at 200 yards
Charley,
Is that one of your Garands with the scope scope? O0
yes it is cadence
As always , I am so happy to have Appleseed at Tusco.
So, this is where y'all hang out when you aren't running a shoot? ;)
Anyway, you know me better as Dave, and I'd like to thank you all once again for making this past weekend one of the best of my life. I had been shooting rifle and handgun for 3 decades but had never spent much time shooting from field positions, and had exactly zero sling experience. I couldn't even figure out how to set up the brand-spanking new USGI sling I bought, but some patient instruction got me squared away pretty quickly. And in those two short days you taught me enough of the basics for me to be able to eke out a Rifleman score on my final AQT on Sunday, something I fully expected to take several attempts.
Since I'm not real good at having my picture taken, I missed the obligatory "show off the Rifleman AQT" part of the pose. So, here it is - and yeah, I see lots of room for improvement. See you in October, when I plan on bringing even more friends with me. ~~:)
I'm not so good at navigating this forum. I found this by accident. :-\ That aside, I would like to say thanks to all of the instructors for making my first shoot as an orange hat the best it could be. I am constantly amazed at the caliber of people that not only instruct but the participants as well. All of this and I found my long lost (older) brother Lee. I can't wait get on my "monkey" again real soon.
Bas
BAS,
Looking forward to seeing you again in Oct.
Corvette