17 shooters gathered for a weekend of Appleseed Heritage and Marksmanship,
They were joined by myself, Scope-Eye, FreedomV and an Upper Peninsula Michigonian extreme border raider named DragonMedic (wearing a shiny new red hat). Also, wearing her blue hat, Judy, wife of FreedomV
instruction was imparted and targets were shot
the weather was good and we continued to make progress
lunch was taken, history imparted, and then back to the firing line
more instruction, more shooting, nobody made a Rifleman score on our first AQT, though several came close, raising hopes for Sunday
On Sunday, we gathered once again and began grinding out AQTs. Scope-Eye had to leave us, but we were joined by Cully, having fulfilled obligations at his family reunion.
The scores began to rise, and a multiple members of our group came within striking distance of a Rifleman patch.
It was left to Christopher to gain the coveted patch with a score of precisely 222.
Thanks to all who came and especially to the instructors who spent a lot of time and effort getting first time shooters with unfamiliar loaner rifles shooting both safely and accurately.
Really, a special thanks to all the instructors and volunteers: Judy, who handled registration and paperwork; FreedomV who did the range setup; Scope-Eye, working w/ the rawest of raw beginners; DragonMedic, who traveled far on the dusty Appleseed trail to assist; and Cully, who managed to make it to help out despite all his other commitments. You folks are the best.
I appreciate all the work, time, and effort that all the instructors put in. I look forward to attending another one of Kosciusko's Appleseeds next spring and gain the coveted orange hat!
Congrats Christopher. 222 is a very respectable score. Now you'll need to come back to impart some of your shoot wisdom on others. O0
Quote from: Cpgannon on October 07, 2016, 10:10:32 PM
I appreciate all the work, time, and effort that all the instructors put in. I look forward to attending another one of Kosciusko's Appleseeds next spring and gain the coveted orange hat!
I appreciate the endorsement. I usually run the shoots in Winona, Cully runs the ones in Rochester. We went to each others home ranges due to family commitments. I had a wedding celebration for my sister during mine, so Cully helped out. I returned the favor 2 weeks later when he attended a family reunion. Barring other commitments next April, I will happily work Rochester as an instructor and leave the green hat to Cully. If you can possibly attend another shoot before then, i urge you to do so and take an orange hat at that time. Otherwise, please block out time next March as we will be having our instructor boot camp. A great learning experience and a chance to meet the gang.