Wow! What a great weekend and shoot. I would like to thank the 8 shooters who braved the race traffic on Saturday and Sunday to come out and participate in Project Appleseed in New Smyrna Beach. Before the shoot I was sure that the traffic would impact our attendance. It did not. All of the pre-registered shooters showed up bright and early on Saturday. We had everyone checked in and all the administrative paperwork completed before 8:30 a.m. Ably assisted by Instructor TomM1Thumb and AppleCore SumAnnieOak we got everyone placed on the firing line, posted redcoat targets and completed all the Safety Briefing and Introductory materials completed so that we were in position and ready to fire the first shots at the Hits Count target promptly at 9 a.m. (when the range allows shooting to begin).
We noted the need for some instruction and launched right in to the firehose of instruction. In spite of the slightly glazed looks on some faces, we were in position and shooting at the squares target by 10:00 a.m. By the time we were ready to introduce other positions and transitions, the groups were getting much smaller. The entire Appleseed program of instruction for the first day was completed and the First Strike was told while gathered for lunch. After lunch we lauched into the fabled AQT. The very first AQT of the weekend revealed two (count em - 2) brand new Riflemen. Doug (at his 4th Appleseed) finally broke through with a 211 (avoiding the bath with symbolic North Bridge water) and Angel (at his 3rd Appleseed shot a 223 (I think).
We continued the AQT grind for most shooters with a couple of people continuing to work on squares to try to shrink their groups
Sunday was another beautiful day and all 8 shooters returned ready to go. No new Rifleman were revealed, but both Doug and Angel confirmed their scores from Saturday with a 211 and 224 respectively. A couple of people were knocking on the door, and by the end of the day, every single shooter had shot Marksman or better (including our first time shooters). Huzzah.
A big thanks to Angel, Mary, James, Jonathan, David, Scott & Jackson for coming out. There are a lot of other things you could do on such a beautiful weekend. But you chose to come out and honor Lady Liberty. Thank from Glenn Tom and Summer.
Tom (and others) have pictures to post.
Oh, both Doug and Angel expressed the desire to take up Orange Hats (paperwork to be processed shortly). Not to be left behind, Mary asked to take a Blue Hat.
All in all, an absolutely great shoot and weekend - even if there were only 2 instructors present.
yours in Liberty,
Glenn
FLawyer
If my cloning machine had been operational, I would have cloned myself so that I could have been at this event. Sounds like a really great shoot. Congratulations to our newest Riflemen! Now go forth, recruit others, and make more Riflemen. I can imagine that the two instructors were busier than a one-legged cat in a sandbox. Thanks for making it happen. And Glenn, I will not schedule another NSB shoot during the Daytona 500. Here in the hidden wilds of Florida it is very easy to remain ignorant of the happenings in your AO, much to your detriment! Thanks again for risking life and limb in race traffic.
Sounds like a super successful shoot! Congrats to Doug on his rifleman, I did not even have to be there to kick his support leg in prone! :)
Glad the Race traffic did not detour anyone.
Sorry was not there to help, but LadySeed was calling....!
See you soon on the range -
minnesotarabit
Woohoo - Praise Jesus Christ from whom all blessings flow! Got my Rifleman ticket punched! And it was not a fluke since I was able to repeat on Sunday, :). Although we had a touch of rain on Saturday, the weather otherwise was great! Good to live in Florida. Many thanks to all involved in my three previous and my most recent shoot. Where are the pics?
Congrats to our newest riflemen!! Way to grow our instructor corp guys - huzzah!!!!! Thank you to instructors and students alike for your dedication :1luvu
Doug, heard a rumor you took an orange hat?? Does that mean we will see our illustrious Sheriff on the line soon??
Sorry I was not there to see you make your score, you have worked so hard and put in some long dry practice, that I know.
Welcome to the cadre!
the minnesotarabit
YAY!! A great weekend indeed. Thanks to the instructors over the weekend and all the others on my previous ASs. One of the reasons that made me want to grab an orange hat was you all. Some fine teaching (and lots of patience) going on there....
Congrats Doug! I hope to see you soon
I know some of the students are already practicing to go on their next AS.
.... OK back to practice prone again....
Angel
My Bad!!!!!!!!!!! pictures taken pictures ruined. Wrong settings entered into camera. But We did have a good event, really on my toes for this one.
I would have liked to have had, a little more time to get down on the Ground helping the Shooter's See what Appleseed could teach them.
Thank You to all of the Attendee's As always You Make My day.