Five shooters came out for a post-St. Patrick's Day Appleseed with an overcast Saturday in the low-to-mid 40's and a "mixtry mix" start on Sunday for a keen group of shooters. Four of our attendees were returning Appleseeders. One pre-registered student was a no-show for the weekend.
On Saturday, we spent a good amount of time emphasizing NPOA for each shot during the Squares Targets. The results were quite promising; by the third square nearly everyone's groups sizes were within 4 MOA, the tightest group within 1.5 to 2 MOA. One shooter, Dan, cleared the day's closing RedCoat earning him the coveted Maryland Front Sight Patch and a free copy of David Hackett Fischer's Paul Revere's Ride (https://www.amazon.com/Paul-Reveres-David-Hackett-Fischer/dp/0195098315/).
On Sunday, we did five timed AQT's, including one Rapid Fire AQT, yielding scores from 181 up to 222. Dan re-qualified with scores of 215 and 222, with two other shooter's scoring 203 and 204 (oh, so close!). No doubt as a nod to St. Patty, Dan also nicely clover-leafed a few shots in his AQT (see photo).
Everyone got a free copy of latest edition of The Lexington-Concord Battle Road: An hour-by-hour account of events preceding and on the history-making day, April 19, 1775 (https://www.amazon.com/Lexington-Concord-Battle-Account-Preceeding-History/dp/B000B897FK) (which used to be available in 2016 directly from Concord Chamber of Commerce but it looks like their on-line store is still off-line).
*** NOTE: Someone left a "Keep Calm and Research On" coffee mug. Please drop me a note if you're the owner ***
As always, many thanks to:
- AAFG for continuing to provide use of their Small Bore rifle range
- BeSwift for unlocking the AAFG range gate @ 07:30 am both days; thank you sir!
- A cameo appearance by ERoyle on the line; always a pleasure, sir!
- "Cheaper Man" who debuted as an IIT after an RBC in FL; great to meet & work together with you, and of course
- Our five attendees who were safe, pleasant, and graciously helped clean up on both days.
Thanks again everyone and I hope to see you all again soon on the path to gunlightenment.
V/R,
WhyWon