The weather was incredibly beautiful for the ten shooters that showed up for a Single-day Appleseed Rifle Marksmanship Clinic at the Leetown Gun Club, (IWLA), in Kearneysville, WV.
Of the ten shooters, we had nine first-time Appleseeders! We were very happy to see a full line with so many first-timers! After the introductions and safety brief, we got the First Strike in early, and then did the first Red-coat target. We then moved right into prone Steady-Hold Factors (SHF) and putting sighters on the Squares target... and wow, we saw great groups right away! After some history at lunch, we got back to marksmanship training - and being it was a one-day event, we had to move along smartly; after Standing and Seated/Kneeling SHF, we got a practice AQT and a real AQT accomplished, finished up with the Third Strike, and then went to the final Redcoat as we were out of time. Several shooters (Ally I, Jeremiah C, and Aaron K), cleaned their Redcoats! Huzzah!
We had one Riflemen re-qualify; Aaron K. put up a 227 and backed it up with a 231. Nice shooting Aaron! A first-time Appleseeder, Jeremiah C, earned his Rifleman Patch with a 214, and backed it up with a 219. Several shooters were in the 196-206 range, and very close! One youth shooter earned his Luther Blanchard Patch, as we explained that a Rifleman Persists! All the shooters maintained a fabulous attitude, huge improvements were made, and everybody had fun, too!
Thank you very much to Jerry and our host range, the Leetown Gun Club (IWLA), in Kearneysville, WV.
Check out their website http://iwlawv.org/
And last but not least, many thanks to my fellow instructor Aninha, whose great attitude, hard work, and professional demeanor made this a safe, fun, and successful shoot. And by the way, Aninha earned her Red Hat! Huzzah!
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