We had a fantastic event on the Tom Noller farm in Stockton, Illinois. Fourteen patriots showed up to learn about their heritage and rifle marksmanship. The weather was a bit warm but the consistent north wind help keep things bearable.
Everyone demonstrated great improvement in their marksmanship skills with four people earning their rifleman patch and two people re-qualifying. Congratulations to Roman and Tony for shooting 226 & 221 respectively on Saturday. Congratulations to Jim for scoring 210 and then a 232 later on Sunday and to Mike who also shot a 210 on Sunday. Terry re-qualified on both Saturday and Sunday and Keith celebrated his birthday on Sunday by re-qualifying with a 218 on Sunday. Several others were knocking at the door.
On Sunday we had the pleasure of shooting some steel out at 200 and 400 yards after Robert gave us the known distance presentation.
Many thanks to Jason, Robert, and Brian who traveled from Wisconsin, Tennessee, and Iowa to help make this event such a great success. It was a pleasure to have you guys running the line and instructing.
Double thanks to Tom Noller for sharing his farm with us and for getting the range all shaped up for a great event.
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Here is most of our group on Saturday
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Our setup next to the bean field
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Brian and Robert doing seated steady hold factors
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Shooting stage one
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Jason observing a new shooter
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Doing the Ball and Dummy exercise
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More Ball and Dummy
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Brian helping with Ball and Dummy
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Inserting the mag for Ball and Dummy
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More Ball and Dummy
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Robert overlooking the exercise
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Trading Places
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Checking Targets
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Waiting for the Fire Command
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Jason
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Tony (221)
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Roman (226)
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Peter
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Mike (210)
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Jim (210 and 232)
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Andrew
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This was a truly great Appleseed weekend. I thought twice about even showing up due to the heat but am grateful to the shoot boss's clever canopy setup
that provided a welcome shade cover for the weekend. (How does he get all that stuff into a Honda?) Much thanks go to the great instructor crew who came from all over central US, tho' shooter Tony gets the long distance award for coming from Washington State. This was not my first rodeo, but the instructors were able to point out some ideas that somehow didn't stick before and improvement was made. The new riflemen deserve a hearty congratulation for their accomplishment. And there many others whose progress will put them over the top in the near future. And Happy Birthday Keith--can't think of a better way to spend your birthday weekend. A special thank you goes to Tom Noller for his support of the program and the Second Amendment and backing that up with providing the range.
I enjoyed meeting all the new faces. I really like the setup for shade on the line and all of IXOYE's other gadgets and improvisations. I hope to see some of you again.
It was certainly a great weekend! I enjoyed getting to Seed with some new folks, and learned a few things about running Appleseeds and presenting the day 2 KD. Thanks to cadre and students alike!
Not sure how to inline pictures, but attached are Shoot Boss Rex, who is probably used to being outside all the pictures, and his canopy that saved us from a warm and sunny weekend!
Thanks to Rex and all the instructors for a great weekend and an amazing experience.
I should have done an Appleseed years ago. And I'll definitely be better prepared, and more practiced for the next one.
Rich J
This was my first Appleseed. I was quickly humbled of my notion that my Army Basic Training had stuck with me, but I saw my skills improve over the weekend thanks to the patient instructors. A lot of knowledge was passed on, both for marksmanship and history. Very much enjoyed it and definitely will try to return again. Thank you!
Michael