Project Appleseed

My email is gmarshall@marshallmaterials.com and my phone number is 503-686-9500.

I was told to contact the shoot boss prior to my clinic as I fall into the ADA category. Sorry, I just got the notification from your previous response. Can you pm me your email? I'll send you what I previously sent to the Oregon email address. I'm not sure how to pm you.

Do we have plans to restock the additional colors for the AS295 Project Appleseed™ Rifleman Cheek Rest System™?

At one point we had these available in OD green, tan, black, and red. It appears only Tan stock is remaining. An attendee from our last shoot in NY is interested in purchasing a red one if they are being restocked. I think I'd like a black one as well.

Still around.

This is a historic day, the new bridge across the Mississippi River linking Perryville, Mo and Chester, Ill. is opening next week with a ceremony today. Mrs Flinlock and I were able to walk on the bridge along with a LOT of our fellow citizens. This project went from zero to complete in 4 years with no time lost accidents.  Walking on this bridge is the coolest thing I've done in a long time.  Here is a link.  https://www.modot.org/DonWelge

I can confirm that this event was a great time despite the oppressive heat! The instructors were all great, provided quality instruction, and did a great job moving us to the shade for when it became obvious that we were melting. This was our first Appleseed, and my gut tells me that it won't be our last!

Wow! Sounds like an awesome event! With a heat index like that though I'm not sorry I missed this one though. Ha! Y'all are troopers for sure! Well done everybody! 

The generosity of the Griffin Gun Club once again allowed us use of one of their bays for our Independence Celebration/Rifle Clinic - what better way to celebrate our country's 250th (observed) birthday than shoot and talk history?  Even though it was 110+° with the heat index, we had 3 new shooters show up to celebrate with us!

On the first day, we covered all fundamentals and 3 Strikes.  The shooters, particularly the one not shown, had lots of great questions all weekend that made all of us think.  We finished the day sweaty, tired and with respectable AQTs and the Hits Count target.

Overnight did not cool things off at all, but just about everyone showed up.  A huge thanks to club members Rachel and especially Jim for getting the range opened up for us Sunday morning.  The only one who couldn't make it was Mechanic, who usually handles that for us.  He was missed, although we had a pretty good 1:1 ratio, so we made do, lol.  The shooters lead the morning review and requested more practice in the morning, so that's just what we did.  It sure worked.  The first AQT of the day produced our first Rifleman!  Congratulations, Mike!  Andrew wasn't far behind.  After lunch both Andrew and Mike shot rifleman scores!  The third shooter was only a few shots away, with a high of 192 and will be sure to get it next time. Of course we shared history to break up the heat during the day, we had to include some about our 250th birthday! 

We all seemed to have a great time - the shooters were already lining up their next shoot.  We hope to see you all soon!  Keep up the perfect practice.


Tennessee Beast earns his Georgia Patch.  This certainly isn't his first time here - thanks for all the support!


Zinthous gets the weekend started


The group photo before the heat turned us into puddles.



Zinthous line bossing


No, he's not expecting.  He's got a beautiful fan hidden under his shirt.  Aaaahhhhh - heaven








Andrew cleared his Hits Count Target


Zinthous rewards Andrew with our high tech trigger training device for clearing his Hits Count Target Saturday afternoon


The shooters took turns leading the review Sunday morning.  You'd never know this was all their first Appleseeds.  They have great memories.


Some of the history we shared about the significance of the 4th of July.


We EARNED these Caliente patches!  Wow - both days were over 110° with the heat index.  It was a group effort to keep us all hydrated, shaded, and cooled down as much as possible.

 
Tennessee Beast is my hero!!!  He brought this misting fan, another fan, clothes to dip in water or a cooling solution


Mike earns his first of 2 Rifleman scores!  Awesome!


Andrew earned his Rifleman patch - Congratulations!


2 men who know very well what they are about.

Special thanks to Zinthous for the help putting this weekend together and his contribution to the AAR.

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I've just returned to Michigan after spending ten days off-grid in the Adirondack Mountains of New York, and I'm late catching up on our After Action Report from the June 27-28 event at Chesterfield Fish & Game Club. We had a great time running this 25m rifle shoot up in the north country, and would like to extend our gratitude to Paul, Mike, and the entire team at Chesterfield for hosting Project Appleseed for the fifth consecutive year.

We had an excellent group of volunteers and shooters assembled on the range that weekend, and we made the most of it. The weather forecast was looking dicey at first, but it ended up being a gorgeous weekend with plenty of sunshine and pristine views of the surrounding peaks. The shooters were attentive and focused as we worked through the fundamental marksmanship lessons on Day 1, and shared the stories of April 19, 1775. We saw impressive skill progression that first day, culminating with our first AQT of the weekend.

Congratulations to Isaac for achieving 213 and earning his Rifleman patch - we are glad you could come back and join us this year! Congratulations also to Carmen and Katie for requalifying with impressive scores. Katie unfortunately fell short of her goal of winning the Tippmann in our 250 for 250 challenge, but still walked away with a Distinguished Rifleman patch, which is nothing to sneeze at.

Day 2 got rolling quickly, and we were able to pull in another AQT before lunch. Hats off to Morgan who scored a 213 and earned a Rifleman patch at her first event! It was amazing to watch your progression over the weekend. Kyle, you are so close buddy - 'knocking on the door' as we call it. I had a similar experience in my journey, and it's just a matter of persistence. I hope I'm there to hand out your patch.

We were able to swap in a 10/22 for Phil on Sunday which resulted in some immediate improvements - sometimes it helps to remove equipment from the equation and get a fresh take on where things stand with the marksmanship techniques. Phil is well on his way to achieving a 210.

Jack and Clay - it was great to have both of you with us, and I hope you'll continue down the road to becoming Riflemen. It would be a pleasure to have you on the line with us anytime.

Last but not least, thank you to our amazing crew of volunteers - Hawkman, LadyRimfire and CujoCop - thank you so much for your time, travel, and knowledge diffused!

I'll share a link to some event photos below, unfortunately I seem to be missing shots of Carmen and Isaac with their patches - if anyone has those on their phone, feel free to upload to the album or forward to me at NY@appleseedinfo.org.

Looking forward to seeing you all again! Promo code 1776USA250 will get you 50% off our final events in NY this season, but you gotta register before July 14th!




LINK TO PHOTO ALBUM