Project Appleseed

Huzzah!
I look forward to seeing you on the trail.

We had another great weekend at the Piqua Fish and Game. The weather cooperated and we had ten enthusiastic shooters on the line to experience our recently updated Pistolseed.  Instruction went very smoothly; this was a back to back pistol event for the instructors (we had a Pistolseed at the Sidney, Ohio range with basically the same crew the previous weekend) so they were really into the rhythm of presenting the updated material.

The opening redcoat showed there was room for improvement so we jumped right into the fundamentals of pistol marksmanship. Individual work with grip, stance, sights and trigger, as well as many repetitions of presenting from center line index really prepared the students for live fire later in the day.

We had two re-qualified Pistoleers, congratulations to Mike R. with a 211 and Jeff M. scoring a 223 and a 219. Jeff J. cleared Saturday evening's Hits Count target as well as Sunday morning's target.

We had several shooters who were close to the elusive 210 Pistoleer score but just couldn't quite get over the hump.  With a little more dry fire practice I'm sure they'll shoot the score at their next Pistolseed.

Thanks go the the awesome instructor crew of Doc Willi, Skald, Hemi286, Messer454, Sheepdog 180, Hail Storm, Alpha Mom and Buzzard.

Yes but it's a bit early for 2027 events.

Quote from: deep.half482 on September 09, 2026, 04:45:33 PM

Quote from: TheMenace on September 09, 2026, 03:28:04 PMIf you're experienced, and it seems you are, you should consider the 200 yard Rimfire event at Bunnell, Oct 24-25. We aren't able to host as many FL events as in the past so the do fill early.
Dennis

Thanks, we have a conflict that weekend.  I am experienced but this will be my 9 y/os second appleseed, and he shot from a tripod last time (about a year ago).

Do you think there will be some FL events going up for Jan - Feb?

Quote from: TheMenace on September 09, 2026, 03:28:04 PMIf you're experienced, and it seems you are, you should consider the 200 yard Rimfire event at Bunnell, Oct 24-25. We aren't able to host as many FL events as in the past so the do fill early.
Dennis

Thanks, we have a conflict that weekend.  I am experienced but this will be my 9 y/os second appleseed, and he shot from a tripod last time (about a year ago).

Do you think there will be some FL events going up for Jan - Feb?

If you're experienced, and it seems you are, you should consider the 200 yard Rimfire event at Bunnell, Oct 24-25. We aren't able to host as many FL events as in the past so the do fill early.
Dennis

I have a Gabe White class booked that weekend.

Thank for stepping up!

Palm Bay FL Nov 21-22, 2026 has openings.

Sieggie

I was planning on doing an appleseed sometime in the fourth quarter with my son and all of the events that fit our schedule are sold out already!  We would need two tickets.  If anyone has purchased tickets to the Orlando event Oct 3-4 or Dec 5-6 or Bunnell Dec 12-13 and cannot attend, message me or email me at deep.half482@proton.me I would be interested in purchasing them.  Or to other events other than those weekends it would be worth messaging me (we could probably make September 19-20 work, too) - usually the Orlando, Palm Bay, or Bunnell locations are most convenient to us, but we're pretty flexible. 

Sorry if this is not the correct way to go about this.  I was surprised some of the later 4Q events filled up so fast.

Nine students joined us for a HOT weekend of history and marksmanship. All but one lasted the entire weekend and were awarded the CalienteSeed patch. Tyler requalified with a 221 
The rest of the line showed improvement throughout the weekend but the heat did take a toll. We had more than our fair share of equipment issues with all loaner rifles being used.
Thanks for the Highland Rim Shooters Club at Arnold AFB for hosting our event and thanks to the cadre for putting on a great event.
I saw some shutterbugs taking pictures, so let's get them posted!