Project Appleseed

Hits Count!

On this hot and muggy weekend with on and off showers, we had nine shooters on the range at Piqua Fish & Game.
We started with a pre history and then went into the safety rules.
We had our first Hits Count target with 9 shooters. 6 hit all three in the 100, 5 in the 200, 5 in the 300, 3 in the 400, 4 in the shingle with Andy and Brennan clearing the target!
We then learned the steady hold factors, sling use, six steps of firing the shot, and natural point of aim.
Spread out through the day, we hear the three strikes from Skald. We worked out way up to an AQT with Nathan requalifying with a 228.
We ended the day with a Hits Counts target with out of 9 shooters, 8 hit all three in the 100, 8 in the 200, 4 in the 300, 4 in the 400, 6 in the shingle with Emmett and Judah clearing the target!
Sunday, we started out with a review of the safety rules, then shot a Hits Count target with 9 shooters. 8 hit all three in the 100, 8 in the 200, 4 in the 300, 2 in the 400, 6 in the shingle with Judah clearing the target!
We then moved in to carding the sights and ball and dummy drills. During lunch we heard about the dangerous old men and known distance shooting.
During our Sunday AQTs, Nathan continued to get Rifleman scores with 210, 214, 217, and a 216. Judah scored his first Rifleman with a 218, and followed that with a 210 and 214. Andy requalified with a 222 followed by a 211 and 223. Emmett scored his first Rifleman with a 215 followed by a 216 and 210.
We had several others that we getting close and I encourage them to keep working on it with dry firing and more appleseeds. A rifleman persists.
We finished our last AQT with a downpour, but thankfully Buzzard had brought canopies to keep everyone dry except Emmett.
We finished with a Hits Count target with 6 shooters. 5 hit all three in the 100, 3 in the 200, 4 in the 300, 0 in the 400, 2 in the shingle with no-one clearing the target. The heat was definitely getting to all of us.
I want to thank Piqua Fish & Game for having us at their range. Thank you to all of the shooters. Every one of you was a pleasure to have there. I also want to thank all of the instructors.
Pictures will be posted soon. If you have any pictures, feel free to post them.

Thank you,
Doc Willi

Thanks for your hard work Shannon! And thanks for taking a bigger bucket Heatstroke!

Please help me thank and congratulate Heatstroke on stepping up to take on the role of State Coordinator for Minnesota. 

Thank you sir!

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Muster at the Home Range!!

Our Home Range in Ramseur NC is the cradle of Project Appleseed and a legendary place to visit. 

We're asking for your help on the weekend of September 12-14.  If you can help for at least 2 days we'll have lunch for you and a a certificate for a free 25m rifle or pistol event anywhere in the country!

You don't need special skills, just a willingness to pitch in and help!

There are some projects at the Home Range we need to help with:

• Electrical work for the pop-up targets
• Painting
• Weed eating target lines and berms.
• We need someone to bring a skidsteer or tractor with a bucket for filling in and finish grading the trenching that was done for electrical work.
• Minor carpentry projects including fixing some steps and doors.
• Sealing container roof.
• And many more things for most any skill level.
• Building permanent steps with railroad ties behind the 25y range
• General clean up.

Camping is available on site.  Depending on progress, we may be able to do some KD shooting Sunday afternoon.

To sign up to help:
1.  If you're an active Appleseed volunteer, sign up in TIPS:  https://appleseedinfo.org/tips/sign-up-shoot-map.php
2.  If you're an retired volunteer or Appleseed supporter, send an email to homerange@rwva.org!

Our range hero, Hawkeye, has a thread going about the weekend.  You have questions, reply HERE.

Many thanks to Hawkeye for leading these improvement projects.

In Liberty,
Cleveland

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Click HERE to View the latest copy of "The Liberty Pole", Project Appleseed's Newsletter (July 2025), or download the PDF below. Thank you!

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In Liberty,
Roswell

Wow another great event happened this past weekend at the Orwell Gun Club in Orwell, Ohio. A great big thank you to the members of the club that support Project Appleseed events fully at the club. Also, thank you for the range redo last summer that allowed Pistol events to happen here again. What a great improvement with the range and the upgraded berms that were installed.

It was great to see 8 Americans join us for a weekend of improving their marksmanship skills with a pistol and to learn some interesting American History and Heritage.

Thank you to the fellow instructors that make events like this possible.

Congrats to those students that were able to persist and get above the 210 score and to the cleared Hits Count Targets. Very impressive.

If anyone has some pics to share, please do so.

CDH

Good to see Appleseed Arkansas is still alive, but does seem a little slow. I saw the membership drive going and bought a Five Year membership, maybe I'll see some of you on the firing line sometime soon.

I'm still shooting AQT's, average in the 240's, and pursuing other firearms training and practice as well.