Project Appleseed

Nice weather three shooters 1 new rifleman
thanks Steve and Guy for making this a successful event and to the land owner Steve for hosting.
It was pretty warm both days. total round count for the weekend 552. We shot 8 AQTs on Sunday.
Congradulations CaptG for making it to Instructor. also to Roy for making Rifleman score.

I will add some photos when I get them off my camera.  Steve feel free to add yours

Way to go CaptG  !!
Look forward to working with you again, soon!!
Chuck

Sounds like another great shoot at CS.  Way to go CaptG   on the RH and Roy on the rifleman score.  We need to take another North Bridge picture.

WOW ... Ya'll must have gone swimming in Struve's lake, ... Something in that water, must be.

Let's see
Round Count - Impressive
AQTs - Impressive
Guy making RH - Impressive and Congratulations Guy 
Roy w/Rifleman Score - MIRACLE  ... Congratulations to you, Roy.     I'm taking bets on Maura or Roman to earn the patch next.    ... Seriously, ya'll are the Texas Family Appleseed.  I'm glad you earned your patch.  Trust me, I know what it means to finally get there. 

Great job Sleepy Joe and Gang - Impressive

POP

Quote from: sleepy Joe on September 01, 2010, 06:02:10 PM
Nice weather three shooters 1 new rifleman
thanks Steve and Guy for making this a successful event and to the land owner Steve for hosting.
It was pretty warm both days. total round count for the weekend 552. We shot 8 AQTs on Sunday.
Congradulations CaptG for making it to Instructor. also to Roy for making Rifleman score.

some event photos

more photos

Everything went smoothly at this event. With a one on one instructor shooter ratio we had a lot of one on one time with the shooters Shane, Roy and young Logan. During ball and dummy we still had Shane and Roy prep each other's rifle.

Roy was knocking on the door with a 206 by the time we ended on Saturday. Roy was really impressive. He was someone who had shot for years, but had a very open mind as to what we presented and then immediately applied it. It was nice to seem him rewarded for his efforts.

Shane really improved throughout the weekend and always had good attitude. I think him for bringing his two canopies as well. I've got to give him credit for getting away for the weekend with a newborn at home.


We had the opportunity to go to KD on Sunday, but the two adult shooters wanted to continue on the range we were at. I think the canopies might have been a factor in their decision.

Steve Struve was a gracious host as always. We were allowed to stay in a bunkhouse which kept costs down and driving to a minimum. Next event I hope we stay at the bunkhouse on Friday evening.


Saturday photos:

Behind a slow truck and wrong turn on my part put us at the range at about 8:10AM.
















Focus on the front sight












After introducing sitting/kneeling positions




Me getting a little Enfield No4Mk2 trigger time:




Roy's last AQT Saturday was a 206. Roy's End of Saturday Redcoat - not bad at all!


After AS was over for Saturday, range owner Steve led us to the bunkhouse where we would stay the night. He showed us a unique type of AK as well.


Sunday morning CaptG called the line:



Roy and Shane were back for more.




CaptG and Joe demo sitting/kneeling once more:


I prep before proving to Logan that the rifle he is using is accurate.


Strangely, after that Logan's shooting began to improve. I made as much time for one on one instruction for Logan as I could. First his safety glasses were in the way of his sights and he was shooting without seeing the sights. Fixed that. Eventually I just had him stay in prone and shoot with the rifle rested on my pack. By Sunday, his groups began to tighten up and he actually seemed to start getting it. When he produced a score of 40 on Stage 2 (still no transition and still supported), I granted him his often, often repeated weekend request - 8 rounds of M2 ball through my M1. I thought he'd either run away screaming or love it. He absolutely loved it.




Shane standing:






Roy was close to out of ammo, so I sold him enough to finish his last centerfire AQT. After that, he used my LTR while I joined in the last Redcoat of the day.




This was a very enjoyable shoot.

here a few more photos .. nice additions Steve

some more pictures

more to look at

Very nice, thanks Steve

I forgot to thank Joe and Steve for not giving us a raincheck since only 2 shooters showed up.
That shows alot of dedication and character on their part that shouldn't be overlooked.

Oh, and Pop, I just ordered 1000  69 gr Sierra Matchkings so when I get done reloading I'll be back to find out if it really was a 'miracle'