Project Appleseed

        Winter is Appleseed time in New Mexico.  With temps in the mid 60's with no wind everyone was down to shirt sleeves by noon.  That is my kind of " Winterseeding".
        The lines were full and we had many new faces join us to hear the history and celebrate our heritage.  I specifically want to thank the junior shooters that showed up and the parents that made it possible to attend.  You are our future.  What America is to become relies on what we are doing now. 
         We had quite a few shooters knocking on the door of that "Rifleman" score and we had one shooter make that threshold.  Norm also accepted the responsibility of the orange hat and has formally joined us on the trail.  He and his family have been actively 7th stepping since their first Appleseed and we are proud to welcome then to help us grow New Mexico and the nation. 
         They success of any shoot always depends on the instructors and as always New Mexico stepped up to the task.  We had 10 instructors for 34 students.  A pretty good student to teacher ratio by any standards.  Thanks for your hard work and dedication.
You could not ask for a better weekend.   
               
             Until next time; Happy trails   

                           Milt                         

We had a great time and as always learned alot! Thank you for the patience in guiding Gina & I to where we are. This is an excellent training format we fully support!

Great job guys!

My first Appleseed as an IIT, and I had a BLAST!   
We had a great group of shooters on the line, and had improvement shown by ALL.
Congrats Norm on your Rifleman scores!!  And thanks for volunteering to follow the trail.

Yep, great job Norm,  Glad to have you on board, you deserve it.
And yes, it was one of the BEST Appleseeds I have been to. 

Now lets get Anthony and the others past the hump.

Glad to be a part of Appleseed New Mexico...
Jimi

Quote from: Jimi on January 17, 2011, 09:41:26 PM
Yep, great job Norm,  Glad to have you on board, you deserve it.
And yes, it was one of the BEST Appleseeds I have been to. 

Now lets get Anthony and the others past the hump.

Glad to be a part of Appleseed New Mexico...
Jimi

Well Alex, Reynaldo, and their sons are from Roswell.....we should see them there soon.

And  great time was had by all!

Nice to see a full range, and a bit of competition for a spot on the line.
Next time I guess we'll have to use the 50 and GP1 so we have space, a problem I would love to have to deal with.
As always Alamogordo shoots seem to draw plenty of posterity to pass on the tradition to. We love juniors and have no issues with it at all.
Makes it worth while. When we find they haven't heard the history in school it motivates us all the more.

Welcome to the ranks Norm, Gina will be close behind so don't back off

a special thanks to Appleseed Widow and Gina for their strong Seventh Step efforts.

Sam

Wow! Way to go! By the sound of it you all had a wonderful shoot! As always it sounds like you all did a fantastic job.

Welcome to the new IIT and congrats on the 210+!

  Great shoot guys and girls!  Congrats Norm, good shootin!   Got more photos with all those young uns?...O.L.

Quote from: oladcock on January 17, 2011, 10:49:54 PM
Great shoot guys and girls!  Congrats Norm, good shootin!   Got more photos with all those young uns?...O.L.

O.L. I didn't have time to take pics....but some should show up soon.  I saw 3 or 4 cameras out this weekend.

I just loved seeing those young'uns out there!  The young lady I worked with on Saturday will be a fine shooter and will be a contender with her new Cricket.  It was also great to see those Dangerous Old Folks out there putting rounds down range.  Just goes to show you, us old dogs can learn new tricks!  
Kudos to Norm for great shooting and stepping up to the plate for his country!  A more committed Patriot you would never meet!

Quote from: Jimi on January 17, 2011, 09:41:26 PM
Now lets get Anthony and the others past the hump.

I've got Anthony's #..... I'll be calling him whenever I hit the range to see if he wants to 'practice.'

Jeff, give him my email and contact info. I think if we can help him work through his back problems, similar to mine, we can have another great asset.
Jimi

Quote from: Jimi on January 18, 2011, 11:03:56 AM
Jeff, give him my email and contact info. I think if we can help him work through his back problems, similar to mine, we can have another great asset.
Jimi

WILCO

Sure hope to see more photo`s...    Pappy

I would like to thank all the shooters. I must admit this is the first time I've work with junior shooters, and made my weekend.  They were so full of energy and persistence that it made the time pass very quickly.  But, not to leave the rest of the shooters out, I have to say that the enthusiasm I was enveloped with was truly a blessing.  I can't name the number of times a shooter made a small NPOA or SHF change and received immediate improved results, which was reflected by the smile on their faces, the spring in their steps (even late in the day), and them coming by with their targets to show me their improvements.  I enjoyed each and every one of you. 

Norm, congratulations on making Rifleman, and thank you for stepping up and accepting the Orange Hat!   

I can't speak for the shooters or the rest of the instructors, but I had a lot of fun!  I hope there are many more Alamo-seeds this year!

Gideon

 I'm still working on the picture format here but I'd like to thank our instructors for making this a Great seed.

                      Wa

Gideon,
For some reason we generally have a bunch of young folks shooting here in Alamo.  They make it all worthwhile.

Captwa.
Hopefully my mail will straighten out and I'll be able to get them pix posted tomorrow

Any updates on the photos from the shoot?
Jimi

Captwa sent me a bundle of them but my email is spastic and won't let me pen them up.

Quote from: SamD on January 28, 2011, 11:32:16 AM
Captwa sent me a bundle of them but my email is spastic and won't let me pen them up.

Just forward them to me and I'll see if I can do anything with them.

  Ok guys I'll take a shot at a few pictures here. Full sized for quality attachments doesn't go far with these new cameras.  I obviously don't have everyones email so I sent them to Sam for distribution to appropriate persons.  Feel free to re distribute at will.

                                                  Wa

    Does that Fred guy travel around with a bunch of spare M-14 parts? I hear he might be in state soon!

More,

    216 means no shower. That rifleman smile!

  Everyone circle up!

   Shorty only took pictures on Sunday so we missed lots of the Saturday shooters.

Awsome WA/ Catwa, Keep em coming, I love it.
Jimi

  One of the parts of safety folks don't see on the line is the post shoot critiqe. Gentle and supportive but deadly serious. Shhhhh this may be a big 'Seed secret.

  Oh !, almost forgot "Thumper" helping to provide incentive to find your "bubble" despite background noise.  KABLAAMO !!

   Young shooters get extra supervision and instruction. Another one of those " Seed Secrets" and one of the reasons preregistration is important ! 

    You think they were kidding about the flogging?  Don't bet on it!!