Project Appleseed

It's certainly nice to have the background esoteric knowledge, but Slim is right on that we are teaching fundamentals of field craft and the extreme basics of making the shot with basic materials.  I had a security tactical officer in a recent AS that was shooting a "super-whompadyne" 10/22 off SANDBAGS.  He was shooting one-hole groups at 25m, and I sort of challenged him after one sighting square when I said: "excellent grouping! Your rifle is phenominal - now what can YOU do with it?"

You forgot the "/s" to show it was sarcasm.  Get ye to freerepublic to learn proper sarcasm posting! 

Quote from: SPQR on December 21, 2011, 06:51:15 PM
THAT'S NOT TRUE, SLIM!  THAT IS NOT TRUE!  THAT IS A LIE! 

The ONLY way to achieve a Rifleman score is to have a rifle fit specifically to you shooting high quality ammo.   

Hundreds upon hundreds of stories from our lines about people grabbing rack rifles and bulk ammo and just laying down and shooting Rifleman scores are embellished phantoms.  People need to get fancy rifles and trick them out as much as possible to become Rifleman.  Its that simple.

Ha!  I have a 12yrd old I use to shame 'em with.

Quote from: slim on December 22, 2011, 09:31:42 AM

Quote from: SPQR on December 21, 2011, 06:51:15 PM
THAT'S NOT TRUE, SLIM!  THAT IS NOT TRUE!  THAT IS A LIE! 

The ONLY way to achieve a Rifleman score is to have a rifle fit specifically to you shooting high quality ammo.   

Hundreds upon hundreds of stories from our lines about people grabbing rack rifles and bulk ammo and just laying down and shooting Rifleman scores are embellished phantoms.  People need to get fancy rifles and trick them out as much as possible to become Rifleman.  Its that simple.

One thing I really love about Appleseed is we don't sweat the small stuff. I don't have to worry about how many grains of powder are in which case and using what bullets and really, I don't even have to get into the muzzle velocity, twist rates, barrel lengths, etc., except to know "add a little more... add a little less." 

When I hear people talk about temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, etc., I kind of chuckle. "You want me to go get that 10-year-old girl to show you how to make that shot?"

Remember folks, we're not shooting the X at 1,000. We're shooting a 4 MOA target at 500. Rack-grade rifle, surplus ball, and the SKILLS of a Rifleman.

You have to set up your LTR so you can learn the basics. But keep in mind, you learn the basics with a Louisville Slugger. It doesn't matter if it's the $10, short wooden T-ball bat or if it's the $185 ceramic TPX. Without the basics, you still can't hit homeruns. And you can learn to hit homeruns with the $10 bat just as well as you can with the $185 model.

Quote from: dart67eb on December 22, 2011, 06:46:34 PMHa!  I have a 12yrd old I use to shame 'em with.

We need a smiley that captures the look on a grown man's face when he's outshot by a pre-teen girl.    and then.....