Project Appleseed

Ames Izaak Walton League played host to a sold out Appleseed clinic this weekend.  We had a great event with a great group of shooters -- 20 in all.  Everyone worked hard at improving their skills with a rifle.  We saw tremendous results, gaining six new rifleman (great job Cody, Taylor, Kyle, John, Tara and Chad!) and one re-qualifer (great job Reid!).  Several Appleseeder's were scoring very high and are well on their way to achieving that expert qualification.  Keep persisting!

Saturday was a beautiful day, if not somewhat on the warm side.  Breezes helped quite a bit.  Sunday started off great weather-wise, but reached the low 90's and 98% humidity by the afternoon.  Lot's of water was consumed. 

We had extra spectators on Sunday when several fawns wandered onto the range, completely unafraid of the lead flying down range.  We had to call a cease fire at one point and chase them away. 

A huge thanks to the instructor crew for their hard work and tremendous presentations and coaching.  We were blessed to have nine instructors on hand!  Thank you all!

Here a some pics of the weekend.

Huzzah! Good work instructors! Glad to hear John got over the hump!

John set a very good example of working hard, persisting and demonstrating a can-do attitude.  Riflemen persist in all things, whether in marksmanship or in affairs related to liberty! 

The other thing I noticed is that with each Appleseed event he attended, his rifle had new improvements applied to it.  Things like a cantilevered scope mount to give him adequate eye relief and an adjustable cheek riser that made his rifle work for him.  Small, economical improvements; nothing flashy required.  Again, the same can be said of our efforts to maintain our liberties and rights for future generations.  Each generation needs to be diligent to put in the work to preserve these freedoms;  nothing flashy required.

Is this the John that was down at Searsboro?

The very same!

Twenty shooters on the line? How do you do it! One of these days I'll have to come out and see.

Our riflemen on Sunday morning

Working on his rifleman score in stage four	One of several guys running bolt actions	AR's with muzzle brakes are loud!
James did great despite missing Saturday	Knocking on the door to rifleman	Persisting through the heat and humidity
One of our first to score rifleman	Our lone Woman to earn her patch	Knocking on the door all weekend
Our stellar shoot boss instructing on the line	Scoring rifleman with his AR	Half our line shooting prone
Instructing on the line	More great instructing on the line	Learning the Six Steps

Seated Steady Hold Factors	Half the line in standing	Another rifleman persisting	A "Couple" of riflemen
Slinging up for seated	Waiting to transition	Definition of Happiness	Our Sunday PM Riflman

Quote from: Ames on August 10, 2020, 11:32:48 PM
The very same!

Awesome!
Congrats John!