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McMinnville TN Jan 1, 2025 KD AAR

Started by ArmyVet, January 02, 2025, 10:49:34 AM

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ArmyVet

January 02, 2025, 10:49:34 AM
What better way to ring in the New Year than to have a KD event for our instructors! We had volunteers from TN, AL, GA and one from all the way out there in AZ meet up at Mountain Top Range in McMinnville TN to show that while they can instruct KD they can also do it!

Many thanks to our host range! They had a New Year's Day breakfast going on for their folks and graciously allowed us to not only use their range but join in on the breakfast.

It was a chilly morning at Mountain Top but surprisingly the usual challenging winds did not make an appearance. Mountain Top also has some challenging terrain. Thanks to Wileycoyote's engineering abilities, we are able to make it work without moving the firing line which saves not only valuable time, but also helps the Shoot Boss manage high blood pressure!

Thanks to Eagle Keeper for running a safe and disciplined line all day  :beer:

Mr6actual and Jacob proved their skills by marking Morgan's Shingle!



While the first AQT is slowed a bit by shooting sighters at each distance, it didn't take long for qualifications to happen:
Maximum Ordinate 49
Cleveland 49
Lucas 48
Maximum Effort 48
Jacob 47
Google 46
Wileycoyote 41
Mr6actual (AZ! and 1st KD) 40











The difference between a novice and a master: the novice does it until they get it right. The master does it until they can't get it wrong.

Roswell

#1
January 02, 2025, 10:55:08 AM
Looks like a great event! Huzzah!
Known Distance Qualified: Talladega, AL 12-3-16 - 45/50; Distinguished 49/50 - Talladega, AL 12-8-19
Rimfire Known Distance Qualified (200 yd): Martin, GA 2-28-21
Instructor Boot Camp: Toccoa, GA 7-13, 8-15; Pelham, TN 2-14, 2-16; Columbiana, AL 2-15; Canton, GA 2-18, 1-19, 2-20, 2-21, 3-22, 2-23, 1-24; Marietta 1-25
Shoot Boss Boot Camp and Liberty Seminar: Toccoa, GA 8-14 & Canton, GA 1-19

Pistol Instructor Boot Camp: South Huntsville, AL 5-20; Canton, GA 1-21, 2-24; Marietta 2-25
Pistol Qualified: Spencer, TN 4-10-21
Charter Pistol Instructor Boot Camp: Antioch, TN 2-22 & Canton, GA 1-23

upacreek

#2
January 02, 2025, 12:20:09 PM
Awesome event and even more awesome people there.  Great way to start the year!

:snipersmi  :snipersmi  :snipersmi  :snipersmi  :snipersmi  :snipersmi
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

Eagle Keeper

#3
January 02, 2025, 12:31:50 PM
Awesome day! I totally loved spending it with all of you. I wish we could do it much more.
I have come here to chew gum and teach riflemen the art of shooting one hole groups and I'm all out of bubblegum.
   Z-man
If the arrow is set up correctly , the Indian can focus on learning his craft.
 Z-17

Cleveland

#4
January 02, 2025, 01:15:31 PM

What an awesome day. Many thanks to ArmyVet for taking the torch on this event. Also thank you to Eagle Keeper for being our line boss all day, I hope you have thawed out.
 
The highest level of mastery is simplicity. Most information is irrelevant and most effort is wasted, but only the expert knows what to ignore. James Clear

Rifleman 19April2015
KD Qualified 17Oct2015
Pistoleer™ 12Dec2020
Pistol Requal 23June2024
KD Requal 11Nov2021 50/50
Pistol IBC/Charter Pistol Instructor Antioch 2-22
200y RKD Qualified 14May2022
Morgan's Shingle 27Oct2024 (seated)
KD Requal 19Apr2025

Jayshoneybunny

#5
January 02, 2025, 04:02:08 PM
How cold was it?  At Evansville, the temperature with wind chill was consistently 27 degrees.  Your normal winds were at Redbrush yesterday!
Issue the orders sir, and I will storm hell.- "Mad Anthony" Wayne to George Washington.

If this be treason, make the most of it. - Patrick Henry

upacreek

#6
January 02, 2025, 04:22:22 PM
I think the high was a balmy 37.  The absence of the wind (mostly) made it pretty okay despite the handful of snowflakes we saw.  That said, I went to bed with the hand warmers still on me and working.  I was comfortably warm by the time I woke up and I'm outside in a t-shirt again.  I love living down here.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

Eagle Keeper

#7
January 03, 2025, 01:50:16 AM Last Edit: January 03, 2025, 01:58:08 AM by Eagle Keeper
Ice Boss Baby.. ..Ice Boss Baby.  **)

We might need a new patch.  **)

Awarded when hypothermia is a serous possibility.
I have come here to chew gum and teach riflemen the art of shooting one hole groups and I'm all out of bubblegum.
   Z-man
If the arrow is set up correctly , the Indian can focus on learning his craft.
 Z-17

JustKim

#8
January 04, 2025, 11:14:15 AM
Dang, the way y'all are shooting, we may need to come up with an even more challenging COF  **)  **)

Looks like a blast!  Except - not so sure about that weather - bbrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
It's not about perfection -- it's about progress!!

I LOVE this stuff!

"Perhaps you and I have lived with this miracle too long to be properly appreciative. Freedom is a fragile thing and is never more than one generation away from extinction. It is not ours by inheritance; it must be fought for and defended constantly by each generation, for it comes only once to a people. Those who have known freedom and then lost it have never known it again" Ronald Reagan

Eagle Keeper

#9
January 04, 2025, 01:51:00 PM
Quote from: JustKim on January 04, 2025, 11:14:15 AMDang, the way y'all are shooting, we may need to come up with an even more challenging COF  **)  **)

Looks like a blast!  Except - not so sure about that weather - bbrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

 :pop: The new rule master instructors must shoot on 10" targets & no more keeping snowballs in the freezer  **)  :DH:  **)
I have come here to chew gum and teach riflemen the art of shooting one hole groups and I'm all out of bubblegum.
   Z-man
If the arrow is set up correctly , the Indian can focus on learning his craft.
 Z-17

Maximum Ordinate

#10
January 05, 2025, 12:11:56 PM
National Coordinator Cleveland presents our newest Senior Instrucotor, ArmyVet of Tennessee, with his grey hat.


National Coordinator Cleveland welcomes UpACreek as the new Southeast Regional Coordinator.


New Southeast Regional Coordinator UpACreek presents a Tennessee State patch to visiting dSB Mr6Actual from Arizona.


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Roswell

#11
January 05, 2025, 05:32:41 PM
Awesome!  ^:)^
Known Distance Qualified: Talladega, AL 12-3-16 - 45/50; Distinguished 49/50 - Talladega, AL 12-8-19
Rimfire Known Distance Qualified (200 yd): Martin, GA 2-28-21
Instructor Boot Camp: Toccoa, GA 7-13, 8-15; Pelham, TN 2-14, 2-16; Columbiana, AL 2-15; Canton, GA 2-18, 1-19, 2-20, 2-21, 3-22, 2-23, 1-24; Marietta 1-25
Shoot Boss Boot Camp and Liberty Seminar: Toccoa, GA 8-14 & Canton, GA 1-19

Pistol Instructor Boot Camp: South Huntsville, AL 5-20; Canton, GA 1-21, 2-24; Marietta 2-25
Pistol Qualified: Spencer, TN 4-10-21
Charter Pistol Instructor Boot Camp: Antioch, TN 2-22 & Canton, GA 1-23
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