Project Appleseed

Day 1: cold windy overcast, 15 shooters, 1 IIT,2 Instructors, 1 black dog.
  My usuall POI didn't quite apply on this one, so we backed up and spent time on positions, all the basics. Added slings, skate board tape, foreward hand stops(shotgun shells and duck tape) adjusted  slings and positions, and got groups, sight changes followed and AQTs-------pretty much standard fare, nothing really remarkable untill I realized that the extra time I spent reinforcing all the basics got this group really up and running. We stayed late with a really determined bunch of fine folks for some 1 on 1 and the benifits were readilly apparent.

Day 2: When I got to the range at 7:30 it had been raining for 2 hours, as I contemplated the range conditions it really started to rain It would have served no purpose other than canoe racing to attempt to go to our firing line and even try to to start up to shoot. So we did the next best thing, we moved the firing line to where we could conduct buisness from under the Kemmerer Gun Clubs club house awning, an impromptu target line was built and carpet scraps placed on the concrete for some comfort, and after much jostling and position manuvering we got started. A convienent wood stove in the bulding was lit and we toasted the targets before scoring, frequent breaks and warm up periods followed. I really believe that except for 30-45 minuits through the day it continued to rain, finally erupting into a full fledged gale with saturated targets flying and gear soaked beyond belief. We all had given our full attention and preformed well, but enough is enough and the day was over. Wet muddy shooters went on there way and that was it.
The particulars:
Favorite rifle 1022 Ruger ( 3 LTR models, remainder, bone stock)
2nd place     795 Marlin  ( LTR )
3rd place      Springfield M1A
4th place      CZ 752 .22 bolt rifle
5th place      Ar 15 varient .22 LR
6th place      1 Ruger, sort of tacticacool mini 14
1 Rifleman was made with a 214
next 207, 203, 195, best improved from 86 to a 171
we actually had all our folks back for the second day plus 2.

-----risky
ages 16-62, predominantly younger folks

Risky,

Mind if I just cut and paste Day 2's description and use it for Shiocton?  I will have to take out the warm stove and the sort of covered firing line though.

I am so impressed that shooters come back for day 2.  Real men and Women still exist, at least at Appleseed.

Colycat

We truely are fourtunte here in Kemmerer to have a nice, and very flexable shooting facility to conduct Appleseeds, incidentally, we conducted 3 days of our Boot Camp from under the awning too as rain and wind was a problem. Feel free to paste the 2nd paragraph, I wish I could send you the stove too.