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AAR Midland, TX 04/30-05/01/2011

Started by wcmartin1, May 01, 2011, 07:57:58 PM

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May 01, 2011, 07:57:58 PM Last Edit: May 02, 2011, 08:51:36 PM by wcmartin1
Thanks to RainmanJS for his excellent instruction as Shoot Boss, nomad181 as an IIT, John (our club's Rifle Director), and my wife (she brought lunch) for helping with another great weekend at the Midland Shooters Association.

Saturday was a beautiful day near 90 degrees.  We had 20 shooters on the line.  No new Rifleman were made, but we did have one repeat offender (Matt) who also cleaned both Redcoats of the day.

Sunday was overcast, mid 50's and WINDY - about 25 mph with blowing dust and gusts to 40 (it felt much colder with the wind), but we still had 10 great Americans who thought so much of the instruction that they persevered under these conditions.  No new Rifleman were made, but we had several that were knocking on the door and would have made it had their rifles been equipped with a sling.  They are convinced after practicing with our sling-equipped "dummy" rifle that they need one next time.

Overall a good time was had by all and they're looking forward to the next one.  Git-R-Done!  :---

Here's a few pics.

Notice the difference between Saturday's and Sunday's attire (shirtsleeves vs coats) and all of the shooting stools laying around to keep the mats in place.
"Unhappy it is, though, to reflect that a brother's sword has been sheathed in a brother's breast and that the once-happy and peaceful plains of America are either to be drenched with blood or inhabited by a race of slaves.  Sad alternative!  But can a virtuous man hesitate in his choice?" - George Washington - from a letter to a close friend after the events of April 19, 1775

"There is no nation on earth powerful enough to accomplish our (the United States) overthrow.  Our destruction, should it come at all, will be from another quarter.  From the inattention of the people to the concerns of their government, from their carelessness and negligence, I must confess that I do apprehend some danger.  I fear that they may place too implicit a confidence in their public servants, and fail properly to scrutinize their conduct; that in this way they may be made the dupes of designing men, and become the instruments of their own undoing." - Daniel Webster, June 1, 1837
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