You might be an Appleseeder if ....

[Twineagles]

That strange rattle in your truck turns out to be your loaner GI sling that slid under the seat.

[Pitmaster]

You have more loaner 10/22s than family members who shoot.

[SteelThunder]

That strange rattle in your truck turns out to be your box of 5-10loaner GI slings that slid under the seat.

Fixed it for you.

Also:

Your fashion choices on an AS weekend consist of OD or tan
You find spare 10/22 magazines in pockets of pants and coats all over the place
You find used chamber flags in the washer after pulling a load
You can go on vacation and wear a different AS shirt everyday (this one is for you, 'burbs)
You find loose .22 LR in the bottom of the laundry basket
Your "t-shirt drawer" has one side full of AS t-shirts, crowding out everything else
You tell your kids that it's time to get in the car by saying "With 3 children...LOAD!" (that one's for you, Oz)
You find yourself slipping in refrences to Wyman and Whittemore into casual, dinner party conversation
You find stacks of have trifolds and Redcoats everywhere...just in case - car console, briefcase, gym bag, on your desk at work

[Miller]

Your coworkers complain about you constantly clicking your pen.

When receiving packages you examine the packing material to see if it's worth using to adjust comb height.

You have more zip ties in your vehicle than the electrician next door.

You own more than one staple gun.

You've ever used a chamber flag as a book mark.

You have multiple sets of 1 1/4" swivels still in the package because you found a sale.

You've made multiple trips to the local farm store in a day to comply with their 5 boxes to a customer limit on ammo.

It's raining/snowing/sleeting/bitterly cold/scorching hot and you shake your head at having a range to yourself.

You police brass for calibers you don't shoot because you know *insert forum name* loads for that.

You've ever gotten into a polite argument over .308 vs. .30-06.

You've ever used a web sling to keep your pants up.

You can go camping for a weekend without having to pack anything in your car.

[Yankeedutch]

You have prepped mags for rifles you don't own...
just in case.
You have color choices of vet wrap and tape.

[Dougum]

You have steel plates made into the shape of redcoats and have 3 cans of Regal Red rolling around in the bed of your truck.

You shake your head at those who say that an SKS CANNOT shoot over 200 yards

You use tri-folds as book marks in a borrowed copy of the American Rifle.

You have a prized collection of non qualifying AQTs clogging up your range box yet have your Rifleman target framed, signed, and a spotlight installed to highlight it in a power outage.

Dougum

[Unbridled Liberty]

Your kitchen faucet has been leaking for months.
Your garden has more weeds than vegetables.
Your car no longer fits in the garage.
You have a range bag the size of a large steamer trunk.
You have tubes of sunscreen in all your cars cupholders.
You have ammo cans labeled with your forum name, written in paint marker.
You have an assortment of clipboards all over your house, car and garage.
You have single foam ear plugs of styles and colors you have never bought.
You find lengths of trimmer string in many of your pants pockets.

[Transform]

You're exhausted after a long day at the range, yet you're still on the forums late Sunday night, instead of sleeping or preparing for Monday morning.

[Two Wolves]

You carry an Appleseed challenge coin in your billfold.

The floorboard behind the front seat of your car has trifolds scattered around.

There is Appleseed literature in the trunk of your car.

You have complete strangers asking you about your tee shirt.

Your yearly calendar has dates blocked out for shooting events--for the whole year.

You have flourescent orange line paint on your finger nails.

[Josey Wales]

..I am glad I am not the only one, I am an Appleseeder..

[Two Wolves]

The people you yearn to spend time with the most are fellow Appleseeders.

You have a dummy rifle with a sling and a laser mounted to it.

You have cleared redcoats stapled up on the wall of your man-cave.

Your non-appleseed friends aquaintances call you Johnny Appleseed.

[LawDog]

You all had met "Hello!"  Thanks for the laughs.  This is great stuff.

[SteelThunder]

The people you yearn to spend time with the most are fellow Appleseeders.

You have a multiple dummy rifles with a sling and a laser mounted to it them.

You have cleared redcoats stapled up on the wall of your man-cave.

Your non-appleseed friends aquaintances call you Johnny Appleseed.

FIFY

[Two Wolves]

The people you yearn to spend time with the most are fellow Appleseeders.

You have a multiple dummy rifles with a sling and a laser mounted to it them.

You have cleared redcoats stapled up on the wall of your man-cave.

Your non-appleseed friends aquaintances call you Johnny Appleseed.

FIFY
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One with a red laser and one with a green laser!

[George Hacker]

You post pictures of shot redcoat targets and AQTs on your Facebook page.

All of your neighbors know who Hezekiah Wyman and Samuel Whittemore were.

You quote John Adams to children and you quote Patrick Henry to adults.

You buy tin flashing at Home Depot to use as raw materials to make redcoat-shaped cookie cutters for friends.

You constantly take double takes as you drive because you thought you saw an abandoned political sign that could be repurposed as a target backer.

[dragit]

Your wife asks you when you are going to put those boxes in the attic, although you already had complied with the initial request.

[SteelThunder]

You could build several 10/22s from "left over parts" you have on hand from modifying rifles into LTRs

You add up what you've spent on your "special" 10/22 and realize you bought your first beater car for less

You know the reliability rate of Remington Value Pack .22 LR cartridges down to the 0.001%

You've made up several curse words that you reserve for use towards Rem Value Pack - many of them sound like the father from "A Christmas Story"

You can get into an hour long conversation about why the Green Shoot Boss hat is WAY better than the new one

You pine for the days of orange chamber flags

[NorCal22Gal]

You feel honored when the first Red Hat you promote to Shoot Boss demands one of the Green Hats still left in the supply box....

[spitfire51]

You go to a gun shop and wonder why none of the rifles on display have chamber flags inserted.

Whenever you sleep in on a weekend it feels really weird and you swear you're forgetting something.

You have a strong urge to correct people who quote Henry Longfellow's "Paul Revere's Ride."

You shake your head at people who ask for recommendations on what bipod they should buy.

[olefido]

This is for Redfox24:

You go to the gun store and shake your head in wonder at the guy that buys 3 boxes of shells to sight in his rifle and complains that he already went through 2 boxes without succeeding.

[2 clicks low]

You go to the range to shoot and end up teaching steady hold factors to strangers.

[AFTERMATH]

Your rifle gets more oil changes than your car.
It only makes sense because your rifle is worth more than your car.
But that's only because you've gone through so many cars you don't bother buying one that'll last - Cause it won't.

[Dude]

You keep asking yourself, "Why am I cleaning this rifle again, when I haven't fired it 3 years??"

The tops of your boot toes are as worn as the soles.

You fall asleep mumbling "hold the trigger back.....hold the trigger back........hold....the trigger....baaa........"

[Taylor]

You had to get another secure storage cabinet just for loaner rifles.

There is a whole bank of shelves in the pole barn for Appleseed "stuff".

The Wife (Lord bless her) just assumes its an Appleseed weekend late-April through mid-October unless notified otherwise.

[Miller]

You're proned out in the mud in a cold rain and happy as a clam.  And you haven't and won't fire a shot all day.

[Pitmaster]

You snore using rifleman's cadence.

[Mutti]

This is for Redfox24:
You go to the gun store and shake your head in wonder at the guy that buys 3 boxes of shells to sight in his rifle and complains that he already went through 2 boxes without succeeding.

+1 1/2 

[Oz]

You can't name the members of your wedding party but you can rattle off the forum name of every instructor at your first Appleseed.

You walk into a room with youngsters present and mentally remind yourself to be sure to call it a "bucket" shot and drop the "gelding" quote today.

When advising a soon to be college student, you turn NPOA into a metaphor for life.   

You tell your kids that it's time to get in the car by saying "With 3 children...LOAD!" (that one's for you, Oz)

I'm going to keep saying that until Zazzles admits it's funny.  She did laugh the other morning when she was packing her backpack for school and I said "Student!  Your preparation period begins NOW!"

[NorCal22Gal]

where are the multiple LIKE buttons...man.....   love the snore in riflemans cadence.....

[Melissa]

You stop somewhere on the way home with your loop sling still on your arm and a streak of fouling down your cheek and neck.

You have AQTs posted knee-high on your walls for practicing your NPOA.

When you get stressed, you pull out a rifle that isn't dirty and zen out cleaning it.

There's a whiteboard in the corner of your living room, with remnants of an IMC lesson still on it that you don't have the heart to erase.

On the wall next to your desk are your first Rifleman AQT, a picture of "King Porge" with its snout blown out, and a calendar with at least one weekend highlighted.

You write memos on the backs of COIs from previous shoots.

You wonder why you keep smelling Rem Oil, and then realize it's your clothing.

You realize that you've had a .22 casing down the back of your shirt this whole time.

You remember to always keep power drills, squirt bottles and staple guns pointed in a safe direction.

You lie down to read a book and realize you're in prone.

You've sworn to "make a rifleman" out of everyone you know.

You suddenly realize that everyone at the range is making the same shooting mistakes.

The guy to your left apologizes for his brass hitting you, and you wonder why you didn't notice.

The sound of gunfire is soothing.

You wear an Appleseed T-shirt almost every day of your life.

You've bought an extra one in a size up so you can sleep in it.

True stories