Bald Knob, AR: Febuary 22-23 2014 AAR.

[KD Cat]

This was a great weekend! Saturday started off cool but marched right up to the high of 50, Sunday was very windy and was cooler with the high as 42.
Everyone improved immensely though the entire weekend, and learned a lot more about their equipment.

Hope to see lots of comments and feedback, photos will be up soon.

KD Cat.

[Quinncannon]

Weather was great on Saturday, not so much on Sunday, but Riflemen persist!

The turn out of Shooters was good, everyone had a good learning attitude!

We had one shooter who qualified as Rifleman on the last AQT of the day on Sunday. Jeremy is an Arkansas Army National Guard Veteran and served in Iraq and  Afghanistan, he has also served in the USMC. Jeremy was a pleasure to work with and had a good learning attitude!

Here's a pic of Jeremy and KD Cat!

[Quinncannon]

 This was the sixth shoot we have had at the Vets Shooting Center. My thanks to the McCarty brothers for graciously allowing us to use this range for our Appleseeds!

This was my first shoot to officially serve as a "Blue Hat", though I have been serving in a similar way while wearing the "Orange Hat".

I just want to say that I was impressed by the young men and women who helped Shoot Boss Mutti with the instruction over the two days. RiflesNReins(Red Hat), KDCat(Orange Hat), Mike1Alpha(Orange Hat) and Amos(Orange Hat). These young people are the future of Appleseed and we should endeavor to help and empower them as much as possible.

[Mutti]

It is true what "they" say - AppleSeeder's are some of the nicest Americans you will ever meet. This was our first visit to Bald Knob and I hope not the last. The McCarty brothers are very supportive and the V.E.T.S. Shooting Center felt like home. I'll let the pictures tell the story. Thank you very much Students and Arkansas Instructor Corp for the welcome.       (Saturday Photos - RiflesnReins will have Sundays later)

Bringing gear to the line under the watchful Line Boss:



Not quite awake - boy did that change!



Preparing for the first RedCoat:



Mr. C with his bolt action:



Sling work - that is an awesome looking line!



Mr. T - your focus to the task at hand is amazing to watch. Bring back your Son-in-Law:



Mike1Alpha



Mrs. D :



Ironscoutamos whose 2nd Strike placed us firmly in the mindset of "Take good care of the Children..." outstanding.



Sighter Square -



from this young man -



Miss K.



William Diamond Youth Patches (Miss K received hers the next day):

[mike1alfa]

  What a great event!!  Just a little cold Sunday but every thing went fine Saturday and Sunday.
Congratulations to Jeremy great job man ,every body did a great job and showed lots of improvement, every one just needs to remember that a Rifleman persists .
I had a great time and was glad to meet everybody there.
Thanks to mutti,Rifles-n-Reins and KD Cat  for coming from Illinois to shoot boss and help out and thanks to Quincannon for helping so much and thanks to V.E.T.S. for letting us use such a nice range.

[IronscoutAmos]

Lots of fun. I had A great time. Congrats to Jeremy our new rifleman.
Everybody did A great job. Thanks to V.E.T.S. for hosting the Appleseeds
and to Mutti, RiflesnReins and KD Cat for coming down to help out and to Quinncannon for all
the help.
Hope to see everybody again at another shoot.

                                                       ISA.

                           

[connibear]

Glad to see and hear everything went good and a riflemen was made. Thanks mutti and crew for taking on this event. See you all on the trail. 

[Guns&Hoses]

Had an AWESOME time!! Thanks to all of you for putting this together, I will definitely be back!!

[Guns&Hoses]

(Jeremy Holler)

[Quinncannon]

Congratulations on your Rifleman Patch and thanks for your service to our country!

[RiflesnReins]

I would like to start off by saying thank you to V.E.T.S Shooting Center for allowing us to use such an amazing range. Everything just seemed to go perfect this weekend, from the nice weather to the nice people. I had the opportunity to work with some fine young ladies and young gentlemen (instructors included), who just made this event memorable. I took some photos that I'm going to contribute to this thread, however if anyone else has pictures to add please do.




M1A and ISA cover the SHF while in prone.



Sunday mornings attentive students review ISA seated position.



A lesson in the "Rifleman's Bubble".



Carding the sights and calling your shots.



Talking Targets.



Nancy Morgan Hart.



From learning KD.....



...to applying it at distance!



The ever alert M1A keeps an eye out for Mr.I.



Returning from setting up those 150yd targets.



Getting a lift back from 200 yds.



Mr.I works that bolt at 100 yd.



Walking downrange to check the targets.



Using the seated position to achieve greater elevation.



M1 carbine at 100 yds.



First time with an M1 Garrand.



Miss K's group with the M1 Garrand.



From being worried about the recoil.....



...to realizing that if you follow that basics, you can succeed!

So what is Appleseed all about?

It's about.....



Spending time with your family.....



....or forging friendships that will last forever....



...THIS IS WHY WE APPLESEED!

A note to our Posterity.....

we thank you.

Quinncannon, Mike1Alpha and IronscoutAmos thank you for letting us come and border-raid your state! For all those who attended and made some sort of impact on our lives thank you. Guns&Hoses thank you for replying on this AAR, congrats on earning your Rifleman's Patch.

I hope to meet/see/appleseed with you all again in the near future.

Signing off to continue unpacking,

RnR

[IronscoutAmos]

Here's A few pictures