Bowie, MD: Berwyn Rod and Gun Club, 13JUL14

[southseasnurse]

Great shoot! Weather was brutally hot but the humidity hadn't caught up with us yet.  Our gracious hosts worked with us to get all 9 students into one line, and allowed us to shoot up until 1800, so everyone got a lot of time on the trigger.  I'd like to give a special A special shout out to Michael (MikeCee), our blue hat contact at the range.  He stayed with us all day, helped grade targets, kept us honest about configuring the baffles correctly, and even brought water for the students.  He also arranged for another club member (Paul 'Rusty' Gammil) to bring his muzzleloading rifle over for a demonstration, so the students got a taste of what it really took to be a rifleman in the 18th century.  We were blessed with a lot of very experienced shooters, and so were able to get off squares quickly, and even got to shoot three (yes, three!) AQTs before the day was out.  We had one requalification (who consistently shot 230+ with a bolt action!) but unfortunately, no new riflemen.  We did have several students in the 190's to 200's, and saw substantial improvements in redcoat scores by the end of a long, hot day.   All students were attentive to the history and great to work with. One came up to me afterwards and commented particularly about how he appreciated the message and delivery, and that was what, for him, made Appleseed better than many other programs he had paid to participate in before.    Once again, thank you to Berwyn for being such outstanding hosts!