On the morning of Saturday 11-1, 20 enthusiastic shooters gathered in the balmy 19 degree weather ready to show our guest Shoot Boss, George Hacker, what Alaska is all about!
We began the morning with our introduction and safety briefing and started things off right with some early history to whet the appetites of our students.
Our first Red Coat gave us most of our students qualifying at some distance, but we had our work cut out for us!
We began quickly instructing on Sling use, Prone Steady Hold factors, the Six Steps of Firing, Natural Point of Aim, Talking Targets, Inches-Minutes-Clicks, Standing steady hold factors, Seated/kneeling steady hold factors, and transitions.
As we only had one day, we skipped the fire hose and threw our students into the lake, but they proved to be up to the task.
As the day warmed up to a tropical 30 degrees, we got to hear fisherdawg, Medicus and Pete! tell the three strikes of the match to the eager crowd.
Finally, in the afternoon, it was time to shoot our AQTs! By the end of the day, 2 rounds of AQTs showed 3 new Riflemen!!!
Dale (237), Jeremy (213), and Graham (215) earned the coveted Winterseed patch, and returning shooters Jordan (210) and Clayton (225) requalified and took their Orange hats! Littlejohn220 had a chance to shoot and also joined the ranks of the Winterseeders with a 215!
The final Red Coat showed nearly all of our students qualifying at some distance.
A big thank you goes out to all of our students. You were all wonderful and stuck it out beautifully. I hope to see you all on our line again in the spring.
Thank you, as always, to Birchwood. You're always wonderful hosts, and this time you turned the heat on AND spared Dale!
And, last but certainly not least, a humongous thank you to George Hacker for coming up and letting us freeze you. On behalf of the Alaska Cadre, I hope you can come up again soon!
