What a great weekend it was for rifle marksmanship and colonial American history! We started out the day with 17 shooters. Everyone from grandfathers to grandsons, fathers to sons and daughters, and friends. For many this was their first Appleseed event, everyone came well prepared and were eager to learn about rifle marksmanship with the help of Earl, HUBBLE, and GTEngineer.
We started the day's redcoat target as a starting baseline, no one cleared the target, 2 got the shingle shot, and no one was able to place 3 deliberate shots into the 400 yard target; however with perseverance and great teachable attitudes, by Sunday afternoon we had 3 people clear the target, 8 got the shingle shot, and 3 were able to place 3 deliberate shots into the 400 yard target! Wow what an improvement!

Even with the sun bearing down on us all weekend, everyone worked hard, persisted, and your scores really showed. We ended Saturday with AQTs in the low/mid 100s, but soon after when we got back into the rhythm of the instruction on Sunday everyone's AQT seemed to be jumping up by ~20-30 points with EACH AQT! We peaked with multiple people in the high 100s and low 200s.
We had so many people knocking on the door of that rifleman's patch with scores like 207, 208, and 209! Don't get discouraged by any of this! Remember a Rifleman persists!
The link below contains the photos taken by me and HUBBLE. If you have taken any photos that you'd like to share, please feel free to add them to the post! I'll keep the link activated for 1 month to give everyone the opportunity to save their favorite images, after that I'll deactivate the link to protect your privacy.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1At58XS2JKDCvApmqj46hXBHoOShcApXA?usp=sharingIt was truly an honor and a privilege to work with each one of you this weekend, it was such a pleasure to see everyone improving with each target. Thank you all from the bottom of my heart for sharing your precious weekend with us. I hope the message of Liberty, the sacrifices those before us made for us, and the duty for us to protect and preserve these Liberties for our posterity, has made as much of a lasting impact in your hearts has it made in mine.