Thanks to the Alliance Rifle Club for hosting another Appleseed shoot at their Fiebig range. We were pleased to have ten shooters who pre-registered and showed up for the weekend program and proved that they were very capable marksmen and women. Because of the weather forecast and the rain, I modified my regular program considerably in anticipation of a shortened shoot. We had a number of shooters who were very close to attaining the coveted Rifleman patch on the first and only "for real" AQT on Saturday, so I wanted them to have a good chance at doing so on Sunday. As it turned out, the weather was cooperative but we shot the ending Redcoat target before lunch on Sunday, as two shooters had to leave shortly thereafter. Two of our shooters were requaled and we had one new rifleman by day's end. Another shooter was ever so close. I am so proud to have been at this event with so many dedicated Americans and we salute Kaitlyn, who earned her third Rifleman patch and will be reporting for military service with the Marines next month. If we have a lot of her generation of similar mindset in charge, America will be OK!
Thanks to Rick from neighboring Wyoming for helping staff this AS.