Smokey Joe
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Just attended an Appleseed Shoot, put on by the Revolutionary War Veterans' Ass'n, and Fred'sM14Stocks.com.
It Was A Blast. (Pun intended.) Have never shot so much in one weekend in my life. There was ample safety and supervision on the line, and training in both shooting and history. America was once "a nation of riflemen," and this Appleseed effort is an attempt to make that so once more.
The big thing to do was to qualify as a Rifleman via the AQT, the Army Qualification Test, with targets reduced in size so that the whole thing can be shot @ 25yd. (Think that's necessarily easy?? some of those targets are the size--literally--of postage stamps.)
I'm a pretty fair shot myself, but I benefitted from the instruction, as well as the intense practice.
So for $45 I had 2 heavy-duty range days, lots and lots of shooting, all the instruction I could use, got qualified as a Rifleman, re-learned some history that I'd forgotten since high school, enjoyed helping other shooters on the line, enjoyed talking with other riflemen, and learned things about rifles other than my own collection.
Weekend very well spent. More info available at: www.rwva.org or www.fredsm14stocks.com
It Was A Blast. (Pun intended.) Have never shot so much in one weekend in my life. There was ample safety and supervision on the line, and training in both shooting and history. America was once "a nation of riflemen," and this Appleseed effort is an attempt to make that so once more.
The big thing to do was to qualify as a Rifleman via the AQT, the Army Qualification Test, with targets reduced in size so that the whole thing can be shot @ 25yd. (Think that's necessarily easy?? some of those targets are the size--literally--of postage stamps.)
I'm a pretty fair shot myself, but I benefitted from the instruction, as well as the intense practice.
So for $45 I had 2 heavy-duty range days, lots and lots of shooting, all the instruction I could use, got qualified as a Rifleman, re-learned some history that I'd forgotten since high school, enjoyed helping other shooters on the line, enjoyed talking with other riflemen, and learned things about rifles other than my own collection.
Weekend very well spent. More info available at: www.rwva.org or www.fredsm14stocks.com
