I am assembling a LTR for this match and beyond from a pile of spare 10/22 parts.  All I still need is a suitable stock, a sling, 3 more factory 10 round mags, a bolt buffer, a trigger group pin and a take down screw and I'm all set.  The Loctite is drying on the sights as we type.  

Must have the same supplier as Cheaper Than Dirt.  

I'm still waffling.  

I spent way too much building a 10/22 suited just for this so I really ought to go.  But I'm fairly broke right now and I'd need to go buy even more gear before this weekend.  Need elbow pads, carpet to lay on, notebook, etc.  It's gonna be hot out there.  It's cool inside and the fridge is close with cool beverages.

I have nothing else planned to do that weekend.  I want to go.  I need to go.  I should go.

But I'm still waffling.  

Oh alright.  Peer pressure is a bitch!

Poly, I will take you up on the offer of that shooting mat.

ARinKCMO, I'd be surprised of the Appleseed folks don't bring some of their cheap GI slings with them to sell.  IMO they'd be foolish not to.   If not you can certainly borrow the other one I bought when I ordered 2 of them.  Do you have some 1 1/4" QD swivels?

I'm still bringing my spare GI sling.  And my spare 10/22, scoped with a suppressor.    Might even bring my retro M16A1 (semi-auto), just in case.

Tonight I pack up all the shooting gear and make a last-minute shopping list of stuff I need such as sunscreen, small notebook, etc.  Tomorrow evening I buy that stuff and pack the coolers with water & snacks.  Then up at the asscrack of dawn on Saturday in order to make it to the McBride range by 0730.

I can't wait!!!  

I'm headed out the door now for a day of learning and fun.  AAR to follow.

BTW, please none of you unsavory types bury anything else under my porch, m'kay?  The lime just doesn't work that fast.  

Thank you.  It was not easy for an out-of-shape guy.  (Unless you count round as a shape.)

AAR pics with minimal commentary.







Instructors, telling "Spark 1" of how the Revolutionary War really started.



Looooooooooong firing line.



Chow line.  Poor ladies just never stood a chance at keeping up with the ravenous appetite of this crowd.  Mass consumption while hearing "Spark 1" story of how the Revolutionary War really began.









Target line.





Break's over, back to work.


Mud puddles.  Darned rain.




Reeeeeeeeeeeeeally wide firing line.  Most of those white target backers actually had two folks' targets on them.  This was the largest ever (so far) Missouri Appleseed event, and not too shabby compared to the rest of the nation's events either.






My pile, 175 yards away from my car.  I sure could have used that gun buggy today Poly.






Instructing on how to shoot while standing.


Damned Redcoats!!


Instructing on how to shoot prone and NPOA (natural point of aim).






WIMMENZ!!!!  Live, breathing, shooting wimmenz!    Sadly, all already taken.  



Never be late to the firing line in the morning.  It generally means you win a prize such as getting to deal with the river of mud all day.  


Instructing the proper sitting firing position.  Sadly, due to being out of shape the only sitting position I am currently able to use with great success involves a La-Z-Boy and a remote control.  











The "optional" position to sitting.  



At the end of the day when picking up my carpet/mat, there was fresh, green, non-muddy grass under there.  


Die Redcoats, die!    The holes marked with pen were shot first thing in the morning.  The non-marked holes were shot at the very end of the day, after the first try at the AQT test.  My one dropped shot on the 300m target is getting blamed on the guy next to me who kept kicking me.


When you shoot this way....


You earn one of these.    And yes Poly, I wore the hat all day.  


Apparently the locals tend to miss this stop sign and bust right out into 50Hwy, hence the flashy lights.  As Poly sez, Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.


Beautiful dusk clouds that were far prettier about 3 minutes earlier when I should have stopped to photograph them.




Whew, that's a lot of work.  Both the shooting and the picture posting.  Shower time and then beddy time.  More fun tomorrow.

Yup.  Only one to do it on Day 1.  

ETA: Carpet never soaked through.  I was smart enough to bring large trash bags and cut a couple of them open to place under the carpet like a tarp.  

Easy.  Stand as if shooting offhand.  Now squat straight down without kneeling, keeping both feet on the ground about shoulder width apart.  You are now just tall enough to see & shoot over the tops of rice paddies.  

The reason they won't allow it at Appleseed is that someone "turtled" over backwards and launched a round UPRANGE near an instructor!    Guess they grossly violated the "finger on trigger" safety rule.

My bad.  
Day 1 rifle.

experiment

Trying to move Day 2 pics to another page to speed loading time.

Hopefully I don't lose those 2+ hours of work I spent last evening posting all those pics.

C'mon page 3.  Daddy needs faster loads.

Dangit, how many posts per page?

Geezus weezus, gimme page 3 for gosh sake.

Doctor Doctor, Mr M.D..

Pretty please.

This has got to be the one.

Sumbeyotch!!  Is Wayne Brady gonna have to choke a bitch?

I'm not post whoring, I swear.

Nope, not yet.  Sorry guys.  Trying desperately to get my Day 2 pics onto a different page from my Day 1 pics to speed loading times.