Yeah....I've heard of The Appleseed Project. Went to my first one in May, 2009....my biggest mistake was being next to a 13 yr old girl on the line. She actually LISTENED to the instructors, and shot pretty well....I, with about 40 yrs of experience, sucked.

Unlike Christine, it took me 3 Appleseeds to finally qualify Rifleman ("Expert"). Then I took the IIT (Instructor in Training) orange hat, and just received my "Red Hat" (Instructor).

Seriously though, if you want to learn to shoot your rifle accurately without sandbags, bipods, etc., Appleseed is the best and least expensive way to go.

Our goal is for you to be able to hit a 20" target at 500 yards.....and get off the couch and be a better citizen. What could be better than that?! For you long distance shooters, we DO have Known Distance ranges out to 800-1000 yards at some locations. We're still working on that in Kansas, but we'll get there. Hunting season(s) are coming up....Appleseed is a GREAT way to prepare that rusty trigger finger!

http://www.appleseedinfo.org

BTW....nice pics Christine! Looks like everyone had a good time...