This weekend was totally full of win.

Friday, we went to the range with our Thanksgiving visitors and another friend. I got to refine my RRA mid-length’s zero, play with a .22LR AR upper (do want!), and try out a Kimber 1911.

Saturday, I would up going to the Appleseed (by myself!) and will have more on that soon. The quick version is: I very much like the concept of the Appleseed Project, but have issues with aspects of the implementation. I suspected this after the first one I attended, but wanted to give it a go with something more reasonable than an M14 before forming a solid opinion. My middy was perfectly well-behaved, and it was great to get a long range day, regardless.

Sunday, I opted not to attend the second day of the Appleseed, and instead went out to the range with the fam and friends to work on some of the things we’d gone over at the Appleseed – and to work past others. The Inconvenience watched me shoot and helped me with some positioning issues and other suggestions. I felt a marked improvement over my post-Appleseed mental state, and saw a marked improvement on the paper, too.

Anyway, I don’t want to get into a detailed review just yet, as I’m typing this on the iPhone and it would take forever. I’ll conclude with something I want everyone to keep in mind for when I do post it (probably tomorrow): I think the Appleseed Project is a fantasic way to get people to the range. I am stoked that it is growing. I am just not sold on some of what they teach, or the manner in which it is taught, and I’d like to see them make some changes to make the program even better. Criticisms of Appleseed seem sort of verboten, but it’s my anecdotal experience that, well, folks have them, and they’re valid.

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