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Preparing Two Rifles for Concord, CA 25m Rifle Clinic 5/23-24 and Sacramento 200yd Rimfire KD 5/30-31
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Preparing Two Rifles for Concord, CA 25m Rifle Clinic 5/23-24 and Sacramento 200yd Rimfire KD 5/30-31

I’m having back-to-back Appleseed events the next two weekends, and I’ve set up two rifles.

I put a new Vortex Viper PST Gen 2 5-25x50 scope on the 10/22. This is the rifle I got my Rifleman’s patch with in November, and I had borrowed the same model of scope for the second day of the clinic. Most people don’t need that much scope, but with my eyesight I do. It looks crazy huge, doesn’t it? Even with the Magpul high cheek riser kit, I had to build it up with some foam to get decent eye alignment. I’m looking forward to getting everything dialed in at the 25m clinic so I’ll be ready for the 200-yard Rimfire class the following weekend. I’m very excited for that RKD event!

The Fighlite SCR is a new rifle that I’ve only fired on one trip to the range so far to function test it, and now I’m setting it up. I put the old Vortex Crossfire II 2-7x32 scope that I took off the 10/22 on the SCR. I added a Mathew’s Fabrication cheek riser and Cole-Tac handguard wrap on it, along with a few upgraded parts. You don’t see many “ranch rifle” format center fire rifles at Appleseed, so it will be interesting to try it out. I’m going to take it to the second day of the 25m clinic and see how it does for Appleseed-style sling-assisted shooting. The manual of arms is new to me, so this should be interesting. If it works well, I hope to swap the big scope onto it and use the SCR at a 400-yard full KD next year.

I’m looking forward to these two weekends and trying the new rifle setups!

u/Thirsty-Barbarian — 2 days ago
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Pondering a 10/22 build for 5’1” girlfriend, that would be good for Appleseed, but later upgradeable for NRL “precision tactical” shooting

TL/DR: I want to build a decent and cool (but ideally under $1000) 10/22 build for my girlfriend, such as would be suitable for an Appleseed course soon, but then we could down the road scope and bipod it so she can very casually feel out Precision/tactical 22LR matches.

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My girlfriend had been planning to learn to shoot for years before I met her, so I’ve been taking her to the range and she absolutely loves it. I know coaching your romantic partner isn’t advised, but I’m a former Marine and was for years a certified RSO, so it’s working well for her.

She’s mainly fired my Henry Youth (she’s tiny) 22LR levergun, and various range folks have let her try their gear a bit since most of mine is in storage in another state. We’ve discussed and agreed that the plan is several more months with what we have, then if she’s still keen I’ll build her a 10/22 and I’ll pay for a weekend Appleseed training course for her.

I don’t want to go “buy stock and modify over time”, I’d rather build something reasonably cool (but not insanely pricey) from the jump. I don’t know if this is too ambitious but I kind of want to build her a decent Appleseed rifle with Tech Sights to learn irons, but also a build that we can easily later scope so she can try *casual* NRL22 shooting. I’m already planning to build a Base class 22LR bolt for myself, and it’d be nice if she could come with and casually compete, and if she gets serious later go to bolt.

Any suggestions on what receiver, barrel, chassis, stock, iron sights would be good for a versatile build to later scope? The stock will be a big issue since she’s tiny and left-handed, so I want to be sure we can figure something that fits her. She’s been pretty fascinated by the “tactical” bolt guns some folks at the range have, so something along those lines but downsized and for a semi would please her.

Thanks for any ideas!

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u/TapTheForwardAssist — 9 days ago
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Plan your Northeast Appleseed season

You’ve been thinking about it, this is the year to do it.  Attend an Appleseed event, bring a friend, hear your shared heritage as an American, and become a Rifleman.  But if you’re going to be a Rifleman, be a KD Rifleman.

We have two Rimfire KD (RKD) events and one Known Distance (KD) event on our schedule for the Northeast. The differences are caliber and distance.  The RKD is rimfire only and shot out to 200 yards. The KD is centerfire only and shot out to 400 yards, and beyond. You should attend a traditional 25m rifle clinic prior to the RKD or KD to get the fundamentals.  The fundamentals are the same, trajectory and wind become factors at the longer distances. 

Options for 25m events prior to the RKDs and KD

NH 25m Rifle May 30-31 @ Pioneer Sportsmen in Dunbarton, NH
NH RKD June 13-14 @ Alder Brook Sportsman’s in Littleton, NH

NY 25m Rifle June 27-28 @ Chesterfield F&G in Clintonville, NY
VT 25m Rifle July 11-12 @ Proctor F&G in Proctor, VT
ME 25m Rifle July 18-19 @ Skowhegan Sportsman’s in Skowhegan, ME
NH 25m Rifle July 25-16 @ Pioneer Sportsmen in Dunbarton, NH
NY 25m Rifle Ladyseed August 8-9 @ SaraSpa in Saratoga Springs, NY
VT KD August 29-30 @ Camp Ethan Allen in Jericho, VT
MA RKD September 12-13 @ Leyden Rifle Club in Leyden, MA

25m Rifle information: https://appleseedinfo.org/rifle-25m/
RKD information:  https://appleseedinfo.org/rimfire-kd/
KD information: https://appleseedinfo.org/known-distance/

Register here:  https://appleseedinfo.org/schedulemap/

Sign up, bring a friend, family member, neighbor, or colleague.  Learn the fundamentals and then apply them by making hits at 400 yards !!!

u/MKENNH — 10 days ago
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Rimfire KD Iron Sights

Registered for my first rimfire KD later this month. I’ve been to a couple 25m events. I got my patch the first time, but I barely missed requalifying.

My .22 is a Marlin Model 60 with Tech Sights and a loop sling.

Is that a realistic setup for a 200-yard KD? Anything I can be working on now to have an easier time with irons at that distance with a rimfire?

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u/Der_Blaue_Engel — 9 days ago
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Hi folks, I participated in the Appleseed program 15+ years ago. Back then, 90%+ of the participants were shooting with iron sights. Iron sights were strongly encouraged, and the curriculum revolved around them; optics were the exception, mostly for folks with vision challenges, and not really mentioned in the training materials.

I took a long pause from shooting when my children were born, but now my son is 8 and wants to learn to shoot, and I thought Appleseed would be a great place to start. I haven't been to an event yet, but as I try to catch up with the community, it looks like most people are shooting with optics now.

Can someone catch me up on what has changed in the last 15+ years? Are iron sights still recommended, or has there been an intentional shift to optics? How has the training and curriculum changed?

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u/Own_Exit2162 — 14 days ago
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Red White Blue AQT

Here recently I've been seeing posts showing Red, White, and Blue AQT targets. Where can I order some of them, or get a pdf for them? I have the black, I have started practicing with, but I'd like th get some of the RWB.

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u/FlyFreak — 12 days ago