Project Appleseed is back in the Bay Area! Is your 10/22 setup?

[NorCal22Gal]

I know it's a bummer, we miss having youth on the lines too.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE CONCORD EVENT IS A RIMFIRE ONLY EVENT. THIS IS THE RANGE'S REQUEST.

Future events might be open, but this one is rimfire only.

[Vinnie Boombatz]

Attended the class at USI this past weekend and all I can say is I can't wait to take the class again. Recommended 1,000%.

The instructors were great, I learned a TON, was able to get my rifleman patch, and kept improving as the class went on. Instructors were VERY knowledgable, safety was paramount and it seemed like everyone there was having a great time.

This would be a great way to introduce someone to firearms who may be on the fence about them or believes it all about violence, etc. The lectures and history lessons were fantastic, the lecturers were passionate and (at least for me) gave me an even greater sense of pride and appreciation for what we have in this country, especially during a time when all others do is complain about how bad it supposedly is here.

The class was 100% apolitical, and if others who don't know much about firearms attended it would expose them to a great example of what the firearms community is actually about while learning about those who fought for the freedoms we have (and take for granted) today.

For anyone planning to attend in the future and hasn't been to this class...make sure your scope is forward enough to get proper eye relief when in the prone position. I cannot emphasize this enough! I had to adjust and move my scope as far forward as it would go on my rifle (which meant having to re-zero it during the class). This would be way less stressful if you did this BEFROE the class and not during it. Being on the firing line with my tools and hastily remounting the scope wasn't ideal, and luckily it only took shooting one group to get the scope re-zeroed (and credit this to the excellent tutorial given during the class about how to zero a rifle).

I could have also benefitted from an extra inch or so on my stock (I'm 6'2" tall), but still really enjoyed my rifle and set up I had.

Bring a good shooting mat. You will thank me later. I also wore pants that I could slip very thin neoprene knee pads into that were a nice addition and saved my knees. There were a few others wearing knee pads and a few wearing elbows pads or incorporated addition padding for they elbows in the way of bath mats, towels, and I used a small section of a Z-rest sleeping pad I use when I'm camping. I still ended up with some blisters on my support-side elbow that now looks like monkey pox.

I started out wearing a baseball cap but switched to a full-brim boonie hat. I preferred the boonie had because the rigid brim of the ball cap would hit my scope now and then, where the brim on the boonie had didn't. There were a fair amount of burrs and goat heads on the range we were on so long pants and boots were definitely appreciated. I also wore long sleeves despite it warming up as the days went on because of the burrs. Still managed to miss some of them when laying down on my mat and planted a hand on a few more than once. It all added to the experience and was nothing compared to what those who were fighting the redcoats endured!

I had four 10-round mags and three 5-round mags and it was more than enough. Could have easily gotten by with half that, but was nice to have the mags pre-loaded for each stage of the AQT even though you do have enough time between stages to reload the mags you just used in most cases.

[Waldo]

Great review..I was hoping someone would give their impressions of the class. Didn't quite make it to this one, but will be prepared and ready for the next time.

Out of curiosity, all shooters were using slings? Tough going to the LGS and finding anything but just a carry sling

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[WWDHD?]

I hope they have another one soon at USI. I've always wanted to attend one of these events.

[norcal-ar]

So far it looks like only southern Ca. Is on the calendar for 2023

[DVSride]

So far it looks like only southern Ca. Is on the calendar for 2023

Yup, they usually list the Redding/Red Bluff/Sacramento and now hopefully Concord classes early in the year after they can confirm the dates with the ranges being used.

[operavoice]

Nor Cal posted, no Concord yet.

Wife and I are booked for Sac in June.

[Vinnie Boombatz]

Will there be Concord dates posted for 2023? I'd much rather take the class at Concord because of how close it is to me, wouldn't have to get a hotel, and the Concord instructors were fantastic.