Appleseed Shoot

[saber]

I'm thinking about doing an Appleseed shoot and was considering what rifle to use since you can use 22's.

I have an M&P 15-22, a Ruger 10/22, and a Marlin 795.

I have done some searching and seen that a lot of information about shooting an Appleseed with a Ruger 10/22. Has anyone shot an Appleseed with an M&P 15-22?

[sprintcar]

I have not shot at a Appleseed shoot yet. I do know they very strongly recommend iron sights over all other options.

[berg]

I shot a recent Appleseed with a .22 AR with iron sights. About 80% of the other shooters used a scope. And the most common rifle was a 10/22.

Unfortunately for me my scores suffered considerably due to my choice to use standard sights. Since they issue rifleman patches to simply the highest scorers, I was out of the running due to the advantage the scoped shooters had.

I wish they had two classes, scoped and irons and each class was scored independently.

[Annonymous]

At the Appleseed i went to, 10/22 was by far the most common rifle.

[maddoggie13]

Appleseed needs to come to the bay area...

[Mac Attack]

I think I will do the appleseed event on 9/24 - 9/25 at Glen Helen range. Any other Calgunners planning on attending?

The only thing, if I plan to go I wanted to shoot my Mossberg 44US .22 training rifle which only has 7 round mags of which I only have 3. Will they let me participate? I could always use my AR with conversion kit or 10/22 but they are both heavy rifles when compared to my M44.

[G-forceJunkie]

That will be fine, you will just be doing more mag changes.

I think I will do the appleseed event on 9/24 - 9/25 at Glen Helen range. Any other Calgunners planning on attending?

The only thing, if I plan to go I wanted to shoot my Mossberg 44US .22 training rifle which only has 7 round mags of which I only have 3. Will they let me participate? I could always use my AR with conversion kit or 10/22 but they are both heavy rifles when compared to my M44.

[AK4me]

I did Appleseed last year, I used a 10/22 with tech sights. out of about 40 people half of them had 10/22's, Only 3 of us passed including me.

[berg]

Appleseed needs to come to the bay area...

You must be out of the loop. There have already been two at Chabot in Castro Valley this year. There is another at the end of October.

http://appleseedinfo.org/smf/index.php?topic=9820.0

[Princeau99]

My son and I attended Castro Valley Appleseed in April. You WILL have a blast. He qualified with a GSG-5 (147 score) not perfect, but not a "Cook" There will be a lot of mag changing during the match, by design. Some 10 round firing will require one mag with 2 rounds, the second mag with 8.

[Fireguy]

I've never shot in an Appleseed event ,it sounds like fun. I've never shot in any marksmen event ,how do they run a match?

[Mac Attack]

Princeau99, how many rounds were fired in a string and were you given a set amount of time to get all your shots off?

For those who have gone, do you think a .22 LB bolt gun would be a handicap? I would take my Ruger 10/22 but it does not have iron sights and I want to shoot with iron sights.

[saber]

The appleseed website has a description of their course of fire. They also have an FAQ about the events, suggestions on what to bring, etc

I think it is $70 for the 2 day event in Corona.

[G-forceJunkie]

bolt gun is fine. The fastest string is 60 seconds, 10 rounds, one mag change.

[jvpark]

I shot a recent Appleseed with a .22 AR with iron sights. About 80% of the other shooters used a scope. And the most common rifle was a 10/22.

Unfortunately for me my scores suffered considerably due to my choice to use standard sights. Since they issue rifleman patches to simply the highest scorers, I was out of the running due to the advantage the scoped shooters had.

I wish they had two classes, scoped and irons and each class was scored independently.

wow... I was always thought that it was iron sites only... Still sounds like a lot of fun.