Harvard Riflemen

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Monday Practices
2nd and 4th Mondays of the month
(Starting March 26)
5:30 to dusk

Saturday Clinic
March 31st
3pm to dusk

Matches coming soon!

What is Appleseed:
Appleseed is a grass roots program popping up all over the country started by the Revolutionary War Veterans Association (www.rwva.org). The basic premise is that the health of the Second Amendment (and the country) is directly proportional to the number of active Riflemen and Riflewomen in it. Mini-Appleseed events (like this one) are basically groups getting together on their own and shooting. Full-scale Appleseed events (like what will be happening in Hartford, CT on 4/21 and 4/22) are weekend long shoots where RWVA national instructors will travel to a location and anywhere from dozens to hundreds of shooters will come to learn from them. The program has been around for a little bit over a year now, and ~1000 people have come to appleseed events so far. This year's calendar is already packed with events almost every weekend somewhere around the country.

What do we shoot:
I like to explain appleseed to other shooters as an entry level version of NRA High Power rifle -- less gear, less distance, less money, but building almost all of the same skills. It's a Junior Varsity to High Power's Varsity (living happily together) The standard course of fire is the Army Qualification Test (AQT) on scaled targets at 25 meters (simulating 100, 200, 300, 400 meter targets) in standing, sitting/kneeling and prone positions. Scoring 200 out of 250 for an "expert" Rifleman score is the basic level of proficiency we're shooting for (~4MOA, or 1" at 25 yards or 4" at 100 yards). When space, time, and skill allow we shoot long range too (Harvard has a 100yard range we will use, and a 200/300 yard range for club members only), but the bulk of practice is done at 25 meters.

What equipment do we use:
The single requirement is any safe, working rifle (bolt/semi/whatever) in any caliber (22lr to 30.06+) that'll reach 25 meters. If I were to suggest a rifle to get the most out of the program, it would be semiauto, mag-fed (10 round mags are fine) with iron sights but if you have something other than that, the program will bend for you. In addition, you might want to bring whatever you need to be comfortable in prone (mat/carpet/tarp and some elbow protection).

Monday Practices will be broken into three parts (Intro, Drills, and Army Qualifying Test (AQT) for Record):
I. Intro:
- Safety/Range briefing

Eight (or Twenty) Shot "Classifier" AQT (no sighters, 2 minute loose time limit for the whole thing)
- 2 (or 5) shots standing (100m simulated)
- 2 (or 5) shots sitting/kneeling (200m simulated)
- 2 (or 5) shots prone (300m simulated)
- 2 (or 5) shots prone (400m simulated)
- Score targets, adjust sights, discuss errors and fixes

Additional sighter group if necessary with some sight click math
Quick talk through the six steps of firing a perfect shot.

II. Drills:
25M Basic Drills (Two or three of the following, different each week, using 1" square targets)
- Focusing in detail on a certain position (including sling use)
- Natural Point of Aim
- Ball and Dummy with partner
- Call the shot with a spotter
- Mag change
- Target change
- Position change
- Rapid fire cadence drills

III. AQT for Record
- "This one's for real" against the 200 (or 210 for QDAQT) out of 250 Rifleman score

AQT (or Quick & Dirty AQT) is pretty much the same as the National Match Course in High Power
- 10 Rounds Slow Fire Standing (100m simulated)
- 10 Rounds Rapid Fire Sitting (200m simulated, two targets one mag change, start standing)
- 10 Rounds Rapid Fire Prone (300m simulated, three targets one mag change, start standing)
- 20 (or 10 for QDAQT) Rounds Slow Fire Prone (400m simulated, four+ targets)
- Targets scored and logged if you want. 200+ on AQT or 210+ on QDAQT = Rifleman.

The QDAQT is the one we'll use most because all of the targets are conveniently on one sheet. Because there are fewer Stage 4 rounds fired due to space on the sheet, the Rifleman score goes up to 210. The standard time limits for the slow fires are ~1 minute per shot and the rapid fires are ~5-6 seconds per shot. If you know what the National Match course time limits are, they're roughly the same. We're not huge sticklers for time during training.

The Saturday afternoon clinic will be much like a practice with an extended educational Intro section. There would be several sighter stages, detailed explanation of each of the six steps of firing the shot, and detailed explanation of each position (with 10 shots in each). The drills would be focused on each stage of the AQT (including mag changes, position changes, shots per target, etc).

Harvard Sportsmen's Club
Revolutionary War Veteran's Association
Northeast Shooters