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How to get more Appleseed in Nebraska
Wesley D:
--- Quote from: FarmerRick on December 06, 2009, 07:36:53 AM ---The M203 might get in the way when shooting prone. 8)
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Ha! Yea, M203s are discouraged. Not because they're not fun, but because repeatable hits of a 40 mill (explosive) projectile at a 1" paper target at 25 meters are tough to score. ;)
bkoenig:
On Black Friday Cabelas was advertising a Marlin 795 for $99.99. Buy a couple spare mags, a sling, and a set of Tech Sights and you won't find a cheaper way to get into Appleseed.
I highly recommend the tech sights for the 10/22. Personally, I think using a scope kind of defeats the purpose of Appleseed. I would much rather become proficient with irons and then translate that experience to a scope.
Wesley D:
+1 Brian. My wife's got a 795 with Tech Sights. Plus, I think Marlin still has a $20 mail-in rebate for the 795 that's good until the end of the month - not sure if that's factored into Cabela's "advertised" price or not. If that isn't figured in, then that's like getting your spare mag for free!
As far as scopes vs. irons go, I prefer training with irons. But I'm under 40. Funny thing happens to everyone's eyes around 40 where we end up needing reading glasses and it gets tough to bring that fuzzy front sight into focus. Irons are great because they don't fog up and they won't crack if dropped, but if someone wants to come come and run their rifle with a scope, I won't give them a hard time.
NE Bull:
I too, also, am very interested. I'm usaully a busy fella, but I think I could make room for something like this. Especially if there was some around the Lincoln area.
Right now I'm sort of into the older WWI /WWII surplus rifles. (read I'm cheap) How would a Mosin Nagant (I know, not American, but I figure I'm helping to disarm the other guys) be?
Wesley D:
--- Quote from: NE Bull on December 07, 2009, 02:03:48 AM ---How would a Mosin Nagant (I know, not American, but I figure I'm helping to disarm the other guys) be?
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Bull - You can bring whatever rifle you like, but some rifles will provide you with more "challenges" than others. For example, while shooting Stage 2 of the Army Qualification Target, you'll have to transition from standing to sitting, fire 2 rounds, change mags, fire 3 rounds, shift to acquire a new target, and then fire the last 5 rounds in your second mag. In 55 seconds. Now accommodations can be made for tube fed rifles or semis with capacities less than 8 rounds, but your first Appleseed is often easier if you have a semi, at least 2 magazines that will allow you to prep one with a minimum of 2 rounds and the other with a minimum 8, and a GI sling, because assimilating all the new instruction alone will frequently be challenging enough for a shooter. That being said, guys have scored 210+ on the AQT and qualified as Rifleman with bolt actions - those guys are very, very fast.
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