“I am really interested in learning about this. I have never fired a gun. I was looking through the information on the website. I don’t have all that equipment either, and have very little money left to buy stuff.”
I attended an ‘Appleseed’ a couple of years ago and it was a very worthwhile day. A newbie to shooting should almost be required to attend one.
I had a Browning Lever .22 with me but it was totally not the gun of choice. They rounded up a Ruger 10/22 for me at no cost.
The gun you use can be any caliber within reason (I think a .50 caliber would be a bit of an over kill.) but it needs to be one that you can change clip/magazines in relatively fast. A lot of shooting goes on in a day and thus the cost of ammunition is a factor.
After the event I purchased my own 10/22 with the intent to attend another event. The old body has difficulty assuming some of the positions in a rapid manner and would not be able to qualify for the ‘Rifleman’ award so the incentive was lessened.(I have my own shooting range in the back pasture so I can get practice anytime I want.)
They had three sessions on the beginning of the American Revolution that were very worth while review of our heritage. I came home and Amazon’d up on several books on the war. The one complaint I might have is that they do not cover the other parts of the war, especially Cowpens and King’s Mountain where the ‘Over the mountain’ boys and the militia played a very big role in winning the war.
The instructors and helpers were absolutely superb. Safety was if anything over emphasized but I would not change this.
Lots of information here:
http://appleseedinfo.org/
I think I have talked myself into attending again...
Thanks for the info.