What a fun event. More challenging than Rifleman, and probably more tiring than the Rimfire KD. I scored 213 with my Beretta 92, 217 with my Buckmark, and 242 with a borrowed Walther GSP.

I had too much caffeine both mornings. I camped on the range, and out from my wife’s supervision, helped myself to much more than my normal amount of morning caffeine and I feel like that impacted my abilities for the first half of each day. Next time I won’t do that

I do wish that I had brought better shoes. I wore my normal cowboy boots that I wear at work (construction) but something about shooting on gravel wore me out rather quickly. There’s lots of ups and downs in Rifleman, but tons of standing in Pistolseed. I did have a chair I brought, but still I was fatigued from all the standing I did which honestly surprised me.

It was a typical Appleseed event, tons of fun, new faces, great instructors, and an overall great time. I wish I had done this sooner. Looking forward to doing it again.

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I'm jealous, I really want to do pistolseed but haven't had one convenient enough yet.

It's hella fun. I shattered my thumb earlier this year, and haven't shot a pistol in a few years and I was able to get on it. Only two of us made Pistoleer, the other guy had done it once before and made it then too. Lots of people screwing around with their red dot sights trying to figure them out which was a little disappointing. My Buckmark started shooting hard hard right on day two not entirely sure what I did to it between day one and day two. I cranked the rear sight over all the way to the right (thats the correct way to bring POI left right? ) and it was still way to the right. One of the instructors theorized I need to clean it maybe I've got some lead fouling thats spinning the bullet funny. I really wish I could do more Appleseeds every year. The fun stuff is all a minimum of 3 hours away. We have a local range an hour away that does Rifleman clinics, but the KD and Pistolseeds are a lot more challenging and fun.

Hi Blue!  It's great that you earned your Pistoleer patch despite your challenges!  Riflemen persist!  And so do Pistoleers.  Congratulations!

When moving the rear sight, you should move it in the same direction you want your hits to move.  The acronym often used is FORS - Front Opposite Rear Same.  Or as ITB in Michigan says, Bad Kid (front sight, always does the opposite of what you ask it to do) and Good Kid (rear sight, always does the same you ask it to do)

Appleseed Pistol Clinics and Appleseed Known Distance Clinics are definitely fun and challenging! Perhaps you can help your more local volunteers find ranges that will accommodate the other clinic formats?


P.S. the term "pistolseed" was abandoned early in its inception. All Clinics are Appleseeds, so we differentiate with the description - 25M Clinic, Pistol Clinic, KD Clinic, RKD Clinic...

Ok well I must have been wanting to go to one since they were called Pistolseeds

Have done a one day and a two day Appleseed for rifle and enjoyed it just haven’t had any I could attend when the weather is nice for my next one glad to hear you had a good time OP