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At the events you've been to, how many shooters use AR's?

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I haven't done one in MO, but the curriculum is national with local flavor added by the instructors.

You're going to get solid instruction in the fundamentals of marksmanship, interspersed with a relatively accurate version of the events of April 19, 1775 (Lexington & Concord).

You will be guaranteed to come away sore, tired, quite probably sunburned, and smiling. Make time to do both days, it's worth it.

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I would second that.  bring sunscreen, you will need it.

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And a large piece of scrap carpet for a shooting mat as well as a tarp to put under the carpet so ground dampness doesn't soak it from the bottom up.

If you do go and want to borrow a VERY capable 10/22, give me a shout.  Basically, if you don't earn your patch with this rifle, well, it isn't the rifle's fault.  
 

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Im going to be sort of a Debbie Downer here. I've been to 2 and had different experiences. The first one about 5 years ago was down near the Lake of the Ozarks. I came away with a very positive view and couldn't wait to go back, missed rifleman by 2 points and overall was very happy with the professionalism and wisdom of the instructors. Very happy.

2 years ago I made it to the long drive to the Rosebud MO class. Right off it was very different. The professionalism wasn't there. At one point the main guy left and placed someone else in charge for a while, things got pretty screwed up until he got back. Also the tone had very militia type feel, one instructor went on a long rant that was very anti govt and literately said "if you haven't been arrested for standing up for your rights yours not doing enough" and one of the other tough guy instructors got so emotional about his rant he broke down and started crying.  OK yeah and to think I wanted to bring my kids to the class  

Also they had 2 teenage girls instructing, one about 12-13 the other 14-15ish. While they didn't wear a the highly prized "Red Hat" they were pretty disrespectful to some of the adults. OK I get it they could probably shoot their proprietary 4MOA standard really well but they are still kids, don't talk down to the adults, you've not earned that in my book and that should have been a foundation that was laid before they were allowed to help teach.
Of course it rained and rained the second day. Things were muddy and these kid instructors were walking with muddy feet across the shooters mats. I understand the guns had to be "cleared" but they didnt have to be rude by making everyones mats muddy where they were laying. Some people came dressed fairly well.  
I also felt as if they were coming across that this was a "fighting rifle" class, maybe that's me but the last thing this is is a fighting rifle class.

If you have good instructors, go in with an open mind, do your best and you'll learn a ton. Take what you want from it and apply that to your goals as a shooter but realize that this is a very basic (yet good) class with somewhat outdated techniques and not the be all end all marksmanship training. If I could find a location without the crazy and kid instructors Id probably go back.

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Im going to be sort of a Debbie Downer here. I've been to 2 and had different experiences. The first one about 5 years ago was down near the Lake of the Ozarks. I came away with a very positive view and couldn't wait to go back, missed rifleman by 2 points and overall was very happy with the professionalism and wisdom of the instructors. Very happy.

2 years ago I made it to the long drive to the Rosebud MO class. Right off it was very different. The professionalism wasn't there. At one point the main guy left and placed someone else in charge for a while, things got pretty screwed up until he got back. Also the tone had very militia type feel, one instructor went on a long rant that was very anti govt and literately said "if you haven't been arrested for standing up for your rights yours not doing enough" and one of the other tough guy instructors got so emotional about his rant he broke down and started crying.  OK yeah and to think I wanted to bring my kids to the class  

Also they had 2 teenage girls instructing, one about 12-13 the other 14-15ish. While they didn't wear a the highly prized "Red Hat" they were pretty disrespectful to some of the adults. OK I get it they could probably shoot their proprietary 4MOA standard really well but they are still kids, don't talk down to the adults, you've not earned that in my book and that should have been a foundation that was laid before they were allowed to help teach.
Of course it rained and rained the second day. Things were muddy and these kid instructors were walking with muddy feet across the shooters mats. I understand the guns had to be "cleared" but they didnt have to be rude by making everyones mats muddy where they were laying. Some people came dressed fairly well.  
I also felt as if they were coming across that this was a "fighting rifle" class, maybe that's me but the last thing this is is a fighting rifle class.

If you have good instructors, go in with an open mind, do your best and you'll learn a ton. Take what you want from it and apply that to your goals as a shooter but realize that this is a very basic (yet good) class with somewhat outdated techniques and not the be all end all marksmanship training. If I could find a location without the crazy and kid instructors Id probably go back.

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We may have been at the same events.  I was only there 1 day each time.  Was the second one being run by "nemohunter?"  That guy was a real piece of work.  Big surprise when he turnrd out to havr EE problems here.