Virginia Gun Owners Forum - VGOF

Flyers: Available at the Appleseed Forum

Range: Black Creek Shooters Association

Address: 4292 Range Road; Mechanicsville, VA 23111

Website: None

When: Dec 3-4, 2011

Range Fee: None

Camping available: Yes, on site, no dumping

Hotels: Comfort Inn, Econo Lodge, Days Inn, All near airport within five/ten miles of range.

Directions: Go east from Richmond on I64. Take Rt156 North. After crossing US295 go about one mile and you will come to a gas station on your left. The road will fork, take the right fork just after the gas station. Go about a mile and the road forks again. Take the left fork and continue about a mile and take a left onto Range Road (a clue). Follow it to the end and continue down the paved driveway.

GPS: N/A

State Laws to be aware of: Be sure to check State laws.

Misc: This is a 25 meter Appleseed event with a possibility for 100 yards on Sunday. The extended range can be shot with 22 RF or center fire. Centerfire welcome for the 25 meter portion of the event as well. There is nearby food, one small restaurant a mile from range. A burger joint about three miles and a variety of eating places around airport.

For More Information Contact: Personal Message to "jmdavis" on the Appleseed forum,
e-mail VA@Appleseedinfo.org or phone Mike Davis at 804-307-3428

Registration Link:

Dec 3-4: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1688068057

Anyone who hasn't yet been to an Appleseed shoot - I heartily recommend it. I went to one up here in NH a couple of weeks ago, and it was a great time. I learned a lot, too.

do you need a certain caliber of rifle or will a .22 work?

A .22 is probably the best caliber you can use when you are starting to learn rifle marksmanship.

It might be easier for you to learn if the rifle is:
1. a semi-automatic
2. has a 1&1/4" sling (a GI type web sling is easy to learn to use) on it
3. you have 3 or 4 magazines for it (some stages of fire require a magazine change while some do not but all reguire 10 rounds to complete a stage on the AQT - a lot of the firing will only be 5 rounds, such as when using the 1" squares)
4. I've seen folks shoot rifleman scores with a bolt action .22 but they are folks with lots of practice handling and firing their rifles