The Rifleman

The story of the Burgoyne Campaign of 1777 continues tonight with discussion of Ft. Stanwix, The Battle of Oriskany and The pre cursor to the campaign, the Battle of Valcour Island.

We have covered the winter of 1776-1777 and now we continue on with the Campaigns of 1777. We also discuss getting started in Appleseed and also how to get events scheduled in your area, including getting folks to look for Designated Appleseed Ranges..

Jack Dailey, "Fred" the founder of The Revol;utionary War Veterans Association" which sponsors "The Apleseed Project" is our guest tonight. We will talk about the history of Appleseed, the present projects we have running and the future of Appleseed as he sees it. Be sure to join us tonight 7:00PM Central

Dr. David Hackett Fischer joins us to discuss his Pulitzer Prize-winning book "Washington's Crossing". In Washington's Crossing, Fischer provides a narrative of George Washington's leadership of the Continental Army during the winter of 1776-1777. It was this time of year, over 230 years ago in the winter of 1776-1777 that George Washington's small army attacked across the Delaware river again and again. His "Crossing" was actually several crossings including recrossing the river after the first Battle of Trenton with 900 Hessian prisoners he had captured. Dr. Fischer will discuss the importance of The First and Second Battles of Trenton, and The Battle of Princeton and also the Winter Forage War of 1777. As you guys know, Dr. Fischer is the author of the Appleseed Project Textbook, "Paul Revere's Ride".

Join us tonight for discussion of the coming year and we also have a reality tv casting producer coming on the show to invite Rifleman Radio Show listeners to audition for a reality tv she is casting. See you there.

Join us tonight for discussion of the things we can expect in the next year and of the things we have been thankful for this year. We also continnue to discuss The Battles of Trenton and Princeton.

It is only a couple of weeks from, and 230 plus years after Washington's historic crossing of the Delaware River in order to attack the towns of Princeton and Trenton on Christmas and New Years. This was the turning point of the war. The future of America looked bleak with multiple defeats and with no real direction, other than a constant retreat, for our forces. The American cause was saved from possible failure by just a handfull of the American troops serving under Washington.

For years I did not think I could do anything to alter the direction our nation was going in. I beat the top of the television, threw things at it, yelled at it, yelled at the radio shows I listened to. And it did nothing to change the way things were going. So, what could I do? I did not want to go in the "Taxi Driver" direction but what was left? I lived out in the middle of nowhere and worked all day seven days a week. So how could I help? How could I plug myself into the equation and make a difference? Then one day I read Fred's column in SGN and I got plugged in. That was almost six years ago now and Appleseed has really grown. It is beginning to be what it was meant to be and it will continue to grow and fill it's place in American History. It is not a perfect organization, I do not know of any "perfect" organizations, but it is the best thing going to get folks off the couch and taking part in their lives and in maintaining the rights and freedoms we enjoy by being citizens of this nation. Don't you want to be a part of this? Don't you want to be able to tell your grandkids about being a part of an organization that helped secure our liberty? I know I do.

Objects in motion tend to stay in motion, objects at rest teend to remain sedentary. No different than Americans, right? Except that the majority of the energy expended by people is not directional or at least not consistently directional. There is so much waste of energy. And then there are the vast numbers of folks who the second part of the above sentence refers to. These are the folks who "remain sedentary". Sitting on their couches or watching tv and expennding no energy. Where do you fall in this scale? From full speed ahead an damn the torpedos to the folks sitting on their couches with a light covering of moss and vines. How can you maximise your potential for getting things done?

Tonight we have Sheriff Richard Mack on the show. Sheriff Mack has been working for many years now on informing Americans about the constitutional powers of the County Sheriff and about the Constitutional rights of American Citizens. His current project "The Constitutional Sheriffs Convention"is an effort to inform all of the Sheriff's Offices in the U.S. about the powers given to the Sheriffs by the U.S. Constitution. He is working currently with "Free America Now" and many other groups to forward this project and inform Americans about the Constitutional powers that belong to American Sheriffs. Sheriff Mack has specified a video you can watch to help you understand what he is trying to do. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4RuWK2Ww-4&feature=youtu.be

We are taking calls and questions tonight about The Appleseed Project and our mission, goals, history etc. So if you have questions about Appleseed, or information you would like to add to the collective Appleseed Knowledge bank, give us a call tonight 7:00PM Central

Tonight we have some more letters from the men and women who fought the battles in The South during the American Revolutionary War. Including discussion of Francis Marion, "The Swamp Fox" and his role in leading American Partisans and helping to turn the tide against the British in The Carolinas and the role the Southerners played in repelling the British in the South and helping to bring thee American Revolutionary War to a conclusion. Join us at 7:00PM Central for a live airing of the program.

Join us tonight as we get the after action report from the October 15/16, Chugiak, Alaska shoot.

Morgan was coming up on a meeting with Tarelton in South Carolina. With his back to the Broad River, Morgan knew a retreat across the river could be disasterous. ALso, if he retreated he would very well lose his militia, but he was afraid of the militia possibly panicking again as had occurred at Camden. When he solved this problem at Cowpens it would turn out to be the best fought battle the Patriots ever fought. Greene would try these same tactics again twice in different battles but never with the same degree of success. Join us for discussion of COwpens, from the mouths of the men who were there, and also for discussion of current Appleseed business as well as as highlights from The Pecos Run and Gun last weekend in Pecos Texas.

The Appleseed Project has developed a system of shooting instruction that is fantastic, but we did not develop the system from scratch, we just distilled down the iformation from 500 years of firearms usage and present it to you in a way that is easy to wrap your mind around it. Join us tonight as we discuss The Six Steps to firing The Shot. This is the second of several parts of the instruction we present at Appleseeds. The first part is building a proper shooting position and covers slings and positional steady hold factors. There are several other considerations you will need to know in order to make the shot after mastering the six steps, such as Natural Point of Aim, IMC, windage and come-ups, but tonight we focus on The SixSteps.