C-dub wrote:I've considered trying out an Appleseed event, but now I'm not so sure. First they say any rifle will do, but then talk about 10 or 20 round magazines. What about tube magazines? Other than my 15-22, my only other .22lr rifles have tubes. Another friend of mine thought about doing this together with our daughters.
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will do (except a single shot). I've seen several tube fed, including a lever action (and yes, people shoot rifleman scores with a tube fed). For tube fed the instructor should give you a different procedure for loading. The course of fire includes mandatory reloads - obviously not gonna happen with a tube fed rifle, so they change the loading procedure to make up for it. Many Appleseed events don't restrict caliber so you might see M1 Garand's, AR-15's, even an occasional British Enfield or 1903 Springfield.
Mostly when someone asks what is the "best" rifle for Appleseed is when you are going to hear about 10 or 20 round magazines, GI web slings, aperture sights, etc. If your goal is to score well within the time limits set in the course of fire, it makes sense to have equipment that makes it as easy as possible to accomplish that. If your goal is to learn a ton about the fundamentals of shooting a rifle with precision, AND hearing some American history and heritage that they didn't teach us in school...then bring whatever you got and show up. You'll have a ball.
Last thing I'll mention is that generally it's better to bring the rifle you're comfortable with...you're probably comfortable with it because you've shot it a lot. I've seen people spend a chunk of money buying a new rifle and setting it up just for Appleseed...and then having a miserable time because the rifle ain't broke in and they couldn't get it to run.