fencer
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Alright, I know pride is a sin, but I gotta share this with the forum.
My club offers a Junior Rifle club absolutely free to everyone, not just members. When I say free, I mean totally free. You can just bring the kid. The supply eyes and ears, ammo and these sweet 22 Russian bolt rifles, and competition targets.
The guy that runs the program is a former Army RSO and instructor and he pretty much started this program so that local Boy Scouts can earn their merit badge, and after going tonight, I can see why he does it, because it was a blast.
OK, so my son is in fourth grade and turns 10 at the end of January. I started him with a pellet gun when he was 6. He got his first rifle at Christmas last year, but he has never had any formal instruction. Dad taught me to shoot, and I got a few pointers in boot, so I think I've done a pretty good job with the basics.
So my boy tells the instructor that he has never fired a bolt action rifle. He asks him if he know the safety rules and without a pause, Jake answers " Always assume every firearm is loaded, don't point the muzzle at anything you are not willing to destroy, know your target and what is behind it, and keep your booger hook off the bang switch until you are ready to shoot." My head swells with pride.
So, to the bench he goes, and the RSO spends a couple of minutes with him and put the block with 15 rounds in front of him and says "Fire 5 and we ill bring the target back and see how you did". So I am watching him and he seems a bit shaky and i figure he's just a little nervous, new gun etc.
The indoor range is only 50 and he is shooting at one of the small circles, that is what, maybe 3" across. He puts all five down range and i don't see a single hit and neither does he. We bring the target back and as the paper gets closer, with the light behind it, we can see the hits. His eyes start to light up and we grab the target and there it is. A 2" group. Holy Shit! Once again, my head swells with pride.
That was the start of about 2 hours of the best range trip I have ever had. There were 6 other kids there and Jake had a total blast. We brought his 22 lever and his new M&P 15-22 and a few of his new friends shot them and so did the Instructor.
I have never shot fewer round and such a good time. Jake runs into the house, target in had and pukes the whole story to Mom, full auto, and I am just smiling.
Being a Dad is the second best thing in the world, being a Dad that shoots with his kid is the first.
I've got a couple rifles to clean.![[smile]](/xen/styles/default/xenforo/smilies.vb/001.gif "Smile [smile]")
My club offers a Junior Rifle club absolutely free to everyone, not just members. When I say free, I mean totally free. You can just bring the kid. The supply eyes and ears, ammo and these sweet 22 Russian bolt rifles, and competition targets.
The guy that runs the program is a former Army RSO and instructor and he pretty much started this program so that local Boy Scouts can earn their merit badge, and after going tonight, I can see why he does it, because it was a blast.
OK, so my son is in fourth grade and turns 10 at the end of January. I started him with a pellet gun when he was 6. He got his first rifle at Christmas last year, but he has never had any formal instruction. Dad taught me to shoot, and I got a few pointers in boot, so I think I've done a pretty good job with the basics.
So my boy tells the instructor that he has never fired a bolt action rifle. He asks him if he know the safety rules and without a pause, Jake answers " Always assume every firearm is loaded, don't point the muzzle at anything you are not willing to destroy, know your target and what is behind it, and keep your booger hook off the bang switch until you are ready to shoot." My head swells with pride.
So, to the bench he goes, and the RSO spends a couple of minutes with him and put the block with 15 rounds in front of him and says "Fire 5 and we ill bring the target back and see how you did". So I am watching him and he seems a bit shaky and i figure he's just a little nervous, new gun etc.
The indoor range is only 50 and he is shooting at one of the small circles, that is what, maybe 3" across. He puts all five down range and i don't see a single hit and neither does he. We bring the target back and as the paper gets closer, with the light behind it, we can see the hits. His eyes start to light up and we grab the target and there it is. A 2" group. Holy Shit! Once again, my head swells with pride.
That was the start of about 2 hours of the best range trip I have ever had. There were 6 other kids there and Jake had a total blast. We brought his 22 lever and his new M&P 15-22 and a few of his new friends shot them and so did the Instructor.
I have never shot fewer round and such a good time. Jake runs into the house, target in had and pukes the whole story to Mom, full auto, and I am just smiling.
Being a Dad is the second best thing in the world, being a Dad that shoots with his kid is the first.
I've got a couple rifles to clean.
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