fencer
NES Member
I bought my son his first rifle for Christmas. A lever action, Golden Boy 22 from Henry Repeating Arms.
He has been shooting a pellet gun for a couple of years now and can recite the 10 Commandments of Firearms safety from memory.
Naturally, he wanted to take it out Christmas Day but I told him he had to read the manual with me a couple of times and show me that he knew how to render the gun safe, load and unload etc. Well today was the day. I am a member at Ames Rifle and Pistol Club and we had the whole range to ourselves. They have an outdoor pistol/plinking range that you shoot from a heated shed.
Needless to say he had a blast and I was real proud of the way that he remembered all of the safety rules even though he could hardly keep still he was so excited. It was a great experience akin to the day that he caught his first fish.
We got home and the first thing we did was clean the rifle together. He cleaned it while I supervised and inspected etc. Then we put the trigger lock on and put the rifle back in the gun safe. As I was cleaning up and disposing of the used patches he said, "Dad, can we go again tomorrow?"
Funny how the simplest things in life are still the best
He has been shooting a pellet gun for a couple of years now and can recite the 10 Commandments of Firearms safety from memory.
Naturally, he wanted to take it out Christmas Day but I told him he had to read the manual with me a couple of times and show me that he knew how to render the gun safe, load and unload etc. Well today was the day. I am a member at Ames Rifle and Pistol Club and we had the whole range to ourselves. They have an outdoor pistol/plinking range that you shoot from a heated shed.
Needless to say he had a blast and I was real proud of the way that he remembered all of the safety rules even though he could hardly keep still he was so excited. It was a great experience akin to the day that he caught his first fish.
We got home and the first thing we did was clean the rifle together. He cleaned it while I supervised and inspected etc. Then we put the trigger lock on and put the rifle back in the gun safe. As I was cleaning up and disposing of the used patches he said, "Dad, can we go again tomorrow?"
Funny how the simplest things in life are still the best