Ruger+Colt+14 year old boy=fun

[mike45]

Just bought some .38 special ammo from Southern Ohio Gun and thought I would give it a try. I usually shoot auto pistol but thought I would take my Ruger Vaquero .357 and an old Colt Dick Special out to a friend's training facility. I told my 14 year old son we were going shooting and he was ready to go in no time.

My son was shooting the Colt and I was shooting the Ruger. I could not believe how much fun we were having... I mean we often shoot together but my son usually shoots his Remington Mod Seven and I shoot a 9mm Sig or a .45acp Colt and we trade off.

We were shooting falling plates with the revolvers and had a great time. It's great to vary your shooting from time to time. I'm thinking of buying some black powder revolvers now.


Semper Fi

Mike

[Standing Wolf]

I wish my father had taken me shooting.

[.45FMJoe]

I wish my father had taken me shooting.

Makes two of us. I also wish he would have undertaken a father/son race car project with me. With his "heritage" of running locally in NY when he was young. :(

[coonan357]

I just wished my dad would have done anything with me .. but its too late now.. Keep up the good work mike , and train him well .

[TonyB]

Some of my greatest memories as a kid is shooting w/my Dad.We used to skeet shoot every weekend and plink in the woods.My father and I really never had a whole lot in common.He's a sports lover and a jock, I'm neither.That all changed when we started shooting...it was a true bonding expeirence.Even now when we get together(once a week for lunch) the conversation always comes around to shooting and guns.I wish we still shot together as much as we did then.I plan to increase my shooting time w/my step-son.Althogh he's older (25) it would still be a great way to bond.:)

[Britt]

Sounds like a perfect day. My dad and I shot some when I was growing up, but it's just within the last few years that I was truly and completely bitten by the gun bug. Last Christmas presented me with several Milsurp rifles and Dad and I spent the last two days of my vacation home shooting. Some was with the new toys but mostly it was burning off ammo he's had for years in one of 4 1911's we kept jumping or my new (to me) 1917 S&W. Dad doesn't shoot much anymore due to eye problems, but I can't remember a better day together between us. I'm 29 and the joy of playing together just doesn't wear off. Good shooting, BD

[cratz2]

Having grown up in Germany in the 30s and 40s, my father never would have conisdered taking me shooting. Very sad.