[Lyle Wyatt]

I recently had the pleasure of taking my 11 year old grand daughter shooting for the first time. Rifle wise, She got to shoot a Remington model 514, a chipmunk and a Mini-14.

For handguns, we started her off with a Ruger Mk1, then the crowning moment came, when she shot the family five screw (pre model 10) Smith and Wesson .38 spl.

It's been in the family for over fifty years, and she is the fifth generation of our family to shoot it.


see picture below.

http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?s=&postid=266971

[QuarterBoreGunner]

Lyle- That's a great picture!

And my wife rolls her eyes when I tell her that my Smith & Wesson revolvers are part of the 'legacy' for the grand kids... after we have kids of our own...

[Andrew Wyatt]

dad keeps threatening to give the smiths directly to the grandkids, skipping me and my brother (the father of my niece and nephew.)


i hope he doesn't do that. I want to put the five screw on my CCW.

[Standing Wolf]

Good for you and your family!

[outfieldjack]

My Dad was never into guns.... My wife is expecting in November.... Her Dad is Highway Patrol and Mom in law-enforcement...... so.... I am buying what I can now and hope to expose my son/daughter to the wonderful world of SAFE shooting. Hope to someday get a picc like yours....

Jack

[4v50 Gary]

Good to start 'em young.

BTW, tell her to spread her legs apart for better balance and lean forward to place her weight behind the gun. If she can do it, have her hold the gun higher on the backstrap so that there's less muzzle flip. That'll aid her in faster recovery for a second shot. The support hand could also be a little higher too and since it's a revolver, she could cross thumb over thumb for greater control.

[Ledbetter]

Always nice to have another Californian here.

[Lyle Wyatt]

The other thing that made the trip special was that she thought that picking up the brass was fun.

[blades67]

I've never had to pick up brass when using a revolver.:neener:

[Carlos]

I let my nephews shoot my FEG PA-63. One is same age and one is 9. The little guy was a little nervous at first, because primarily the seriousness of my little gun brief before we started having fun. After they absorbed that into their brainpans, they had fun and did just great.

Then, we did the bench rested Yugo SKS. The old boy enjoyed that more than the younger, and I'll not rush him into anything he doesn't want to do, even though I see him as the better shooter.

Both of em whipped my butt in the "their backyard" BB gun shooting competition. :what:

... never claimed to be an expert, but I'm learning.

I have two converts.

Their dad don't mind either, but he's one of those "what would you need one of them things for" type of guys. :rolleyes:

[Frohickey]

Why do women in their first time shooting a gun seem to do the pregnant woman stance by arching their back, and pushing their stomachs out front?

[Coronach]

Men can do it, too. Its a sign of being leery of the recoil. "Ok...lets just push this thing WAAAAAAY out here...thats still pretty close to my face....lets lean back as far as I can, too....yeah...ok...here goes nothing...."

Its a hard habit to break if it becomes ingrained. I had to get on my wife about it, and still occasionally have to remind her.

Mike

[ss]

isn't the leaning back stance more associated with the isoceles triangle stance?

if someone used a weaver or modified weaver, wouldn't that help eliminate the pregnant woman stance?

[Frohickey]

I think that I will start packing some string into my range bag for these shooters doing the pregnant woman stance. That way, I can tie the string to the trigger and they can pull it from their car. ;)

[Lyle Wyatt]

We are on working on the stance. I had her dad and uncle shooting competitively by the time they were 12. We got her off to a late start, it took a while to convince her mother. Now all of my grandaughter's cousins on her moms side want me to take them shooting. The weaver stance is our goal, I've been partial to it since the first time I shot with Jack Weaver, back in my S.W.P.L. days.

[Frenchy]

I taught both my wife and daughter on a "53" M&P. Great choice.