ridgerunner1965
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- Dec 11, 2010
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last week my 15 yr old daughter was asking to shoot. as with all my kids i had got her a couple of small 22 rifles. a cricket and a stevens crackshot replica. she just never did well with iron sites and didnt like shooting much because she could not hit well. she is a borderline special needs child.very attentive tho to gun safety.as much as i showed her how to shoot with iron sites, even drew her pics of what the site picture should look like. she just never could get even near the target.it was very frustrating for both of us.
then a few days ago she asked to perhaps shoot a bigger gun that fit her better now that she is a bit bigger. we picked out a ruger 10-22 that has a old scope on it about 4x. the scope has a regular recticle with a circle around the cross of the recticule. i set her up on the bench and went thru how the rifle worked and how to put the circle on the target. at 50 yards she was shooting good groups. so i threw out a plastic ball target and she could make it jump every time.
she kept saying this is really fun!i never expected to hear that from her.my son and my oldest daughter are both good shooters and love shooting.
i made them learn with iron sites first just as i did. but maybe thats not always the best way?
then a few days ago she asked to perhaps shoot a bigger gun that fit her better now that she is a bit bigger. we picked out a ruger 10-22 that has a old scope on it about 4x. the scope has a regular recticle with a circle around the cross of the recticule. i set her up on the bench and went thru how the rifle worked and how to put the circle on the target. at 50 yards she was shooting good groups. so i threw out a plastic ball target and she could make it jump every time.
she kept saying this is really fun!i never expected to hear that from her.my son and my oldest daughter are both good shooters and love shooting.
i made them learn with iron sites first just as i did. but maybe thats not always the best way?