Granddaughter's first press pull

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I went and picked up my 16 yo granddaughter, that I've had to the range, and started talking about reloading bullets. She was all in. Told me she thought that you could only buy ammo to shoot.

Well I said that I needed help to see the lines on my balance beam scale. I explained zeroing the beam and setting the charge weight... About consistency was the key to small groups. It all made sense to her. She charged 25 cases and did visual inspection to confirm equal powder fill. Then explained differences in bullet types while demonstrating setting the seating die for oal. She then loaded 25 50 gr hornandy sp bullets and marked each one with powder type, change weight, oal and bullet type. She measured each cartridge with my blue point digital calipers.

When she was done with those she had to go home, but kept saying how fun and relaxing was and wants to come back tomorrow to do more so we can go shoot them.
 
you will have some of your best time with your granddaughter in the reloading room. my granddaughter started helping me reload when she was 8 or 9 years old. she started off with small things. small things she wanted to do and over the years she move up to doing it all. she like to shoot too. she can burn up more ammo than the wife. her mother help when she was growing up, but not as much as the granddaughter. but,,,,now she is 18 years old and school/boys get in the way. use to be every weekend she was at the house starting friday after school to late sunday night doing something fun,,, shooting and riding the atv's.
 
you will have some of your best time with your granddaughter in the reloading room. my granddaughter started helping me reload when she was 8 or 9 years old. she started off with small things. small things she wanted to do and over the years she move up to doing it all. she like to shoot too. she can burn up more ammo than the wife. her mother help when she was growing up, but not as much as the granddaughter. but,,,,now she is 18 years old and school/boys get in the way. use to be every weekend she was at the house starting friday after school to late sunday night doing something fun,,, shooting and riding the atv's.

Your granddaughter sounds pretty busy tooine plays lacrosse, but will cancel plans with her friends to go to the range.
 
There is a 12 year old girl who just happens to be IBS junior shooter of the year 600 yards, her name is Sofia. This young lady is an outstanding competitor whom has laid a whoopin on almost every full grown person who has had the pleasure of meeting her at a sanction event. She shoots a custom rifle and Bart’s 105 hammers. Girl Power...
J
 
There is a 12 year old girl who just happens to be IBS junior shooter of the year 600 yards, her name is Sofia. This young lady is an outstanding competitor whom has laid a whoopin on almost every full grown person who has had the pleasure of meeting her at a sanction event. She shoots a custom rifle and Bart’s 105 hammers. Girl Power...
J

Sofia you go girl.

My granddaughter has already been talking to some of the boys about shooting my AR, 9mm Smith, and my m11. She was surprised when I told her that most girls can shoot better than boys.
 
You have created a monster! Be careful or you will be buying the components by the pallet.:D Come to think of it that might be a great thing.:thumbup:
We had a youngster around 12 and she mopped the floor with all us ole farts in cowboy action. She could run those single actions almost as fast as Jerry M and always shot clean.
Youth and awesome reflexes!!!:what:
 
Sofia you go girl.

My granddaughter has already been talking to some of the boys about shooting my AR, 9mm Smith, and my m11. She was surprised when I told her that most girls can shoot better than boys.
have her watch a biathlon event. girls are just as good as boys at shooting.

murf

p.s. for example:
 
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Glad she likes reloading, wish my boys took to it. Both tried it, did OK, but weren't interested. Good thing she's a perfectionist, an admirable quality in life as well as reloading. I see lots of good times and memories in your future!
 
I hope to do the same (teach grandkids about shooting and reloading). It's not going to be for a few years though.
 
I hope to do the same (teach grandkids about shooting and reloading). It's not going to be for a few years though.

My 6 yo grandson likes to pull the handle on my press, we shoot be Huns I the back yard. I have his first rimfire rifle in my safe waiting for him. The lop is too long right now. May have him try my AR because the stock collapses enough to fit him.
 
It's nice to spend time with the grandkids doing the reloading. You can do online hunter safety coarses if she needs one. They cost right around $20 and take about three hours or so. You can stop and start over again right where you left off. They send you like a plastic debit card after you pass the questions and they recieve their payment.
 
It's nice to spend time with the grandkids doing the reloading. You can do online hunter safety coarses if she needs one. They cost right around $20 and take about three hours or so. You can stop and start over again right where you left off. They send you like a plastic debit card after you pass the questions and they recieve their payment.

She'll need one for sure. I'm already trying to figure out how tight extra hunting gear, IE clothes, riflesand boots to fit her. As well as do load work ups for new guns.

Pay for an extra hunting license and sharpen her shooting skills. It's going to be a fun year.
 
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