Quoheleth
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A bit of backstory...last Thursday evening, I was at a friend's house and he noticed the target stands I had left in the bed of my truck. He asked what they were for and I told him target stands - my 13 year old and I had gone to the range a few nights earlier. He asked me some questions - does she like shooting, does she shoot well, what does she shoot - and after a few minutes, he disappeared into his house and returned with a very good condition Remington 511 .22 with the instructions to give it to her on her birthday coming up in a few weeks. He said neither of his sons want it and his grandsons could care less so he wanted someone to have it who would treasure and use it. He had it when he was in high school and shot on his HS rifle team. As he's knocking on 70, the rifle is probably 55+ years old.
I had intended to give it a thorough cleanup before giving it to her - it has a few surface rust spots on the barrel and some scuffs on the wood, plus having been in the closet for 20+ years the bore needs a scrub to make sure Charlotte the spider didn't choke it up. But, my eagerness - plus it being a long holiday weekend - got the better of me and I gave her the rifle and a box of Federal .22s tonight.
She held it in her hands with a "What is this? Is this really for me?" expression on her face. She held it up and sighted down the barrel - safely, I might ad - and asked "When can we go shoot?" We'll have to see how things play out but hopefully tomorrow or Monday afternoon.
Anyhow, my daughter is now among the ranks of gun owners (well, you know what I mean...not officially/legally). I've got a couple 10-round mags on order from Brownells.
Irony is I was thinking of buying her a .22 but decided not to - and Mom wanted to get her something a little more practical for a teenage student (laptop). Although I didn't buy it, I was still able to give her the .22 I wanted to get her.
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I had intended to give it a thorough cleanup before giving it to her - it has a few surface rust spots on the barrel and some scuffs on the wood, plus having been in the closet for 20+ years the bore needs a scrub to make sure Charlotte the spider didn't choke it up. But, my eagerness - plus it being a long holiday weekend - got the better of me and I gave her the rifle and a box of Federal .22s tonight.
She held it in her hands with a "What is this? Is this really for me?" expression on her face. She held it up and sighted down the barrel - safely, I might ad - and asked "When can we go shoot?" We'll have to see how things play out but hopefully tomorrow or Monday afternoon.
Anyhow, my daughter is now among the ranks of gun owners (well, you know what I mean...not officially/legally). I've got a couple 10-round mags on order from Brownells.
Irony is I was thinking of buying her a .22 but decided not to - and Mom wanted to get her something a little more practical for a teenage student (laptop). Although I didn't buy it, I was still able to give her the .22 I wanted to get her.
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