Got off work a little early yesterday morning so inspite of the grass needing mowing I headed off to the range for a little relaxation. Pulled into the lot, looks like lots of people here today. Hmm...might be hard to get a lane. Backed the car up at the 50 yard range by an open lane.
A couple of lanes down from me was a group of about 8 or 9 young people gathered around what appeared to be some kind of instructor. In the rifle racks I noticed a few old military rifles. The instructor was talking to the kids about a Mosin rifle. He demonstrated how to load it, sight it in and shoot it. Then each kid got a chance to fire the rifle. As the morning passed he demonstrated a Mauser, an Enfield, and a M1 Garand.
Curiosity was getting the better of me. What was this? Guys and girls in the group so it couldn't be a Eagle Scout Troop. Maybe some collage course? I could not figure it out. When it seemed that they were finishing up I walked over and asked what the deal was. One of the young men intorduced himself as a high school history teacher. This was his class, they were studying WWII. He introduced me to the guy who was lecturing. He was a collector who gave talks about WWII and the small arms used by the different counties involved in it. They were from a small private school. The teacher said he got permission from the principal who was enthusiastic about his idea. Obviously not a public school or the teacher might be suspended for such right wing aggendas.
Anyway, kudos to the teacher for making history interesting and introducing some young people firearms, both their history and the enjoyment of shooting them.
A couple of lanes down from me was a group of about 8 or 9 young people gathered around what appeared to be some kind of instructor. In the rifle racks I noticed a few old military rifles. The instructor was talking to the kids about a Mosin rifle. He demonstrated how to load it, sight it in and shoot it. Then each kid got a chance to fire the rifle. As the morning passed he demonstrated a Mauser, an Enfield, and a M1 Garand.
Curiosity was getting the better of me. What was this? Guys and girls in the group so it couldn't be a Eagle Scout Troop. Maybe some collage course? I could not figure it out. When it seemed that they were finishing up I walked over and asked what the deal was. One of the young men intorduced himself as a high school history teacher. This was his class, they were studying WWII. He introduced me to the guy who was lecturing. He was a collector who gave talks about WWII and the small arms used by the different counties involved in it. They were from a small private school. The teacher said he got permission from the principal who was enthusiastic about his idea. Obviously not a public school or the teacher might be suspended for such right wing aggendas.
Anyway, kudos to the teacher for making history interesting and introducing some young people firearms, both their history and the enjoyment of shooting them.
