Hanging out with my Grand daughter.

[ontarget]

Today I wandered into the gun room to load some .223 rounds. After I got started, my 6yo grand daughter comes in and perches on my stool. She wanted to help so I let her seat a bullet into an unprimed empty case. That wasn't enough for her. She wanted to help more so I let her seat all the rest of the batch. I use a single stage press and weigh every charge so we just spent some time working on it together. She kept her dummy round cause she was so proud of it. Great times and great memories.

 

[Jim Watson]

Just be sure she doesn't take her "high powered bullet" to school.

 

[ontarget]

Just be sure she doesn't take her "high powered bullet" to school.

You got that right. Even though we are in a gun friendly area we are careful not to disturb that hornets nest.

 

[Alte Schule]

Nothing like having a grandchild around to brighten your day. I am blessed with three, two boys and a girl, and they live close enough that I see them almost every day. The oldest is 22 has a good job and I usually see him once a week when he wants some of grandma's cooking. He has a Golck Model 43 and shoots occasionally. The youngest is 16 and he has been my range partner since he was seven. Although I can usually hold my own with a revolver he is definitely a better shot with an autoloader. I gifted him a stainless Ruger 1911 Commander last Christmas and he is (humble brag) 10x better than I have been and probably will ever be.
The middle grandchild is 19 and is about to complete her first year of college. She is a petite young thing and although her father is an LEO she never showed an interest in firearms. She asked me last week if I would teach her to shoot during the summer break. I had one .22 pistol, a Browning Buckmark, but since then I have acquired a .22 Bersa Thunder and will be picking up a 3" .22 Ruger LCRx next week. Depending on how she does I'll gradually work up to a .22 Mag, PMR 30, and then a Ruger in.32 S&W Long, and then my CZ .32 Auto. Hopefully I can get her into a .380 and .38 SP before the end of summer. Can't wait,,,,,,,

 

[ontarget]

Both of our grandkids live close also. One a half mile away the other about 2 miles. We see them pretty much every day. It's the best. Plus they both show a great deal of interest in shooting. Life is great.

 

[FROGO207]

Passing on the 2A gene is the best way to assure the US survives intact. Good on both of you.

 

[JTHunter]

One niece and her husband live near Cleveland with their two young daughters. She is a "lost cause" as she went to the University of Illinois, spent a couple of weeks working at the Sundown Film festival one summer, and is about as far left as "Jug Ears".
The other niece has an almost teen son and 6 y.o. twins. While she still lives in Illinois, she's about a 4 hour drive north of here, and is so anti that I can't even talk to my grandnephew about a pellet rifle I would like to give him. They live outside of town with a lot of trees around so going out back for some "target practice" would be no problem. And he is so smart. At 4, he was using his aunt's (the one at top) smart phone to download and play games! At four !! Oh well.

 

[FROGO207]

JTHunter when he gets old enough to figure things out and rebels their ideals be there to help him. I have seen firsthand how things end up when reality, truth, and a scary experience enter the picture. Hope it does not take that for them to come around though.

 

[doubleh]

All my grandchildren are now grown. The youngest is 26 years old. Good Lord, how time flies. The good thing though is they have provided me with three girls and recently a boy to make up for them growing up. The oldest of these will be ten tomorrow and she is well on her way to being able to reload with me just providing oversight. She asked me to teach her. I didn't suggest she learn.

 

[Hokie_PhD]

Just be sure she doesn't take her "high powered bullet" to school.

I was going to say the same thing.
It sickens me the stupidity of our “educators” and their hostility towards our rights. But that’s another discussion.

So, congrats on teaching a young girl to love reloading and may she continue to spend time with you doing it.

 

[Ignition Override]

That's a fortunate situation.

My son married a young lady from northern CA, and as they will probably live There within two years, there's very little chance of teaching either grandson to shoot unless they stay here a bit longer.
The oldest grandson will turn three in August, and my son doesn't even have the 'gun bug'.

 

[HPCadm17]

It's a blessing to be able to share one's interests with kids and grandkids. My son and I bike a lot, play golf together, and he's interested in going to the range with me. He is interested in a possible LE career, has been involved with military and LE career-oriented youth programs since he was 12. He has been to the range with each group and has shot three rifles (M1 Garand & carbine, Remington 580) and two 9mm autoloaders (Beretta 92FS and G19 Gen4) and did fantastic with all of them. While awaiting my pistol permit, I took him to a lesson at the LGS where he proceeded to show me up. The kid is a natural. Once I have permit in hand I can bring him along to the range as a guest, and we're both looking forward to it.

I consider myself lucky that even though he's a moody teenager, we still have enough in common that he still wants to hang with Dad from time to time.

 

[doubleh]

My son joined the army and on their first trip to the range he shot expert. The instructor asked him where he learned to shoot like like that and he told him that I had started teaching him as soon as he was able to hold up a small Daisy BB gun and he just progressed from there. For his skill he received the thankless job of being the instructor's helper.

We still shoot together every once in a while. When I purchased my first AR he said he wanted to see if he remembered how to take one down and re-assemble it. He had it apart in about a minute and back together just as quickly. I guess it's like riding a bicycle. Once learned you remember how.

 

[Jerseykris]

Today I wandered into the gun room to load some .223 rounds. After I got started, my 6yo grand daughter comes in and perches on my stool. She wanted to help so I let her seat a bullet into an unprimed empty case. That wasn't enough for her. She wanted to help more so I let her seat all the rest of the batch. I use a single stage press and weigh every charge so we just spent some time working on it together. She kept her dummy round cause she was so proud of it. Great times and great memories.

That's beautiful.
You should take those rounds and put them in a special container and tuck them away.
If she ever gets into shooting with you, when she's older, she might get a real kick out of you surprising her with the rounds you loaded together when she was six.

 

[ontarget]

That's beautiful.
You should take those rounds and put them in a special container and tuck them away.
If she ever gets into shooting with you, when she's older, she might get a real kick out of you surprising her with the rounds you loaded together when she was six.

Now that's a neat idea. I may just do that.

 

[captain awesome]

I had a thread similar to this a couple months back. My 8 year old daugter hasn't lost interest in reloading since and asks regularly if we can go shoot. Every time I am in the reloading room she asks if I can teach her "something new for reloading". It melts her dads heart.