Happy Fathers Day

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My dad and I didn't know each other much during my childhood, he and my mother having divorced when I was still very young. I lived with him in Colorado for one season when I was eleven.

We re-connected when I was about thirty, ten or so years before his death. By then, both of us had done stints in law enforcement, and he still had two handguns from those days, a Ruger Police Service Six and a Charter Arms Undercover (the latter being as old as I am.)

Today, that Charter will ride on my hip, and the Ruger will sit bedside.

(It was my second stepfather, whom my mother married when I was already sixteen years old, from whom my first gun came from. He and I didn't have much of a "father-son" relationship; he was more like a friend, and he sold me the gun, a Winchester 190 .22LR rifle. When he died a couple of years later, I let his son have it.)
 
My dad introduced my brother and myself to firearms with his Marlin 60 rifle back in the 1970s. Soon after, he bought us a break open .410 shotgun we took turns using.

This year will be the first Father's Day without him as he left this earth two weeks ago. My CZ452 Training Rifle was funded by him several years ago as a Christmas gift. I will think of my Father even more each time I shoot it.
 
My father taught me to love the outdoors, and passed down his love of hunting and respect for firearms. He gave me my first rifle, a (true) Marlin 336 30-30, which I still have. He is still my range buddy and hunting partner. I am trying to follow his example, in passing the traditions on to my own kids. Happy Father's Day, all!
 
It was my dad that allowed me to get into shooting when I was young.. I can't say exactly but must have been about 10 yrs old give or take. I was always playing 'guns' and he figured it was time to learn about real guns and safety.
He wasn't much of a gun guy, not a hunter at all, but he had a marlin 60 and a 'double 9' .22 revolver in the closet. He took me shooting a few times and I took the lead after that. I did all the cleaning and read everything gun related I could find.
I now have my own son and look forward to showing him what I know so he can take it from there. That's the point, for your kids to do better than you did by building on your life's experiences.
Happy father's day.
 
After my Dad got home following his service in Europe in WWII he really didn't care about guns, target shooting, or going hunting any more. Didn't really matter as I had an older brother who shared my passion of guns and shooting that's been a great bond between us all these years.

My Dad was always there for me through good times and bad and we spent a lot of time going camping and fishing.

My Dad passed awhile ago but I still miss him every day.
 
Happy Father's Day to my Dad , Grandfather's, Uncle's and Great Uncle's who taught me to shoot ,sharpen a knife and to fish. Plus they took me hunting ,fishing and camping. All but Dad are gone to Heaven now but the Lessons and Great Memories remain in my heart and Soul!.
 
Dad taught me to shoot on a .410 Mossberg bolt action...what a great afternoon that was. I remember it like it was yesterday. This past summer, 30 years later, he taught his grandson how to shoot that same shotgun.
 
Today was my first Father’s Day as an adopted daddy. It was quite the special day. We laughed and played and had fun. The 6yr old asked me a few minutes ago if I was mad because I didn’t get to go shooting. I told her no, I wasn’t mad, and that the money I would normally be spending to go was being put away for a special day in her future. She is questioning the European mounts, the turkey fans, etc. I know that I have a little shooter on my hands, and I’m counting down the days til the state gets out of my way so I can raise them properly.
 
My father gave me the opportunity to shoot and learn to love the shooting sports. My stepfather gave me the education to be a man.
As for me...about 5PM my wife said "Oh, S**T, I forgot, well, Happy Fathers Day". I got the same thing I've gotten for seventeen years - nothing. Which is great because it stores so well.
 
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