Man, What A Fun Afternoon!

[TNGO]

My brother and his family have been visiting our mom this week. I took my 10/22 over there today and introduced my nephews, ages 4 and 7, to the joys of plinking. I had almost as much fun as the kids did!

We started out shooting at two-liter plastic soda bottles filled with colored water. After explaining the safety rules, sight alignment and trigger control, I loaded one round at a time and helped them hold the rifle. Range was about 40 feet.

The 7-year-old was able to nail one, without too much help from me, on his third try. The 4-year-old was a bit too small for the rifle, so I crouched behind him supporting the rifle, sighted over his shoulder, and told him when to squeeze the trigger. He immediately went tearing into the house to tell his grandma "I got one! I got one!"

Then we backed up a bit and I let them shoot .22 tracers into the hillside. They really loved those!

The expressions on those kids' faces, and the joy they got from shooting, really made my day.

Happy New Year, everybody!

 

[Preacherman]

Well done! Nothing quite like the ear-to-ear grin on the faces of kids handling firearms for the first time. Great start to the new year for them!

 

[jojo]

Excellent idea, and a good result. I know there are a lot of threads of this type around, but everytime I read them it makes me think of my son and daughter doing the same thing the first time I took them to the range.
The looks on their faces was priceless.
Well done TNGO.

jojo

 

[P95Carry]

Well done from me too - I also remember my kids first range visits (oh, so long ago) ... it's a nostalgia we never lose. Priceless!

 

[Standing Wolf]

Good for you and the lads!

 

[iamhistory]

Bravo!

We should ALL keep in mind that we are ambassadors and examples of our sport and way of life. Firearms hands on experience is one excellent way to increase our ranks and improve family unity/relationships.

I've my fair share of anti-gun liberals who only have those strong opinions because they've never even handled a real gun before. You take them shooting and their positions change........maybe not "pro-gun", but at least they have a better understanding of things and where we are coming from. The strong loathing of the gun community starts to ease up a bit.