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That's awesome!

Unfortunately for our kids with contemporary polarized politics combined with scary- effective facial recognition, sorry to say it might not be a good idea posting pics online. They'll never go away. My son school found he had a NRA card in his desk and his vindictive toward him teacher called the cops and before the principal got involved (who shut all this down and was horrified for liability) that teacher made up enough stories to the police they tried to tell me I had to let them search my house.
 
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Absolutely!!! He is the smartest one of my bunch. Teaching him units of weights and measurement and science. Absolutely priceless and will serve him well in the future.
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Get yourself and old percolator coffee pot with the glass bubble up top, a flat bottom, and a gas or electric burner. Great way to teach attention to detail, Bernoulli's principal of fluid motion, Boyle's Laws of pressure-temperature-volume transformations, and generally how to handle things that are hot safely. Before I was allowed to "assist" in the reloading room I had to demonstrate I was both attentive and responsible enough by learning how to make a "decent pot of coffee." Had to make sure it didn't burn, under-steep, over-steep, or come to a rolling boil. It's not as easy as it sounds.
Learning how a column of heated water would raise itself through the stem of a percolator helped explain a lot about how expanding gas in a chamber pushes a bullet down the barrel.
 
SingleActionAndrew said:
That's awesome!

Unfortunately for our kids with contemporary polarized politics combined with scary- effective facial recognition, sorry to say it might not be a good idea posting pics online. They'll never go away. My son school found he had a NRA card in his desk and his vindictive toward him teacher called the cops and before the principal got involved (who shut all this down and was horrified for liability) that teacher made up enough stories to the police they tried to tell me I had to let them search my house.
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Tough being a parent these days. Not like when my generation was in school. We'd go outside for recess and at least once a week take range practice with some very worn out Stevens single-shot bolt action rifles. The school provided Remington .22Shorts and two targets. We also learned to shoot a bow and tie knots. That was then, this is now. (can't even talk about what they teach kids to do in elementary school).
 
Let me clear the air for those showing concern for what myself and others are doing with our little ones. I can only speak for myself. My son has only very recently started showing interest in the goings on in my shop as it pertains to hand loading and like Soupy44's little one my minion is good for about 60 and then loses interest. Believe me when I say this I keep all the harmful components out of his sight of interest. He is never left alone in my shop area. Besides it takes baby steps to keep him interested and lots of patience. That is why he is only sizing for now.
 
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To be clear Mauser Fan I don't believe anyone here thinks you are doing anything other than the best parenting in regard to teaching great skills and including your son.

My comment was only that unfortunately, some are so against even lawful and responsible gun ownership that it could possibly be some day limiting for our kids if we post pictures of them online with guns. For example could those pictures that all of us understand are signs of good parenting instead be used against you or him with a red flag law.

I took a NRA metallic reloading class before I started loading. The instructor drove this home: if a kid on his own gets ahold of a primer, another kid magically appears with a hammer in his hand! So I had appropriate, child safe storage for all my primers etc. before I brought any in the house. While my son hasn't worked the ram on my presses he can absolutely tell you the components of a cartridge, the historical development of that type of cartridge, what each station on the press is for, and to excess how this can be very dangerous if not done properly and the materials and product stored safely. It's a source of pride for him, my wife and me.
 
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My XX YO grandson has been shooting skeet and trap in tournaments for 3 years now. He started loading his own shotgun shells 4 years ago with his dads' supervision. He has also loaded pistol rounds for family range time under my supervision and his dad. His elementary school has an archery team and he placed in the top 5% in the state this year. There may still be hope for a normal childhood in some parts of North Carolina. He also plays XXU baseball. Redacted a little for protection, maybe I hope.
 
I am in my 70's and when I was 10 years old, I would take the 410 over and 22 under out into the farmers fields and the old river bed after Dove, Quail, Cotton tail and Brush Rabitts, and even a Pheasant occasionally, I would walk down the road and neighbors would wish me luck, not concerned about a 10 year old with a firearm. Lots have changed. My daughter was afraid of guns and at 30 years old she asked me if I would teach her to shoot. She was scared at first but she loved it, she started with the 22lr rifle, 22 revolver and then I gave her the 38 special which took her by surprise but she liked the feel of the recoil. I took my 8 year old grand daughter out once an she loved it with the 22lr, both rifle and revolver. I had to wait for my grandson until he was 12 cause of the medications they had him on and he shot the 22lr's, 38 special, .223 PAR, great day at the range with him and my son. Oh, my son, his father, is a CHP and he helped at the range.
 
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Get yourself and old percolator coffee pot with the glass bubble up top, a flat bottom, and a gas or electric burner. Great way to teach attention to detail, Bernoulli's principal of fluid motion, Boyle's Laws of pressure-temperature-volume transformations, and generally how to handle things that are hot safely. Before I was allowed to "assist" in the reloading room I had to demonstrate I was both attentive and responsible enough by learning how to make a "decent pot of coffee." Had to make sure it didn't burn, under-steep, over-steep, or come to a rolling boil. It's not as easy as it sounds.
Learning how a column of heated water would raise itself through the stem of a percolator helped explain a lot about how expanding gas in a chamber pushes a bullet down the barrel.
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Love this!!$
 
When my kids were 4 and 8, I shot a 9mm into a gallon milk jig full of water. Of course it exploded.
I explained to them that exploding jug of water could be their best friend if they misused a firearm.

It made such an impression that my 30 yo daughter asked me to do the same for her children (my grandchildren).

Her request made me feel good.

I have “always” had a 9mm on the night stand, with extra mags.

I do not believe in locking a gun up so I can’t get to it when needed. But they are “put away” when I get up, and one goes on me for the rest of the day.

I’m not paranoid, I’m ready.
 
I've had my 4 year old granddaughter sitting on the worktop (so she can reach) feed brass into the shell holder so I could resize it or flare it. She has her own little safety glasses and knows to wash her hands super well after reloading and before snack time. Kids love learning grown up skills and while I think it's right to be careful of going too fast but I think their capacity to learn and understand things is generally underestimated in this day and age.

My grandfather was born in 1913 and he told me one time the hay field across the road from his house (at least 20 acres) was a big new field of Western Washington stumps when he was a kid. His teenage brother was hired by someone to clear it and my grandfather worked with him at probably no older than the age of 12. Apparently, they dynamited a great many of them out of the ground and burned them up. At any rate, children created that beautiful field of hay. I probably wouldn't do the same thing but times have definitely changed.
 
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