doubleh
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Grandma and grandpa, daughter and son-in-law, their son and daughter, and the the five great grandkids went. My wife an I remained as grandma and grandpa to prevent confusion when the the first was born as that is the way were called before she arrived on the scene. It has worked well.
The daughter was wanting to learn to shoot handguns as she never had much interest until recently and with just her and three daughters now wanted to be able to protect them if ever needed. She is a natural. She went from not knowing how to hold a semi-auto correctly to hitting an 8" gong at a stepped 12 yards almost every shot with a sig 356 and my 3 screw blackhawk. When I told her it was a 357 magnum I got that "you gotta be kidding" look so I explained that it was loaded with light 38 special hand loads.
All the kids got to shoot including the 3 year old.for her very first time. Kid liked it and of course her uncle was helping her with the little cricket rife that they all started on. About all she had to do was pull the trigger.
It was enjoyable morning for all even if grandma did have to play babysitter quite a bit. I didn't shoot a lot so the kids could. I can go to the range about anytime but they can't. Only two, the 4 and 6 year olds, got hollered at for stepping out in front of everyone even though they were over to the side.and no one was shooting. It keeps them from developing bad habits if they are nipped in the bud.
The daughter was wanting to learn to shoot handguns as she never had much interest until recently and with just her and three daughters now wanted to be able to protect them if ever needed. She is a natural. She went from not knowing how to hold a semi-auto correctly to hitting an 8" gong at a stepped 12 yards almost every shot with a sig 356 and my 3 screw blackhawk. When I told her it was a 357 magnum I got that "you gotta be kidding" look so I explained that it was loaded with light 38 special hand loads.
All the kids got to shoot including the 3 year old.for her very first time. Kid liked it and of course her uncle was helping her with the little cricket rife that they all started on. About all she had to do was pull the trigger.
It was enjoyable morning for all even if grandma did have to play babysitter quite a bit. I didn't shoot a lot so the kids could. I can go to the range about anytime but they can't. Only two, the 4 and 6 year olds, got hollered at for stepping out in front of everyone even though they were over to the side.and no one was shooting. It keeps them from developing bad habits if they are nipped in the bud.
