Hey Guys,
Sorry for just now replying. We actually weren't able to go when I posted this because my daughter ended up not feeling too well. We rescheduled for the next week and the day we were going to go I wasn't feeling too well. We were finally able to go this past Thursday. I want to thank y'all for your suggestions. I'll try and hit a few things before telling you how it went.
My oldest daughter (the one I took) is about to turn 11. I wasn't sure how much she would enjoy it.
Our range doesn't allow exploding things or household items being targets so some of the things you guys suggested weren't possible. Some of them sound fun... and I might try them in the future (balloons and bottles filled with ice).
Really glad you all mentioned having interactive stuff. I already had some of the paper targets that exposes a color when you shoot it. That was helpful. And I went out and got one of these
She had a lot of fun with this.
I took my 10/22 and that's what I expected her to shoot the most. We started on that and went slow. Because I didn't know how the day was going to go I also took my AR. I figured if she didn't enjoy shooting I could at least run through a magazine and get something out of the day. I also have a 22 conversion kit for my AR. I asked if she wanted to give that a try. "Sure" was the reply I got. She knows nothing about guns so the looks of either rifle did nothing for her.
I thought she might shoot it a few times and then go back to the 10/22. My AR is an A2 style with a thick 20 inch barrel. I figured the long rifle stock, the weight and using the iron sights would be a deterrent for her. I was wrong. She really enjoyed the AR. I don't know how many magazines she went through but it was quite a bit. I expected to be out there for maybe 30 minutes. We were there for 3 hours.
I have a short video of her shooting. Do I need to upload that to youtube to be able to share it with y'all?
Thanks for y'all's help. That day has lead to some other questions but this post is getting a little long and I don't really have all the questions formalized yet. I'll be back when I can think through them a little better.