I offered my 6 year old girl to shoot my old pump action Crossman 760 bb gun. She jumped at the chance.
I started her out at 30 feet using a NRA 50 yard slowfire pistol target. Turned around to show only white. I showed her the safety feature and general rules about pointing it in a safe direction. Always wear safety glasses too. No ear protection necessary for the 2 pump bb shots though. Showed her how to focus on the front sight and alignment in the rear notch.
After a few misses she caught on and was hitting the paper consistently. I put up a new target with the bkacl facing and she hit the black about 90% of the time. Misses were rare and usually because she lifted her head to 'see where it went' before she finished the trigger pull! She took the safety features seriously... always pressing in the safety before setting the rifle down!
Anyway, she's asking me almost every day when I will take her shooting again!
I'm thinking a nice gammo air rifle will be under the christmas tree this year (or maybe an anschutz <grin>).
I started her out at 30 feet using a NRA 50 yard slowfire pistol target. Turned around to show only white. I showed her the safety feature and general rules about pointing it in a safe direction. Always wear safety glasses too. No ear protection necessary for the 2 pump bb shots though. Showed her how to focus on the front sight and alignment in the rear notch.
After a few misses she caught on and was hitting the paper consistently. I put up a new target with the bkacl facing and she hit the black about 90% of the time. Misses were rare and usually because she lifted her head to 'see where it went' before she finished the trigger pull! She took the safety features seriously... always pressing in the safety before setting the rifle down!
Anyway, she's asking me almost every day when I will take her shooting again!
I'm thinking a nice gammo air rifle will be under the christmas tree this year (or maybe an anschutz <grin>).
