PeteRR
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Being new to the area, I'm kind of at loose ends for somebody to go shooting with. I managed to find someone at work who reloads and goes to the local range. We went out today, me with my Longslide and he brought his two youngin's with various and sundry firearms. The 10 year old, he has a scoped semi-auto in .17HMR he received for his birthday. The 8 year old, she shoots a scoped bolt action single shot in .22LR. Their Dad has two 1911s, a Kimber and a Springfield Armory. We set the little ones up to shoot at 50yds. They both were steady shots and made tight groups all day.
They took a break to watch us shoot the .45s. I asked Craig, the 10yo if he'd like to shoot my Longslide. He's a skinny little thing, but spoke right up and said yes. I gave him a detailed lesson on the two-handed isosceles grip. I loaded just two rounds in the magazine and handed it to him with a round chambered and the safety on. I had him line up the sights with the target, asked him if he was ready, reached over his grip, and slipped off the safety. Just in case, for the first round I stood behind him and put my hands over his so he wouldn't get a face full of pistol in case the recoil was too much for him. He pulled the trigger perfectly and the gun rose just a bit and went right back on target. He did it again and the slide locked back. He had a huge grin on his face. I loaded 5 more rounds and he shot them all, but he was shaking his hands from the recoil and we stopped there. I praised him for his technique. His Dad was amazed and proud.
It was a good day all around, and we're going to try to make it a regular thing.
They took a break to watch us shoot the .45s. I asked Craig, the 10yo if he'd like to shoot my Longslide. He's a skinny little thing, but spoke right up and said yes. I gave him a detailed lesson on the two-handed isosceles grip. I loaded just two rounds in the magazine and handed it to him with a round chambered and the safety on. I had him line up the sights with the target, asked him if he was ready, reached over his grip, and slipped off the safety. Just in case, for the first round I stood behind him and put my hands over his so he wouldn't get a face full of pistol in case the recoil was too much for him. He pulled the trigger perfectly and the gun rose just a bit and went right back on target. He did it again and the slide locked back. He had a huge grin on his face. I loaded 5 more rounds and he shot them all, but he was shaking his hands from the recoil and we stopped there. I praised him for his technique. His Dad was amazed and proud.
It was a good day all around, and we're going to try to make it a regular thing.
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