While sitting around at the breakfast table this morning, the topic of firearms came up and Oldest Grandson mentioned that he wanted to go shooting. Well... What's a Papa JR to do but head out to the range.
I had not told my grandson that I had purchased this new rifle. I was waiting for him to show an interest in going back out to the range before I did, so it was a nice surprise for him.
The little Marlin 15YN fit him perfectly, and he had a good time shooting it. Most of his shooting was standing at 5 yards, then from sand bags at 25. He also put a few rounds through the Ruger Mark 1. I also brought the AR, just to show him how it operated. He had mentioned in the past that he wanted to see me shoot it, so I brought it along. After I shot it a couple of times, he decided that he wanted a turn. His first shot was standing with one round in the magazine. I helped support the weight of the barrel, and he pulled it in tight against his shoulder. After his first shot, there was a smile as big as Texas on his face. A bit latter he wanted another go at it, this time on the sand bags.
I took this picture between his fourth and fifth shot. Note the finger control.
Another good thing about taking the grandson to the range, he is one heck of a brass scrounger.
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6 comments:
Fantastic. I love to see articles of people bringing their kids & grandkids to the range. You made my weekend.
Can you be my grandpa too, JR? :-)
Good to see people schooling the next generation on proper handling and shooting.
pistolero - only if you scrounge brass...
One of the Sr. managers at work went off on a "Zumbo" type rant a while back. I made double sure he got a copy of that image.
only if you scrounge brass...
Well, ever since I took up reloading, I've gotten to be pretty good at it, even if the Kimber 10mm flings brass all over God's creation...
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