imashooter2
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Great day. I've got a bad hoof right now, so all I took was the 15-22 figuring I could shoot the steel all day without a lot of walking. Turns out the place was packed and most of the steel was taken, so I put up some targets at 50 yards where they have a "dueling tree" between the lanes. It just happens to be located right next to the 50 foot lanes.
So I was having a good old time banging the plates back and forth alternating with trying to pretend that my C-MORE equipped 15-22 was a target rifle when a couple showed up with two young boys that were out for their very first trip to the range. Dad set them up on the 50 foot range with an open sight 10-22 and gave them the safety briefing while waiting for a line call to change targets.
I confess, that I truly love to watch youngsters shoot for the first time and all the great memories came flooding back as I watched them. The Ruger was a full size rifle and they had to put the butt stock under their arm as they tried to get down on the irons on the much too large rifle. They were good kids, very attentive to instruction and the smiles when they hit the 8 inch bull that Dad put up were infectious and I loaded up 4 mags and then stepped back off the line to watch.
At next target change, I discretely approached the father and asked him if it would be OK for me to ask his boys to shoot my rifle. Didn't want to offend, but the collapsing stock will adjust to fit them much better and the red dot is a very easy sighting system. Well he was all for it, so after the line was called hot, I approached the boys with the offer which they shyly accepted.
I didn't think that their smiles could get any larger, but when they put the butt on their shoulder and looked at the red dot, I was afraid their faces would crack.
I let them run 2 magazines each and they filled up that big old bullseye while Mom shot video. They were still chattering about it as Dad packed them up to head home.
I think I felt as good about it as they did. It really is about the kids.
So I was having a good old time banging the plates back and forth alternating with trying to pretend that my C-MORE equipped 15-22 was a target rifle when a couple showed up with two young boys that were out for their very first trip to the range. Dad set them up on the 50 foot range with an open sight 10-22 and gave them the safety briefing while waiting for a line call to change targets.
I confess, that I truly love to watch youngsters shoot for the first time and all the great memories came flooding back as I watched them. The Ruger was a full size rifle and they had to put the butt stock under their arm as they tried to get down on the irons on the much too large rifle. They were good kids, very attentive to instruction and the smiles when they hit the 8 inch bull that Dad put up were infectious and I loaded up 4 mags and then stepped back off the line to watch.
At next target change, I discretely approached the father and asked him if it would be OK for me to ask his boys to shoot my rifle. Didn't want to offend, but the collapsing stock will adjust to fit them much better and the red dot is a very easy sighting system. Well he was all for it, so after the line was called hot, I approached the boys with the offer which they shyly accepted.
I didn't think that their smiles could get any larger, but when they put the butt on their shoulder and looked at the red dot, I was afraid their faces would crack.
I let them run 2 magazines each and they filled up that big old bullseye while Mom shot video. They were still chattering about it as Dad packed them up to head home. I think I felt as good about it as they did. It really is about the kids.
