Pictures of a young S&W addict at the range

[lackejd]

My middle son is 10 years old. I generally don't have to ask him twice if he wants to go to the range with me. My other two boys (ages 12 and 8) are not as crazy about older Smiths as my middle son and I are, but they will go to the range with us. They all know what the terms pinned barrel, full lug, and recessed cylinders mean. We are fortunate enough to live in a location where they can head out the back door with a BB gun and stay in the woods for several hours. My 10 year old is interested in anything that shoots (BB gun, pellet gun, airsoft, paintball). These are a couple of pictures I took of him shooting at the range. The first one is of him shooting a 27-2. The second one is of him shooting a Ruger Mark II. I had also taken a 3914 for him to shoot. We mainly shoot revolvers, but I own several 3rd generation Smiths. After he shot the 3914, he said "I'm not much of a semi-auto guy. I'd rather shoot a revolver."

There are a lot of times that he will just sit and look thru the SCSW 3rd edition that they got me this past Christmas. All three boys signed the inside front cover of the book. Not the most expensive gift that I have ever received but definitely in the top five of all time gifts that I have opened.

 

[FirebirdV8]

It sounds like you are doing your part to keep shooting and an addiction to S&W alive. Just remember that S&W collecting and shooting is like the mafia, once you start there is no way out. You do, however, realize you are spoiling your son by letting him shoot a Mod 27. Keep up the good work.

 

[bamabiker]

Great way to spend time with your son/s.
Did you doctor the pic to get effect?

 

[lackejd]

The pictures are not doctored. I just kept taking pictures until I got ones with the flames coming out of the cylinder and end of the barrel. It was about to be dusk when I took them.

 

[bamabiker]

Well maybe I'm wrong but the hammer on the M27 looks to be cocked back. Oh well, don't matter. Good pics and better times with your son.

 

[lackejd]

I noticed that as well when I showed the pictures to a couple of buddies at work. We just guessed it was the hammer rebounding. Maybe someone with more shooting experience than me can answer that question. I have about four more pictures of him shooting the 27-2 with the fire coming out of the barrel and cylinder. All of those pictures also have the hammer in the rebounded position. I sure hope that is normal. The gun shoots fine and is very accurate.

 

[aterry33]

Nice! This is the kind of thing kids remember 50 years later.

 

[Yurko]

Looks like lackejd knows the difference between being a father & being a Dad.

Great job lackejd, keep it up!

(Great pics by the way!)

 

[Eagl1]

Cool pics... I like flames!

 

[TheHobbyist]

God Bless you and yours! Great to see!

Thumbs up

 

[jspick]

Way to go. You will never regret time spent with you boys. I have two sons and we, (they) have shot 10's of thousands of rounds of 22LR from our deck. I could mine brass from under the deck!!!!

John

 

[Srigs]

Fantastic pics. Your bring up your kids right.

 

[kennyb]

thats just great!you are bringing them up in a great sport with the best revolver!

 

[semperfi71]

Great stuff! Your sons will remember all of this forever.

Your Smith book has to be very special.

 

[649 Bodyguard]

Fantastic pictures alright. It sure reminds me, of me my dad back then, when I was about your sons age.

 

[TMann]

First of all, I have to say that those are pretty cool pics. Neither of my two kids has any interest in heading to the range with me. Hopefully when they're a bit older, I might get them interested.

Secondly, I think that I might have an idea as to why the first picture shows the hammer back, and the "flames" coming out of the cylinder. It appears to me that you used your camera flash for this photo. As I recall, the flash goes off shortly after the camera shutter opens. My guess is that the flash went off just as the hammer was starting to fall; the super-short duration of the flash "froze" the hammer in that position in the picture. Then after the hammer fell, the round went off and the ignition created the flames seen in the picture.

In short, your camera captured two events that occurred sequentially, but made them look like they occurred simultaneously.

TMann

 

[photoman]

First of all, I have to say that those are pretty cool pics. Neither of my two kids has any interest in heading to the range with me. Hopefully when they're a bit older, I might get them interested.

Secondly, I think that I might have an idea as to why the first picture shows the hammer back, and the "flames" coming out of the cylinder. It appears to me that you used your camera flash for this photo. As I recall, the flash goes off shortly after the camera shutter opens. My guess is that the flash went off just as the hammer was starting to fall; the super-short duration of the flash "froze" the hammer in that position in the picture. Then after the hammer fell, the round went off and the ignition created the flames seen in the picture.

In short, your camera captured two events that occurred sequentially, but made them look like they occurred simultaneously.

TMann

You are right that it is a result of a combination of flash and long exposure. The flash goes off at the start of the exposure, freezing the hammer. Then the hammer falls and fires the cartridge. With the long shutter speed (due to low light), the camera sees the flames and records that also.

 

[bamabiker]

Thank ya'll for the explanation. Learned something else.

 

[Andy W]

Great pics! Thanks for sharing.

After he shot the 3914, he said "I'm not much of a semi-auto guy. I'd rather shoot a revolver."

I like the way he thinks.

 

[G.T. Smith]

My son and I shoot a lot out here in the country, mostly my .357 Smith, but every now and then we burn up a wad of .22lr's or .25's. I will try to get a pic of my 6'2" 245 lb. son shooting my .25 Raven. Believe it or not, he is really good with it at 20 yards. BTW you must be a good dad, having fun and teaching a skill that can be a life saver. way to go!

gordon