Takasnooze
Member
Great job Dad! He's awesome!
Son's first .22
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Rambo101
Member
Great shooting young man!
Way to go dad! Glad to see you are teaching him gun safety but most of all dad and son are enjoying quality time together and making memories that will last forever!! We got our son a 15-22 for Christmas 2011 (he was 11 at the time) and he loves it! Mom even likes to go put some holes in paper every now and then with us.
Did a NRA safety hunters course with him in December (2012) to brighten his safety habits that I have been teaching him and he passed it easily. If you get chance and haven't done one already take the time to do so, it's well worth the time and dad and son get to spend another day together learning some very important hunting and safety information
Way to go dad! Glad to see you are teaching him gun safety but most of all dad and son are enjoying quality time together and making memories that will last forever!! We got our son a 15-22 for Christmas 2011 (he was 11 at the time) and he loves it! Mom even likes to go put some holes in paper every now and then with us.
Did a NRA safety hunters course with him in December (2012) to brighten his safety habits that I have been teaching him and he passed it easily. If you get chance and haven't done one already take the time to do so, it's well worth the time and dad and son get to spend another day together learning some very important hunting and safety information
Maddmax
US Veteran
Can't beat quality Father Son time. They do grow quickly. Good to learn shooting at a young age too. I can't remember ever not shooting or being around weapons.
GREAT finger/trigger discipline in the photos too.
GREAT finger/trigger discipline in the photos too.
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ExtremistPullup
Member
Ya I find him doing that with his nerf guns, well until he shoots you with them.
PortRoyalDad
Member
I also am quilty....
I wear prescription safety glasses all the time (driving, work, etc), so they are always there for me; and I took it for granted... It took only one time, I got a little complacent when I took my son shooting over to the family range. He was shooting my 15-22 MOE, and Ruger SR22 P, and suddenly yelled out that something HOT got into the corner of his eye, and it kept burning.... Thank God on that day, He allowed it to be a teachable moment for me and my son, and nothing serious came of it.
I remember being so completely stunned, and feeling so guilty, like the worlds biggest failure for overlooking such a simple safety aspect; but I did. All the while the safety glasses were in the shooting box just 15 feet away. We were outside in a 20 acre open field shooting balloons and cans of Dr. Pepper of all things. But we still had an occurrence. My son never did care for the BCD (birth control device) style of safety glasses, so afterwards we immediately went to the store and bought a really nice stylish pair that he loves to wear.
Said a sincere prayer of thanks, sat down to catch my breath...and then asked if he was interested in blasting a few more cans of Dr. Pepper and balloons before heading out to the store. Wearing his BCDs, "Heck yeah, let's explode some more cans!" he said. Made me smile and brought a tear to my eye.
Regards, Mike
I wear prescription safety glasses all the time (driving, work, etc), so they are always there for me; and I took it for granted... It took only one time, I got a little complacent when I took my son shooting over to the family range. He was shooting my 15-22 MOE, and Ruger SR22 P, and suddenly yelled out that something HOT got into the corner of his eye, and it kept burning.... Thank God on that day, He allowed it to be a teachable moment for me and my son, and nothing serious came of it.
I remember being so completely stunned, and feeling so guilty, like the worlds biggest failure for overlooking such a simple safety aspect; but I did. All the while the safety glasses were in the shooting box just 15 feet away. We were outside in a 20 acre open field shooting balloons and cans of Dr. Pepper of all things. But we still had an occurrence. My son never did care for the BCD (birth control device) style of safety glasses, so afterwards we immediately went to the store and bought a really nice stylish pair that he loves to wear.
Said a sincere prayer of thanks, sat down to catch my breath...and then asked if he was interested in blasting a few more cans of Dr. Pepper and balloons before heading out to the store. Wearing his BCDs, "Heck yeah, let's explode some more cans!" he said. Made me smile and brought a tear to my eye.
Regards, Mike
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