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First trip to the range for a new rifle shooter - 8 Milsurps taken
My middle son has become my regular shooting partner and he has been limited to an indoor range and 22LR, pistols or an M1 Carbine. He was done a bit of longer range shooting with is 22LR rifle. As requested on his 15th Birthday I took him to the Lytle Creek range in LA County and he selected 8 of my military surplus rifles. He did not want to shoot for score just learn the care and feeding of the long guns. He did a great from easy 6.5 Japanese to the 8mm Mauser. He also did half the cleaning at the end of a long day.
Here is a picture of the 8 rifles after cleaning before going back to the safe.
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Can there be a better feeling than shooting with young ones?
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Ovidio
I was feeling so unbelievably “father” that I can’t explain.
Now my son is waiting to get to age and be my permanent shooting buddy.
I can really imagine how you’re feeling
Hello Ovidio,
From reading your reply, I can feel and can share the well deserved PRIDE your enjoying. Makes a guy feel warm and fuzzy inside, Doesn't it?
And as Cheese Noodle has shared as they get older the more that feeling of PRIDE will equate to a Fathers memories of raising and having the chance to influence a fine young man or woman.
Like I stated above enjoy these moments..... they grow up so fast! At my Private Rifle club as long as the youngster is being looked after it's not unusual to have kids shooting as young as 10 as long as they are supervised by a family member. They even have their own small bore classes and leagues. I started both my son and daughter at age 10. My son is now 31, daughter 27. Son lives 1/2 hr away, daughter is now in Virginia. Son is a Computer IT Tech for our states Capital City school system that comes with lots of pressure and stress. When he needs a 'Deep breath' to unwind he'll call ahead and schedule a day to shoot. I can tell how stressed he is when he requests what he'd like to shoot. Bigger the caliber= the higher stress level. Luckily my range is just 10 minutes from me. Quite often we might just shoot from the bench plinking targets and talking. One thing for sure, the both of us always leave the day at the range feeling better!
We are blessed to have these opportunities, after all our collections or part of will become theirs one day. Our job.... teach them right, let them know about those that taught us and most importantly those who carried these in battle. They will be the ones to carry History forward.
Thank You For Your Efforts, Cheers Gentleman,
Charlie-Painter777