The moment that my daughter...

[NewbieDave007]

The moment that my 10 year old daughter hit a bullseye the size of a dime at 50 yards and immediately after. Man I love that young lady!



Sorry about the sideways picture. I'm posting from my phone and don't have the ability to rotate the file.

[ghh3rd]

Priceless! You are lucky that she enjoys shooting.

[NewbieDave007]

I'm lucky in a lot of ways and that's just one.

Another thing I should've mentioned was that it was 108 degrees at the range with a diagonal wind of 5mph (gusting to 12mph).

[2wheelDuke]

Congrats! I don't have kids of my own, but I am a cop and an instructor. I donate time to teach kids, and I love the feeling when they start catching on and a passion might be ignited.

[southpaw]

Thats great. My boy just gives me the 'where did you think it was gonna hit' look anymore. Little bugger has gotten pretty good.

Jerry Jr.

[bart55]

Great Joy ,my grandson age 8 has also gotten the fever and I am thrilled.My kids liked to shoot but none really got the bug like me but now the next generation................................ ! I love it

[osteodoc08]

Awesome.

[Hamish]

Thanks for making me smile this morning!

[MrWolf]

You are a lucky man. My daughter wants nothing to do with guns and hates my hobby. She even gets mad at her boyfriend if he asks me questions about it.

[Three44s]

For me, it's my two nephews!

Got them on a Smith 22K (they already have the long guns blazing away!) and though I will hardly shoot .22 LR's for the time being ........

........... I will and do invest a fair number of rounds with those boys!

I did one training session with each lad ..... one on one, no distractions ...... for their first and only outing thus far and they were WHIZ's ..... I tell ya ....

I shoot golf balls exclusively and that's what I started them on and they ATE IT UP!

I asked them each the same question near the end of their sessions:

"Did you think it was going to go this well?"

And they said: "NO"!


It was 100 percent gold plated!


Three 44s

[NewbieDave007]

Both my son (7 year old) and daughter love to shoot and have only been to organized ranges so far. We started them both at the same time (about a year and a half ago) and they both love it so far (22lr only). To tell the truth my son tends to be a bit better with the scope and my daughter is a whiz with iron sites, but yesterday (for the 22lr postal match) we were all struggling with our accuracy compared to normal, so after her first two shots were almost on top of each other and just outside the bullseye I took these pictures. Little did I know she was going to nail that one. Then I think she was too excited and dropped her form a little bit.

I can't wait for the fire ban to be lifted so I can take them into the desert and kill some soda cans and maybe a watermelon. I bet they will love that. Plus it will get us away from some of the interesting people at the range that have no clue of safety or his to operate their firearms.

[NewbieDave007]

Correction: They both have shot a 410 with my help, but this Ruger American they can safely operate with either the boss lady (my beautiful wife) or I just observing and their for safety, but completely on their own.

[chsparkman]

That's what it's all about, man. I look forward to the day my grandsons are old enough to experience our sport.

[Echo]

Look at that smile! Priceless!

[WILCO]

Sorry about the sideways picture. I'm posting from my phone and don't have the ability to rotate the file.

Fixed it here for you.

[trapper9260]

Load more for her then you know you are on the run also have her help with reloading also.I do not have any kids of my own but nice to see someone is doing what I would of if I had kids.Reminded me of when my dad took me out shooting and hunting and was what all I was mainly looking forward to do all the time.How I miss him for the years he been gone now but that was years ago due to health problems.Thank you

[EMC45]

Well done for both of you!

[NewbieDave007]

Fixed it here for you.

Thanks!

[WILCO]

Thanks!

You're welcome!

[lylejb]

Good job to the young lady, and you're a lucky man!!

My son loves shooting, my daughter just doesn't care about it.

I've tried, and still ask if she wants to go every time........nope.