I thought you guys might get a kick out of this.
Last weekend I had the pleasure taking my 13 year old grandson to the range. I have been shooting with him since he was 5 years old. I started him with a Daisy BB gun and empty soda cans.
I always tell him it's his choice on what we take. Sometimes it's 22's, sometimes it's blackpowder, sometimes it's AR's and semiautos.
This time he said "Papa, let's take some sniper rifles!"
So I loaded up my Savage 12 in 223 with a heavy barrel and borrowed my son's Savage in 308.
We set up a gong at 100 yards and of course it was no challenge. There was a manhole cover at about 300-350 yards away leaning against a tree so I had him practice on that. In the meantime I got out my Marlin 1894 in 45 Colt. He was impressed that the old guy could hit steel at 100 yards.
I thought I would launch a few at 300 and I hit the target once in a while. But I laughed to myself as he watched me shoot the 45 Colt at such a long distance and said "Man Papa, those take a long time to get there!"
It was a great day.
Steve in N CA