inspector_17
12-13-2013, 01:23 PM
After last Thanksgiving I asked my daughter, B in law and nephew if they would like to go shooting instead of facing Black Friday. Got a resounding YES!! So loaded up and off to the range we went. Gave everybody the safety briefing and walked to the line. Started off with my Ruger MKIII 22/45. Other than a few stovepipes no problems, everybody kept lining up and reloading the mags. Brought out the 10/22. Safety brief again. Again they couldn't get back fast enough to reload the mags!! LOL Moved down the line brought out my SR40. Explained the differences between a 22 and the 40. Loaded one round and let them test it out. Once they fired it and controlled the recoil I gave them a loaded mag. Going to have to reload a LOT more 40 now!! Move down a little further and brought out my 12gau. Again safety brief. Demonstrated and again one round, then let them all go to town(2 boxes). Even my daughter who doesn't mind me shooting but not a real fan, shot the 12 gau. Rocked her a little bit but came up to me after she was done and said DAD that was so COOL! Had a huge grin on her face. Not often you can get a smile like that from a teen but really worth it. My nephew really liked it too. I asked if anybody want to try my 308. With the pink cheeks My B in law said he couldn't feel his toes. So we called it a day and went home to hot chocolate and talked about going back out when it was warmer.