I did my good deed for the day today. I was up at the rifle range after work doing some shooting. This kid (maybe about 9 or 10) and his grandpap show up. I was shooting my Garand, and M1A I brought up about 100 rounds or so for each gun.
This grandpap is up there with a .300 Win Mag.
Anyhow the kid keeps eyeing up my rifle (the m14) so I say "you want to try out this rifle kid"
"Does it kick?" he says.
This kid just got done shooting a .300 Win Mag!! I said if you can shoot that thing, this will feel like a BB gun.
So of course he says he wants to try it out.
So I proceed to go through the operation schpeel and the safety schpeel so grandpap knows I am not a putz and want to show this kid right. I spend a few minutes explaining the subtle differences between the guns to the kid. Show him the difference between a .30-06' cartridge and a .308 cartridge. I explained the sight picture, and I then made him dry fire it about 10 times so he got the fell for the trigger. I stressed to the kid that dry firing wont hurt the gun and HELPS you learn how to shoot.
Then I Let the kid have the rest of the bag of ammo (about 20 or 30 rounds) and let him have at it. I spotted his shots through my spotter skope. The kid was happier than a pig in s*&%. He was shooting pretty good groups too.
Grandpap was a bit skeptical at first said the kid had only shot scoped guns. I think he saw those iron sights and wasnt sure if the kid was going to hit the paper Once I started calling the shots out, grandpap was having fun with it too. The kid was banging them in there pretty good.
I think I just turned one of America's youth into a member of the "gun culture." I told him to tell his friends and teacher that he learned how to shoot an m-14 today. I wish I could see the expression on the (assumed) liberal teachers face!!!!!!!!!
YES! A MINOR VICTORY FOR FREEDOM LOVING GUN OWNERS.
This grandpap is up there with a .300 Win Mag.
Anyhow the kid keeps eyeing up my rifle (the m14) so I say "you want to try out this rifle kid"
"Does it kick?" he says.
This kid just got done shooting a .300 Win Mag!! I said if you can shoot that thing, this will feel like a BB gun.
So of course he says he wants to try it out.
So I proceed to go through the operation schpeel and the safety schpeel so grandpap knows I am not a putz and want to show this kid right. I spend a few minutes explaining the subtle differences between the guns to the kid. Show him the difference between a .30-06' cartridge and a .308 cartridge. I explained the sight picture, and I then made him dry fire it about 10 times so he got the fell for the trigger. I stressed to the kid that dry firing wont hurt the gun and HELPS you learn how to shoot.
Then I Let the kid have the rest of the bag of ammo (about 20 or 30 rounds) and let him have at it. I spotted his shots through my spotter skope. The kid was happier than a pig in s*&%. He was shooting pretty good groups too.
Grandpap was a bit skeptical at first said the kid had only shot scoped guns. I think he saw those iron sights and wasnt sure if the kid was going to hit the paper Once I started calling the shots out, grandpap was having fun with it too. The kid was banging them in there pretty good.
I think I just turned one of America's youth into a member of the "gun culture." I told him to tell his friends and teacher that he learned how to shoot an m-14 today. I wish I could see the expression on the (assumed) liberal teachers face!!!!!!!!!
YES! A MINOR VICTORY FOR FREEDOM LOVING GUN OWNERS.