1911Heaven
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Last evening I took a friends son pistol shooting for the first time.Although his father is an avid upland and duck hunter,his son has never expressed much interest in the sport.Recently however he has expressed on numerous occasions that he would like to try pistol shooting.His father has done an excellent job teaching safe gun handling and for 12 years old we have always commented on his maturity and composure.Last evening father and son met me at the range,and after familiarizing him with the model 41 Smith he would be shooting,we settled into a shooting session.Father jostled me about "ruining him with the good stuff first"and son by the third clip(we started him with single shots)could eat up the X-ring at 15yards.The smile on his face and his comments on "how good the powder smells"took me back to a Christmas in the 60's when,at about the same age,I found the Ruger Single-Six under the tree.Who among you back then did'nt want to shoot as good as Nick and Heath Barclay?Anyway after arriving home last night I realized that although I lost my father many years ago now,how much I would like to thank him for trusting me..for properly introducing me to a sport that is my passion to this day...and instead of ordering that new pair of diamond rosewood grips for a pet 1911,I instead sent the money to the NRA.Because what would it be like to lose moments like these forever? SUPPORT THE NRA!!! Take a kid shooting!!! 1911's forever!!!