Moments in Your Life as a Gun Owner/Enthusiast You're Most Proud of.

Watching my Eldest drop a deer with a well placed shot..... and killing a boss hen turkey the same fall.....

I also enjoyed the "contact buzz" when my brother's daughter heartshot her first buck at 225 yards.... I thought the man would burst.....
 
Probably walking into the sporting goods store in my college town and finding the rifle of my dreams, a 1936 vintage Savage 99 in .300 Savage.

And, over the rest of that year, laboriously paying off that rifle with the proceeds of my campus jobs, to the point where, when Mom and Dad came to pick me up at the end of the year, we made a detour and I picked up the first gun I ever bought without needing Mom or Dad to sign for it for me.


And, pretty close to that was clearing my first round of wobble trap, 25 for 25, just the other year.

I've gotten close many times, but that was a great feeling seeing that last one shatter.
 
Shooting rapid fire at the range at 20 yards on a silhouette target. I bring in the target and see half of a smiling face on the target. I reloaded, put the target back at 20 yards, took my time aiming, and finished the smiley face by adding two more holes to the mouth and the other eye.

It was with my buddy's P226. I've been wanting one ever since I did that.
 
I was telling my seven year old daughter what a proper sight picture looks like for the second time when she said "Dad, I can do it!" and proceeded to hit the bulls eye five times in a row with her .22 rifle.
 
"Punching above my weight" at a competition. I finished third overall, in a field of ~70 shooters, beating some who held higher classifications and would be expected to beat me if we all shot to our demonstrated ability. The following day, I finished seventh overall, in a field of ~50, shooting a borrowed gun. Easily my best overall performance in fifteen years of USPSA competition.
 
Suprising myself again and again by actually being able to research and repair/fix/upgrade/refurbish my own guns in my own humble backyard shop... (And learn reloading too... with online and youtube help.)
 
Hunter Ed Instructor for 14 yrs Everytime a person would walk up to me and say I remember you from Hunter Ed and thank me for teaching the class they went to years before ( you got to pretty ugly to be remembered that long ).

Everytime I would take one or all 3 of my sons and or their fiends shooting or Hunting. Great passtime and it really is a lifetime activity

P.S. almost forgot the day that Luck got me into rifle shooting ( Delaware is a shotgun state except for squirrels and groundhogs ) won a Remington 700 in 204 ruger on a $20 chance now I am handloading for it and my pistols first time I have won anything in a raffle this rifle stuff is fun lol
 
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