Do you recall the first time your dad introduced you to shooting?
** Atreyu, 11 years old, Field Competition, 6.5 Creedmoor **
** Atreyu, 11 years old, Field Competition, 6.5 Creedmoor **
Photos Do you recall the first time your dad introduced you to shooting?
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My family wasnt a "shooting" family.
Did take a trip to visit grandma on Cape Breton Island, NS and Dad went rabbit hunting with a .410 and I thought it cool watching grandma clean rabbits.
I soon asked for a BB gun but was continually told "in a while" until I asked for one in front of a Prince Edward Island uncle and he said he had one I could have. It was a break action Yugoslavian made pellet rifle. It had no rear buck horn sight only a front post but I didnt realize it was supposed to have a rear sight.
I had no pellets so I shot BBs out of it muzzle loader style from age 6 to 10. I had to hurry my shots because I could hear the BB rolling out of the barrel if it was at an angle greater than 90 degrees.
At about 10 Dad signed me up for a NRA course that taught jackets and M1907 sling shooting with Win 52s.
After that I was hooked.
My kids started with a Red Ryder rifle/carbine and both now have Winchester 67A .22s.
Did take a trip to visit grandma on Cape Breton Island, NS and Dad went rabbit hunting with a .410 and I thought it cool watching grandma clean rabbits.
I soon asked for a BB gun but was continually told "in a while" until I asked for one in front of a Prince Edward Island uncle and he said he had one I could have. It was a break action Yugoslavian made pellet rifle. It had no rear buck horn sight only a front post but I didnt realize it was supposed to have a rear sight.
I had no pellets so I shot BBs out of it muzzle loader style from age 6 to 10. I had to hurry my shots because I could hear the BB rolling out of the barrel if it was at an angle greater than 90 degrees.
At about 10 Dad signed me up for a NRA course that taught jackets and M1907 sling shooting with Win 52s.
After that I was hooked.
My kids started with a Red Ryder rifle/carbine and both now have Winchester 67A .22s.
Nickle plated BB gun shooting from the seated position at an empty boot box with a black X in the center, in the driveway of our home in Wis Spring of 1975. Start of a long love affair that is hotter today then it was then.
My Dad started all three of us on Red Ryder BB Guns at 6. At 10-11 I did hunters safety and shot small and upland game. (Dad was on the road a lot then and my younger brothers didn't hunt) By Jr high me and my middle brother shot on the High School Rifle team (50' indoor 4 position) and all three of us ended up joining the military, though said middle brothers shoulder popped out in AF basic and they weren't having it. Youngest is still serving in the Army.
Shooting is one of the things that keeps me close to him now that he's gone, and I have passed it on to my daughter (23 yo) who I hope can pass it on to her kids. My middle brother is on the Hide, shoots. competes, hunts and is a match director (as I was for 10 years) and also about to take the step of getting his son his first 22lr.
Funny how much some time with Dad and a cheap BB gun can positively effect communities so many years later. Wish those were the stories we heard about on the news...
Shooting is one of the things that keeps me close to him now that he's gone, and I have passed it on to my daughter (23 yo) who I hope can pass it on to her kids. My middle brother is on the Hide, shoots. competes, hunts and is a match director (as I was for 10 years) and also about to take the step of getting his son his first 22lr.
Funny how much some time with Dad and a cheap BB gun can positively effect communities so many years later. Wish those were the stories we heard about on the news...
I was about 7. My Dad hung a aluminum pie plate out back of the camp, for Me to use my Grandfathers Daisy BB gun . I still have that BB gun, and am about to pass it down to the next generation. My Father was on the All Army Rifle team in 64, so he was able to teach me alot of good skills growing up.
The best times we spend are at the range!!!
And the best part is... I got to do the same thing with my Son!!!
The best times we spend are at the range!!!
And the best part is... I got to do the same thing with my Son!!!
My grandfather and his brothers used to hunt and my dad did some shooting as a kid (that was the norm out in the countryside those days), but I wasn't really introduced to it as such. Got myself my first own rifle at 18 and after military service etc, I´ve always had at least a couple of rifles at home, even though living in a big town didn't give much opportunity to hunt and shoot. Since a few years back we live outside of town and with a large forrest at the back of the house.
Being able to shoot in the backyard has raised opportunities for my kids and my youngest son is a really good marksman (I prepared a Ruger 10/22 for him and we adjusted the scope mount so that we even could reach out to 300m just for fun).
Being able to shoot in the backyard has raised opportunities for my kids and my youngest son is a really good marksman (I prepared a Ruger 10/22 for him and we adjusted the scope mount so that we even could reach out to 300m just for fun).
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