Took my varmints to the range yesterday morning. They both have been bugging me to go since I asked them if they were interesteda week or two ago. Both of them like to have or go to sleepovers and both (girl-12 and boy-9 almost 10) declined thier friend's invites because they knew we were going early in the morning.
I had the range bag all packed up with ammo, preloaded magazines and 10 speed loaders for the 686. A Federal 550 pack of 22lr, couple of boxes of .38 spl wadcutters, The kid's 22's, a Bearcat, my 686 and my FAL. Took off at 8:00 (that is early for the kids on a Saturday morning).
They had a blast. Shot every round of ammo I brought except for the nasty 357's that come home in the 686 and a magazine saved for the FAL. I have 7 25 round play magazines for my daughter's 10-22 plus three factory mags. So they went through over 700 rounds of 22lr in just a few hours and were scrounging under the table looking for ones we dropped to shoot at the end.
Some nice folks at the table next to us had a couple of 50 cal. muzzleloaders, they taught the kids how to load them and let them fire a few rounds from the smokepoles. Yes, they thought that was neat, were very nice and appreciative, told him thank you afterwards and helped clean up our brass and policed up the trash when it was time to go.
Couldn't have asked for a better daddy-kiddo day. Now my daughter wants a pistol. She loved shooting the 686 and the Bearcat. She thinks she wants a little 22 autoloader after shooting a Buckmark someone at another table lent her for a little while. Everyone there was commenting on how nice my kids were and several expressed how nice it was to see another generation out there shooting.
So now I need to keep my eyes open around here for a good deal on a 22 pistol for the girl. Something like a Buckmark, Woodsman, Ruger, Hi Standard, along those lines in a month or two. Got to save my lunch money...
I had the range bag all packed up with ammo, preloaded magazines and 10 speed loaders for the 686. A Federal 550 pack of 22lr, couple of boxes of .38 spl wadcutters, The kid's 22's, a Bearcat, my 686 and my FAL. Took off at 8:00 (that is early for the kids on a Saturday morning).
They had a blast. Shot every round of ammo I brought except for the nasty 357's that come home in the 686 and a magazine saved for the FAL. I have 7 25 round play magazines for my daughter's 10-22 plus three factory mags. So they went through over 700 rounds of 22lr in just a few hours and were scrounging under the table looking for ones we dropped to shoot at the end.
Some nice folks at the table next to us had a couple of 50 cal. muzzleloaders, they taught the kids how to load them and let them fire a few rounds from the smokepoles. Yes, they thought that was neat, were very nice and appreciative, told him thank you afterwards and helped clean up our brass and policed up the trash when it was time to go.
Couldn't have asked for a better daddy-kiddo day. Now my daughter wants a pistol. She loved shooting the 686 and the Bearcat. She thinks she wants a little 22 autoloader after shooting a Buckmark someone at another table lent her for a little while. Everyone there was commenting on how nice my kids were and several expressed how nice it was to see another generation out there shooting.
So now I need to keep my eyes open around here for a good deal on a 22 pistol for the girl. Something like a Buckmark, Woodsman, Ruger, Hi Standard, along those lines in a month or two. Got to save my lunch money...