What Is It with These Kids?

[rhino]

I've decided that I hate my twin 20 year old nephews.

A few months ago, one of them contact me with interest in the firearms stuff. So, during that time I've been teaching him a thing here and there. The problem is, he learns and masters the skills way too quickly. And his marksmanship is way too good, especially when he's shooting while moving.

So, maybe it's fluke. Maybe I'm just that good at teaching. Maybe not.

Today I had him and his brother at the range for a little while. I showed the first three new things and now he's does them better than I do after half a dozen repetitions. And his marksmanship was still better than mine.

Okay, I knew that would happen. Twin #2 stepped to the line. He had never fired a centerfire handgun and only shot .22 in the distant past. So, with virtually no instruction from me other than where to aim on the target, he used a Glock 17 to put 17 rounds in one ragged hole in the high center chest at about 8 yards.

I hate them. I hate them almost as much as I am proud. However, on the next trip to the range I'm going to teach them how to miss.

 

[mrjarrell]

However, on the next trip to the range I'm going to teach them how to miss.

Don't worry about it. That comes with age.

 

[femurphy77]

Have some fun with them, buy a saturday night special or some other piece of junk with bad sights and see how they do.

 

[rhino]

Don't worry about it. That comes with age.

Yeah, their eyesight is better than 20/20 and their hand/eye coordination is superior to their peers. Maybe I should have them start drinking heavily . . .

Have some fun with them, buy a saturday night special or some other piece of junk with bad sights and see how they do.

I like the way you think. I think we had an old single action .22LR revolver that would fit the bill . . .

 

[tom1025]

Do they play Call Of Duty? My 17 yearold daughter is the same way. Dosnt matter if its a semi auto or a revolver.

 

[churchmouse]

Nieces, 12 and 14. Only limited experience with a pump BB rifle. First time out with rim fire .22 from a 10/22 Ruger take down and they were amazing. Used up 100 rds. each in the Ruger and they started eyeing my M-4. Dad said OK and we went to the line with it. Both girls ran 2 mags each and wore out a 30 Lb. refrigerant drum at 30 yds. Good gun handling skills. Attention to safety. Amazing.

 

[Bobby100]

Its all about stupid video games their hand / eye coordination is amazing!! look at these kids flying drones for the military,i can't even fly my r/c in the back yard without a crash

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

Let me know if you need someone else to teach them how to miss. I'm good at that!

 

[DragonGunner]

Get a bunch of blanks and don't tell them, make a friendly wager......that'll teach'em.

 

[Caleb]

Beat the hell out of them rhino!

 

[singlesix]

Sounds like the time I taught my son to shoot Trap :-)

 

[sepe]

I think it is all the ADD drugs the kids are on. Maybe a little bit of the skinny jeans and V-necks they wear mixed in too.

 

[stephen87]

Its all about stupid video games their hand / eye coordination is amazing!! look at these kids flying drones for the military,i can't even fly my r/c in the back yard without a crash

Not true. I've been playing video games since I was a wee lil lad, and I can hit a target, but not as proficiently as some I've seen. I can usually put about 49 of 50 into a chest sized target with no stragglers. Then the 50th one is crazy off. Hand-eye coordination supposedly is increased with video games, just not for me.

 

[pokersamurai]

Do they play Call Of Duty? My 17 yearold daughter is the same way. Dosnt matter if its a semi auto or a revolver.

I have read studies that show how kids who play first-person shooter video games have an easier time learning to shoot real guns for the first time.
Modern video games try to be as accurate in their gun details, so younger kids who play these games already know how to align the sights on popular pistols and rifles and well as how to reload them.

 

[tom1025]

I have read studies that show how kids who play first-person shooter video games have an easier time learning to shoot real guns for the first time.
Modern video games try to be as accurate in their gun details, so younger kids who play these games already know how to align the sights on popular pistols and rifles and well as how to reload them.

I can believe it. I turned my 10 yearold daughter loose the other day with a pump action BB gun and she knocked the center out of the target. Her only experience with a firearm before this was playing GTA on Xbox.

 

[Black Cloud]

There was an actual study done after the first Gulf war to determine why most kills were one-shot headshots. They came to the conclusion that video game skills were the catalyst to the deadlier shots on targets.

 

[Bigtanker]

I believe the games do help quite a bit these days..

Dang right! Duck Hunt on Nintendo made me the shooter I am today.

 

[IndyDave1776]

Rhino, look at the bright side: When/if the SHTF, you will have useful help dealing with it.

 

[LarryC]

Yeah, when I was in my late teens 50+ years ago, we would shoot at a tree with a 22, then push an unfired cartridge in the hole, stand back about 30 foot and shoot at the cartridge. Great fun, usually it was hit within 2~3 rounds. Now I can do almost the same thing - except now I just aim to hit the tree!

 

[Miketodd]

Dang right! Duck Hunt on Nintendo made me the shooter I am today.

Same here!