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The Basics, Starting Out
My son's first rifle
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<blockquote data-quote="Ian M" data-source="post: 58229" data-attributes="member: 25"><p><strong>Re: My son\'s first rifle</strong></p><p></p><p>Congratulations Bryan, and to your future rifleman! I recall taking large sheets of cardboard to the range and a big felt pen. My boy drew fantastic targets on the cardboards, then attempted to hit them from extremely long distance - almost 15 yards at first. Was not long till he was hitting at 25 yards. Always let them shoot from a rest, lots of hits is what it is all about.</p><p></p><p>Make the targets big and easy to hit, and interactive if possible. Party balloons are great, maybe some pieces of wood freestanding that fall over when hit, another good target is a pyramid of tin cans - although you can guess who will get stuck repiling them each time they get hit. As he gets some accuracy suggest you shoot soda or Ritz crackers, they break up nicely when hit and disappear very quickly.</p><p>Birchwood Casey has a great spinning target that we used for countless hours - anything that moves, breaks, falls over or clangs is good.</p><p></p><p>A great firearm for introducing kids to something that makes a bit more noise and bigger holes in the target is a muzzleloader loaded with fifteen or twenty grains of powder and a light sabotted bullet. No kick, lots of noise and smoke, big hole in the paper.</p><p></p><p>Good luck, it don't get any better than shootin' and huntin' with your kid - simple as that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ian M, post: 58229, member: 25"] [b]Re: My son\'s first rifle[/b] Congratulations Bryan, and to your future rifleman! I recall taking large sheets of cardboard to the range and a big felt pen. My boy drew fantastic targets on the cardboards, then attempted to hit them from extremely long distance - almost 15 yards at first. Was not long till he was hitting at 25 yards. Always let them shoot from a rest, lots of hits is what it is all about. Make the targets big and easy to hit, and interactive if possible. Party balloons are great, maybe some pieces of wood freestanding that fall over when hit, another good target is a pyramid of tin cans - although you can guess who will get stuck repiling them each time they get hit. As he gets some accuracy suggest you shoot soda or Ritz crackers, they break up nicely when hit and disappear very quickly. Birchwood Casey has a great spinning target that we used for countless hours - anything that moves, breaks, falls over or clangs is good. A great firearm for introducing kids to something that makes a bit more noise and bigger holes in the target is a muzzleloader loaded with fifteen or twenty grains of powder and a light sabotted bullet. No kick, lots of noise and smoke, big hole in the paper. Good luck, it don't get any better than shootin' and huntin' with your kid - simple as that. [/QUOTE]
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