I told him I would take him to the Indy 1500 with me if his dad said it was ok. He will **** his pants when he sees all of the guns there.
Yeah, his dad participated as much as he did. He had never shot any of the evil assault rifles before. He loved the AR15, but for some reason, they both took to the the AKs and wanted to shoot them more. I just let em have at it. I think we went through about 500 rds in about 2 hours.Just wondering. Did the dad do any shooting and did you invite him to go along to the 1500?
Great job with the new shooter, 360. Thanks for sharing the good news with all of us!
Shoot, man, I just about did that my first time at the 1500!
That's great now your next step ahould be to introduce hime to Reloading, if you do that. And then with the help of his dad you could introduce him to the importance of W.O.R.K. and a job in order to achieve goals. Even at his age he could cut grass, clean up neighbors yards to earn $$$$ ! I don't get the chance to do what you did hardly at all so I'm a little envious. But in June I plan to take a divorced mother of three to the range and introduce her to the sport. Wish me luck,,,she's never fired a firearm at all!There was sticker shock when he started asking prices about guns and ammo. His dad was like, heh...better get a good job. You could just see him chewing it up though. Then his dad said, well...I know where my money is going to go when you leave the house.
Thanks! I'll be the first to admit that I am not very good at explaining things in print. I tend to type run-ons, have poor punctuation, and general rambling to get to my point.I hope that all of us are willing to take time and personal expense to help bring new people into our sport. My compliments to your stewardship of our sport - job well done.
It was interesting to read your approach on this first trip with this young man. It would be interesting, if you would be willing, to post your thoughts on what you would do differently next time. Both with the next range visit with this young man and how you might approach a similar situation with the next new shooter you introduce.
I've concluded I'm not qualified (yet?) to train new comers, but I find myself working with my little ones and on occasion a friend that has come to me requesting help. I find myself directing people to resources to help establish or build the basics of safety.
One other thought ... you were lucky the dad was not trying to "jump in" and provide additional help and instruction to compete with your directions. That kind of thing can be very problematic.