shooter521
Certified Glock Nut
Today, troy_mp, -ski-, and his friend David S. went down to do some shooting at Troy's family's farm in southern Indiana. Also with us was ski's 10-year-old son, John, anxious for his first firearms outing (he'd only had dry-fire and airgun practice at home until today).
Weather: Perfect. Cool in the morning, sunny and low 70s all day, light breeze.
Guns: Yeah, we brought some.
Plan: Short-range basic rifle stuff in the morning, focusing on getting John up to speed with his Henry lever-action .22, -ski- sighting in his Savage .22, and Troy spending some quality time with his new Rifle Dynamics AK.
Handguns after lunch, to include introducing John to the Ruger 22/45 MkII on steel and paper targets, and the 4 grownups working on the drawstroke and running the love-to-hate-it Dot Torture drill.
After that, back up to 350 yards for some long-range riflery on steel, and finish out the day shooting some clays with the shotguns.
Highlights:
Today included a number of firsts for young John. First time out with his own rifle, first time shooting a handgun, first time shooting an AR-15, first time shooting at long range, and first time shooting aerial targets. He was a very safe shooter, had already learned some good fundamentals from his Dad, and took instruction well. As a result, he was making good hits right off the bat with the .22 rifle and pistol at close range, then floored us all by hitting his first two shots on steel (Bobcat Steel 66% IPSC target) at 350 yards with my Recon Carbine with 1-4x optic, and his first clay bird with the single-shot .410!
I was glad for the opportunity to get my Recon Carbine out to long range, and found making multiple hits on steel (66% IPSC and 5" knock-over plates) at 350 yards to be quite gratifying. Less so was making a single hit with the iron-sighted AK-74 at the same distance (only took me 29 rounds, LOL).
Other memorable moments included Troy busting 9 out of 10 birds in a row with the single-shot .410 and making hits on steel with his 7.62 AK equipped with XS Big Dot sights (you know, the ones that are "worthless" at anything but in-your-face distance?), and David shooting the washer off one side of the hanging steel target with his 8mm Mauser (the accompanying bolt and nut were left intact; I dare him to try and do it again on purpose!)
Much fun was had by all. Pics tomorrow; I'm beat.
Weather: Perfect. Cool in the morning, sunny and low 70s all day, light breeze.
Guns: Yeah, we brought some.
Plan: Short-range basic rifle stuff in the morning, focusing on getting John up to speed with his Henry lever-action .22, -ski- sighting in his Savage .22, and Troy spending some quality time with his new Rifle Dynamics AK.
Handguns after lunch, to include introducing John to the Ruger 22/45 MkII on steel and paper targets, and the 4 grownups working on the drawstroke and running the love-to-hate-it Dot Torture drill.
After that, back up to 350 yards for some long-range riflery on steel, and finish out the day shooting some clays with the shotguns.
Highlights:
Today included a number of firsts for young John. First time out with his own rifle, first time shooting a handgun, first time shooting an AR-15, first time shooting at long range, and first time shooting aerial targets. He was a very safe shooter, had already learned some good fundamentals from his Dad, and took instruction well. As a result, he was making good hits right off the bat with the .22 rifle and pistol at close range, then floored us all by hitting his first two shots on steel (Bobcat Steel 66% IPSC target) at 350 yards with my Recon Carbine with 1-4x optic, and his first clay bird with the single-shot .410!
I was glad for the opportunity to get my Recon Carbine out to long range, and found making multiple hits on steel (66% IPSC and 5" knock-over plates) at 350 yards to be quite gratifying. Less so was making a single hit with the iron-sighted AK-74 at the same distance (only took me 29 rounds, LOL).
Other memorable moments included Troy busting 9 out of 10 birds in a row with the single-shot .410 and making hits on steel with his 7.62 AK equipped with XS Big Dot sights (you know, the ones that are "worthless" at anything but in-your-face distance?), and David shooting the washer off one side of the hanging steel target with his 8mm Mauser (the accompanying bolt and nut were left intact; I dare him to try and do it again on purpose!)
Much fun was had by all. Pics tomorrow; I'm beat.