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Makes me a proud Dad! He loaded the chamber, worked the bolt and cleared shell cases himself that didnt eject properly.
Even had a bit of 'cheek weld' on the stock!
He managed to shoot half a dozen of the small bits of orange clays too!
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Good stuff. How old is he? I really need to do this with my boy, but he struggles with the scope. I see you have open sights.
@MB he is 4 in April.
Took a while for him to sus the sights.
To start with I held the gun and he worked the bolt and the trigger etc. Didnt hit anything but he liked it and taught him a little about keeping his finger off the trigger until ready etc.
How old is yours?
Cheers. I'm way behind, mine is 7 years old. Loves hunting small game with me. Maybe I'll get him an air rifle.
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We are behind on the hunting bit!
Nice!
He is an excellent retriever! Almost fully trained now.
Great retrievers don't like the water reeves much tho
Awesome work Monty and Dad.
MB, I started my boy out when he was 5 with a BSA V Scout. He personally wasn’t ready before that age with the safety side of things. The gun, and many others like it, has low power (500 fps at best) which was great for him to learn on as it doesn’t kick or have a harsh jolt some springers do. I thought he was going to have difficulties with the open sights but he took to them with ease and it was getting him to use the scope that took a little bit of work. He’s 5 and a half now and loves to shoot the 22 when ever he can. He has a goal to get ten hits consecutively on a two inch target at 50 yards then he can take aim at live pray, he’s very close now. He’s my loyal hunting companion now, we’ve shot a few deer together and our first pig last Friday.
Good luck and enjoy! It’s a hell of a blast seeing him out there in the wild loving it!
Yeah, I had to get myself into it as Dad and mum split at an early age. (small violin plays)Quote:
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I am envious of my kids life so far! Growing up in Suburbia without a dad is not ideal.
Had to re-zero a rifle and took the boy along. He was super keen to have a go. Despite my best efforts and patience, he just couldn't make the scope work for him. Recoil of a 300BLK subsonic round was a bit of a shock!
He loved it when I shot a brick and it disintegrated, probably not very responsible parenting!
Note, I did teach proper positioning and he had ear protection for firing. Maybe I should get him a single shot .22 with open sights or even an air rifle.
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A .22 is the go!
those savage rascalls are a good size.
two things pop out to me from that photo..... he is square on to rifle,not offside shoulder back....being low recoil and benched like that you CAN get away with sitting recoil pad either above or below his shoulder IF YOU HOLD IT FIRMLY for him...he stil lgets to do the aim and fire thing,you just control rearward movement of rifle.Quote:
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perfect use for subsonic rounds.....and shooting bricks is not as much fun as plastic milk bottles filled with water...picking up pieces afterwards is good teaching experience too.
He wasn't shooting from that position, just trying to work out the magic magnifying tube.
Milk bottles filled with petrol. Much funerer.
He could be right eyed.Quote:
Originally Posted by MB
Eye dominance is far more important than left or right handedness.
Acertain his dominant eye and teach him to shoot left or right handed depending on that.
Probably still young enough to make him right eye dominant if he isn't?
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That thought had occurred to me. Also, he can't seem to hold one eye open while the other is shut. Pirate's eye patch?
If you do go that route patch the left eye it makes it so much easier to find/buy guns.Quote:
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Im not qualified to comment on that really but you work in a field where im sure you could find some quality advice.
My shit advise is he probably just needs to practice closing one eye.
Yet more common advice (right or wrong) is to keep both eyes open.....this will definitely only work if the dominant eye is looking at the sights/scope.
I think it is easier for a youngster to learn by closing one eye and not complicating matters.
yah boy is growing up dave. not so little anymore
Using a "blind" works even better, you can keep both eyes open.Quote:
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For target shooting, a palm sized piece of grey plastic, with a magnetic door catch screwed on. Magnet sticks to sight, plastic is as close as practical to left eye. When looking through sight with right eye, left is open but doesn't see anything. Sort of hard to explain, but works a treat. (hold your hand in front of left eye, and you still see with right)
Just found this, as a different method. Would work on a scope to.
Won't let me attach photos...
https://freelandssports.com/product/...ghts-standard/
40mm and MB..what great dads! Well done, you two! Thanks for sharing..
Second picture is priceless! Can picture him asking for some exploding bullets.
