I took my 8 year old grandson to the Range yesterday.

by JimT, Texas, Thursday, October 06, 2022, 09:13 (779 days ago)

I have been teaching him and his younger brother to shoot. Mostly with BB guns. We have a Daisy Red Ryder and I bought a new Daisy Model 25 .. the single pump BB gun. Also been using the Winchester Model 67 that I cut down for them and the Colibri "silent" loads.

For the range I took 2 .22 rifles. One is a Ruger 10/22 that has a red dot sight and the other was my Grandpa's rifle. He bought it in the early 1900's. I got it from Grandma after Grandpa passed. It is a Stevens Marksman.

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It is a break-open action.

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On the range I had him shooting 2x2 inch wood blocks at about 50 feet. He got onto them pretty quickly and enjoyed seeing them explode when he put a HP through them. We used both rifles and after we were done he said he liked "the old gun" best.

The Stevens will be his. I explained to him how I got it from my Grandpa and that he was getting it from me. It will be his duty to pass it to his grandson and hopefully start a family tradition.

Continuity is vital. Same rifle?

by JohnKDM, Thursday, October 06, 2022, 12:42 (779 days ago) @ JimT

I seem to remember one had a Pope barrel?

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Yessir. That's it. Still accurate too.

by JimT, Texas, Thursday, October 06, 2022, 13:18 (779 days ago) @ JohnKDM

:-)

$25,000 fine if you lived in Kalifornia

by JT, Thursday, October 06, 2022, 16:02 (779 days ago) @ JimT

You would be considered a very evil man in the Utopian Left coast

I would feel honored to be considered evil by them ... (nm)

by JimT, Texas, Thursday, October 06, 2022, 16:58 (779 days ago) @ JT

NM

That warms the cockles of my heart! Just wonderful...

by Hobie ⌂ @, Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, Saturday, October 08, 2022, 14:27 (777 days ago) @ JimT

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Sincerely,

Hobie

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