Family day at the range

[longtooth]

Welcome aboard ChampionLiver. (I had a hard time in spelling class but made As in Character Recognition.)
From now on will you go by Mrs. GH or by your new name?
Congrats on the shooting skills & even more on the safety issues.
An "attagirl" to the daughter & you too.

[ElGato]

I was at PSC this past Sunday afternoon and had a good time shooting with ElGato. The best part of the afternoon was watching a friend working with his young son and daughter. He had started both of them on Airsoft pistols teaching them gun safety, proper grip, sight alignment/sight picture, trigger discipline, etc.

Well, this was their day to move up to a Walther P22. The little girl shot first and it was amazing to watch this young girl handle a pistol that would be small for any of us, but that was a double handful for her. Her grip was perfect. Every time the sights were on target, her figure went to the trigger. When the front sight came off the target, her trigger finger was indexed on the frame.

She also shot very well, including several bullseyes! It was wonderful to hear her squeal with excitement when she hit the bullseye. She had a little trouble pushing the mag. release and Dad had to help her, but she seated the fresh mag and racked the slide with authority. Her brother also shot very well, both with the P22 and with Dad's Kimber .45 ACP. He too had cut his teeth on an Airsoft, learning the basics. These two kids shot better than many of the new adult shooters I teach in the more basic classes.

These two kids are a testament to what a loving father can do to teach his kids the safe and fun way to use firearms. Both ElGato and I agree that watching them and Dad enjoying the day was much more fun than our time on the firing line. I hope one or both of our sons decide to give Martha and I some grandchildren so I can have such a day at the range, before I’m too old to hold a gun!

Who were these folks? Well, I'll leave it to my friend to decide if he wants this information public.

Chas.

aannd Mrs. GH was there helping GH with the children, and cheering them on and doing some shooting herself , quite well I might add.

We were very impressed with the Children, I told Charles several time's I wish we had a camera, that would make a great picture for the forum.

Both you guy's keep it up, youre doing GOOD

By the way CL that was a great first post, we will be looking forward to more of them!