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allisji wrote: Tue Aug 21, 2018 7:30 am My son started Kindergarten last week. He's crossing multiple milestones now. For example, On Sunday he asked me to take the training wheels off of his bicycle. So I did and he learned to ride it. I also took the child safety lock off of the door on his side of the car so that he can get him self out of the car in the school drop-off line.

In one month from today, he will turn 6 and I am going to give him a BB gun and teach him how to shoot. I got him this Daisy Buck BB gun. I also picked up a pair of safety glasses for him, a foam target, and a 2400 BBs.

I'm looking forward to teaching him safe handling and can't wait to get him shooting with it. For storage it's either going to go in the safe with my guns or on the top shelf in my bedroom closet so that he can't get to it without supervision, and knows that it's not a toy. His Granddad already has a Davey Crickett .22 waiting for him once he's mastered the BB gun.

Middle Age Russ wrote: Tue Aug 21, 2018 8:15 am I am reminded of Proverbs 22:6. "Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it." Ingraining responsible gun handling habits in our youngsters is a great way to ensure a lifetime of positive experiences in shooting sports.

mot7981 wrote: Tue Aug 21, 2018 8:45 am Sounds like you’ll have a great time with your son and I’m envious of the cheap ammo. But hey, let’s not forget the ladies! I didn’t have any sons but was blessed with two beautiful daughters. They’re both grown now but I agree with the previous sentiments. They’re gone before you know it so enjoy it now. Both can shoot and we still make it to the range occasionally (one keeps a range bag in her car). Neither currently carries but they can both take care of themselves. Any person foolish enough to break into their homes will be met with a rude awakening - one keeps a 20ga. handy and the other has a PX4 (9mm). The younger one recently built her first AR and I was enlisted to "help" so that was fun. Shooting/hunting is just one more great excuse to spend some quality time with your kid. Enjoy!

allisji wrote: Tue Aug 21, 2018 7:30 am My son started Kindergarten last week. He's crossing multiple milestones now. For example, On Sunday he asked me to take the training wheels off of his bicycle. So I did and he learned to ride it. I also took the child safety lock off of the door on his side of the car so that he can get him self out of the car in the school drop-off line.

In one month from today, he will turn 6 and I am going to give him a BB gun and teach him how to shoot. I got him this Daisy Buck BB gun. I also picked up a pair of safety glasses for him, a foam target, and a 2400 BBs.

I'm looking forward to teaching him safe handling and can't wait to get him shooting with it. For storage it's either going to go in the safe with my guns or on the top shelf in my bedroom closet so that he can't get to it without supervision, and knows that it's not a toy. His Granddad already has a Davey Crickett .22 waiting for him once he's mastered the BB gun.

There are cheap metal hanging targets for air guns and the kids get a kick out hearing that ping and making that little silhouette move . I noticed they had more fun shooting soda cans than targets and got the idea to get them the metal reactive one.

Middle Age Russ wrote: Tue Aug 21, 2018 9:29 am

There are cheap metal hanging targets for air guns and the kids get a kick out hearing that ping and making that little silhouette move . I noticed they had more fun shooting soda cans than targets and got the idea to get them the metal reactive one.

While reactive targets are great fun, steel targets and steel BBs usually don't mix well -- lots of ricochet. There are plenty of other options, though. You can find plated lead BBs, which deform against the steel targets and don't pose much of a ricochet risk. Also, Daisy make some little disk targets that break when you hit them. Then there are paintballs glued to a target, soda cans, balloons, pill bottles, ping pong balls, practice whiffle-ball-like golf balls, etc... that can be used as reactive targets.

Making a frame with a 3/8" plywood back that will hold a ceiling tile with a little space between it and the back can give you a pretty flexible backstop to use for whatever type of target you want to shoot with a BB gun, and you can recover most of the BBs to clean and re-use. You will have to replace the ceiling tile occasionally, but they are fairly cheap.

My son had a ball, shooting his plastic army men.