Originally Posted By ESOXER:
Got my daughter shooting her crosman pumpmaster in the yard if that counts, she's 7, likes to watch Autumns Armory on YouTube, I know it's lame, but she likes it, she wants a rainbow p365 like Autumn has. She loves going pheasant and duck hunting with me, love that kid.

Originally Posted By USMARINE1108:


When my daughter was really young I braided her hair every night.  I made her sit on the floor in the "good sitting position".  Arms in the correct place, elbows in the pockets of her knees, legs crossed etc.  She had no idea why, it was just how she was supposed to sit while I was brushing/braiding her hair.  Then one day I took her in the back yard, told her to sit like she does when I do her hair and put a bb gun in her hands.  She said "Oooooohhhhhhhhhh!".  Lol!  She had no idea I was training her for years.    

I went to boot camp in Hollywood but was mostly an east coaster.  So PI.  I shot the range high on Starlight, then the next year I broke my own record with a 346 in 2009.  Still have the data books.  R. Lee Ermey sent me a letter and an autographed pic congratulating me.  

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I always snuck in a "book suppository" reference during grass week to see who understood.  Usually while they were reading their Knowlege and I noticed one with torn/worn pages.  It'd say "You need to ask your SDI to take you to the book suppository to get a new Knowlege before Final Prac."  Always got a few to chuckle.  Lol!

There was one PMI that was just a dick.  Seemed like he just wanted to be a DI.  He would walk up and down the line with a cleaning rod and whip recruits if they were doing something wrong.  One day while they were eating chow he noticed the rifle stacks weren't perfectly aligned so he knocked them all over and made them re-stack them.  Just an asshole.  The thing is, grass and firing week should be their time to relax.  Have some fun actually shooting.  A good joke every once in awhile makes them trust you because the last thing you want is a pissed off/frustrated recruit with a loaded rifle.  I had one guy from Louisiana that was obviously going to unq.  He just couldn't shoot.  I even sent him to medical to have his eyes checked.  Nothing.  On Qual Day his coach came to me and said his front sight was bent, obviously he had bent it so he could get rolled back to a different platoon and start again.  He was one of the guys that his DIs showed up and asked me to find a reason to drop him.  I don't know what happened to him, clearly he was a turd but he got his wish.  I had no choice, especially when he amidated it to me.

Originally Posted By NesralG:

Also zeroed and put 25 rounds thru my freshly chopped (16.25") Rem 700 in .243, which suppresses waaay better than I thought it would. It's going to be my dedicated deer and critter getter.
Pic of buddy getting some trigger time..
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Originally Posted By USMARINE1108:
My son and I set up some steel in the front yard yesterday and shot out of the pole barn.  100yds.  30-06, .223 and .22.  I just wanted to verify the zero on my hunting rifle.  My wife made me move it to the range in the back yard.  

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Originally Posted By NesralG:


Well done! Keep that kid shooting.