Posted: 12/23/2008 2:37:08 PM EDT
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Actually BB Gun handling training is do....
Our neighbor's 7 year old kid just shot out their garage window after just 15 minutes of receiving his first Red Ryder  . When my wife told me I had to start laughing once I found out he didn't shoot anybody's eye out.
He has a couple of airsoft guns but now has a gun more capable of REAL damage so his Uncle 7mm08  is going over tonight to give him a stern lecture[>:/] on the 4 RULES! Then go to the back yard & do some plinking on coke cans, soda crackers, balloons and whatever reactive target we can come up with .
Before y'all start jumping on the 'rents here is a little background on them. Both are unemployed...the kid is adopted-adopted days after birth so in effect he is THEIR son & is loved very much by his 'rents, he gets along with all the other neighborhood kids...mom is a full time mom & is still a full time mom for her son & husband...dad is the kind of guy that would help you build your fence, paint your house or cut your grass while your out of town-he's done that & more, however its been 2.5 years since he was diagnosed w/ ALS  , the ALS is the really sad part, he is now having the physical issues that come with the disease but he is doing his best to LIVE NOW for his son & wife.
So I'm off to their house w/ some cans, balloons, crackers, SAFETY GLASSES, LOCKABLE GUN CASE. Wish me luck. 7mm |
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AAR
We survived the shoot. No eyes were shot out. No Blood No Foul. It took him a while but he managed to get the point about muzzle control & the hurtin that little Red Ryder can do. And no I didn't shoot him to show him how much a hurtin it could do but I did think about it.
The balloons were a lot tougher than I remembered or the Red Ryder was a bit under powered  So after a couple of balloons were shot at w/o popping we dinged the cans for a while. His dad & I really wanted to shoot the neighbors inflatable yard decorations but my wife said NO! since they were in OUR yard! Hmm, go figure.
We took an old Army blanket and used it as a back stop. I draped it in such a way as to collect the BB's in one big fold w/ an old speaker magnet in the bottom of the fold. You put the magnet in a zip lock baggie turned inside out. After all the shooting is done just invert the baggie as you pull it off & you collect the BB's nice & neat in the baggie. Yea, I'm cheap like that.:bounce: 7mm |