Gotta brag a little, proud Dad moment

[Sykes]

My father in law and I were out shooting my 6mm creedmoor a little today, getting some 700 yard practice in and was just finishing up when my oldest boy Blake asked to look through the scope. He shoots his .22 a bunch and is getting real good at killing golfers. He got behind the rifle prone and quickly found the steel plate at 350 yards. I asked him if he could reach the trigger and told him to dry fire on target. All looked good so I asked him if he wanted to shoot one and of course he did! I loaded a round for him, put it on safe and when he said he was ready and on target I flipped the safety off and....

When he heard the impact on the plate he went nuts! He's 6 and off to a good start. He will be out shooting me very soon I think

 

[JMW67]

the golfers better watch out

 

[Sykes]

Golfers and gophers are in trouble!

 

[Rick Richard]

Four! Lol. Good shooting little man.

 

[26Reload]

Yeah....those damned golfers are always getting in the way...
Shooting all those birdies....just hate the wasted meat....
I know several place golfers are way over populated......

 

[LVJ76]

That is awesome Dad, definitely a proud moment, I mean look at his smile. Congrats to you both.

Stay safe

 

[Lwarner03]

Awesome, that's father/daughter goals for me now.

 

[johnnyk]

Awesome! One more for the shooting team! I bet he didn't stop talking about that for a while. LoL. Gotta love their enthusiasm.

 

[slv hunter]

You can tell by that smile he's hooked for life. Good job to both of you!

 

[T3ninja]

Awesome! Maybe if we start thinning out the golfers we could turn those golf courses into some AWESOME rifle ranges. !!

 

[rsbhunter]

That is GREAT!!!! Start getting the parts together for his rifle.....maybe start with a Savage short action, a criterion bbl in 6br.....plenty of reach for distance, light recoil, and your set up for bullets in 6mm... take lots of video and pictures......you will relive those moments forever....congratulations....rsbhunter

 

[Sykes]

We have been discussing building him one, hes excited about it. I'm thinking a 22 creedmoor or a 224 Valkyrie bolt gun. The Valkyrie would give longer barrel life and less recoil, might be the ticket! Or may just set him up with a good .223 for now

 

[PAGSDIII701]

We have been discussing building him one, hes excited about it. I'm thinking a 22 creedmoor or a 224 Valkyrie bolt gun. The Valkyrie would give longer barrel life and less recoil, might be the ticket! Or may just set him up with a good .223 for now

I'd say .223, then a .224 Valkyrie

 

[rsbhunter]

True, 22's (centerfires) are great first guns....you sound like you've put some thought into it....I can't imagine the pride he will feel when he shoots a rifle that " me and my dad built". Just get ready to help all the other dads build one for their son's and daughters.....glad we have parents out there that spend time teaching skills and values that can't be learned from a game controller...rsbhunter