Today was awesome. I took my 9 year old granddaughter to the range. This was her first time. They have a pink .22 Cricket there for just such an occasion. My middle daughter Leah came along to watch.
I had gone over all the safety rules with her last week, preparing for today. She knew them. I loaded up the rifle, and she just looked at it, said she wanted me to shoot it first. I did. She said it wasn't too loud. Tried again, she was still too scared. I shot about 6 rounds, then Leah shot one. Anabella finally decided she would try.
The first shot, she hit the target, and wanted to try another. By ten more rounds, she wanted a machine gun! She shot 300+ rounds, what was left of my entire brick, and still didn't want to stop! She said it was the best time ever, way more fun than skating or anything! She wants to go tomorrow, lol.
I think I may have started an Annie Oakley. She hit the X at 75 feet... yes, 75 FEET once. Better than I could ever do...