I took the little man shooting this weekend

Well, it such a nice weekend here in SE Washington that I couldn't pass it up. The little man, the wife, and I took the Marlin .22, Ruger 10/.22, the M&P AR-15/5.56 NATO, and my .243 out and expended over 1000 rounds. I took about 100 pictures but the first one below is my favorite.

Check out the concentration on the young man! He's 7 yrs old and only weighs about 43 pounds so the AR is still a bit on the heavy side for him. But, he didn't let that stop him...even after he "scoped" himself on his first two shots! He was pretty damned accurate out to 150 yrds too, hitting the target about 80% of the time.

He's getting stoked that he's almost big enough to actually hunt. However, he needs to get a bit bigger so that he can lug a rifle around and shoot on his own. He can shoot the .22s off-handed but anything bigger is still a little too heavy to make a steady shot.
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sneekeepete
Good job getting him out and started with some rifles! Looks like you all had a blast from the pictures! 10sign:
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Its great to see young 'uns taking up the sport we all love! 10sign:
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MuleyMadness
Nice pics, bet they had a blast. :thumb
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camodup
Looks like a party :))
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Love the 10-22 awsome gun and its fun to shoot.
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killerbee
Thats awsome!
way to get him out there and into the sport!
my 4 yr old daughter is just on a red rider bb gun so far, but hopefully this some- with LOTS of help, she can shoot a little chipmunk .22 :thumb
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If those pictures get into the hands of the any of the woodland critters they would move out of the state for fear of their future generations :) Looks like a great day.
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ABert
I agree, that first pic is priceless!

But who is that goofy looking guy with the knit cap? lol
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fatrooster
Love the pictures man! Take him to do everything, you won't regret it. The only bad part is when they grow up and leave home. But then you get to start over with Grand kids. fatrooster.
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