My son's first real rifle shoot

I took the family camping last weekend and got the chance to get my youngest son some "range time" while out there also.

A buddy of mine was doing some house cleaning and gave me an old Marlin single-shot .22 to pass to my youngest boy. He had bugged me to go shooting ever since I brought it home so we took it with us. The rifle is a bit big for him at this point but he did pretty dang well...especially considering that he hadn't shot anything bigger than a pellet gun prior to that!

(The Marlin is an iron site rifle. There is one pic of Sky with a scoped .22 that I also brought for the older kids...he liked the iron sites better.)
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79Ford
Very cool! I remember one of the first time my dad let me shoot. It's likely something your son will never forget. How old is the young man?
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MuleyMadness
Great stuff, he looks focused and happy. :thumb
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killerbee
to cool! my first 22 was the same thing, the type you put 1 bullet it, close the bolt, pull back the pin in the back and shoot. great times!
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I don't know who's having more fun, him or his dad! Brings back lots of memories for me. :thumb
Mark
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That's what it's all about. :thumb
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sneekeepete
Great Pics Hawk!!! I sure can't wait till my son is old enough to start getting him out like that!!! 10sign:
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Looks like fun. I remember the first time I went shooting, bugged my dad to do it again every chance I got.
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thats great hawk . my daughter wants to carry her .410 this year pheasant hunting .
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AGCHAWK
Thanks guys....we ALL had a lot of fun that weekend! We went back out again this past weekend and did some more shooting. This time he got the chance to shoot a little Makarov .380 that has been collecting dust in my gun cabinet. He was a little more shaky with it than the .22 but did pretty well. We are gonna have to make this a regular deal I think...he's already asking to do it again.

79Ford, Skylor just turned 6 years old a couple months ago.
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