Granddaughters start shooting

[Eagle_view]

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on our home range yesterday. They showed talent and of course that thrilled us greatly. They each left with the rifles that they started shooting. I wanted to share the enjoyment with this group as so many have shared with us.

Lowell

[Bill K]

Lowell: That is great and yes, sharing those photo's just added to the post. Great that they are liking it and most likely will continue to enjoy our great sport of shooting and firearms. Bill K

[georgeld]

That's great Lowell:

[17VLD]

Passing on the greatest hobby and learning to be safe with it.
Matt

[Gerald D.]

Excellent...

[csterner]

Sweet. I gotta get my granddaughter on the trigger. Bought her a cricket awhile back. Haven't had the chance to get her out.

[SEM]

Thank you for sharing, Brings back memories that are just as precious today as they were then, Good job Gramps

[glennlasher]

Good on you for that. Teaching grandkids to shoot is something I am really looking forward to doing.

Is that an old Winchester? It sorta looks like a 1903, which are pretty neat. In any event, it's hard to say who enjoys such episodes more, the grandkids or the grandparents.

[jim barker]

Great that you can have the privilege to open up your granddaughters to the wonderful world of shooting. Hope you have many years of doing so. But please remember that not only hearing protection is important but also eye protection.

[Eagle_view]

Thank you everyone, we did really enjoy helping them shoot. The smallest rifle is a Winchester 1904 and has been in my wife's family since it was new, we figure about 1910.

This is the 5th generation to use it and it still shoots very well. It was used as a Wyoming Chicken rifle by which ever generation wife was using it. Meaning that they carried in the buggy or pickup when they took the noon lunch to the hay hands.

Sage Chickens young are just about perfect size during the hay season, so on the way back to the ranch house the wife would shoot as many sage chickens as they needed for supper the next day.

Not much was thought about hunting seasons and such in those days.

The rifle came to Montana in 1946 and then to Idaho in 1972.

I would bet that my wife could still shoot a chickens head off at 20 yards with it. I have seen her do it with Fool Hens at the Ranch near Priest Lake, Idaho. It's legal in Idaho and Washington to use a .22 for Forest Grouse and they were in season.

The other rifle is a Savage M15 that I picked up about 18 years ago and was in rough shape from not being used. It cleaned up pretty well and It shoots just fine too. I bought it because my first 22 was a Stevens Model 15B which my oldest son has now and is now teaching his kids to shoot with.

My OGD told my son, her Dad that she "Really Really liked shooting" and laid back down to send another 10 shots down range. She also shot my Ruger 22/45 just fine.

As we were leaving the range, the girls were holding on to the rifles with a determine look set on their faces, I had to decide if I wanted to raise to fine girls or give up a couple of rifles. I chose the latter.

Lowell