I appreciate that my posts might be getting a bit repetitive, so apologies if they are not everyone’s thing. I was out game shooting on Saturday and lamping on Sunday, but still managed to get wrangled into taking the three boys to their rifle club’s air rifle shoot in between. I am unwell, so had planned to stay only until the rain started, but no luck with that. Inevitably they were the last to leave the stands and I was soaked again.
This evening was small-bore night, and it was my youngest’s first time shooting indoors and getting a whiff of burnt powder. Between ear plugs, muffs, ammunition, three rifles, bolts, magazines, and moderators, it felt like I’d packed half the gun room. The club were brilliant as always, letting me shoot back-to-back details and keeping an eye on the others whilst I was on the range.
My youngest took to my middle son’s semi-auto straight away and looked a natural. His first bit of ‘recoil’ (well bark really from .22LR) didn’t bother him, though he did say afterwards that the cycling bolt was distracting while he was trying to stay on target during the follow through. I misplaced the correct moderator for his first detail, but he still shot really well. Not bad for six years old.
