The girls' 4-H shooting sports club held an open house yesterday at the gun club to introduce other kids and families to target shooting. (I had forgotten all about it until Fino reminded me or I would have posted the info here.)
After the kids shot a round, the parents were encouraged to try it. L. was eager to be my helper.
She took care of my bullets and helped me load each in to the gun and extract the casing afterwards (I honest to Pete had no idea how to do that at first).
Fino of course was in his glory along with several other dads. I was not the only female on the range (my friend Sarah, a former 4-H shooting club member, was there too) but I was the only one who needed assistance from their child.
L. relished her time as the expert and explained to me that the bullet block is set up like the target. Each bullet is shot towards it's corresponding target.
And I realized quickly that even with a scope, it is not so easy to hit each target. I completely missed four black circles on my target and only managed to hit two anywhere near the center (the closest was the second ring out). But it was actually more fun to shoot than I thought it would be even if I'm not very good at it.
L., on the other hand, was asked to shoot with a different gun yesterday because hers was needed for a smaller boy who had come to the open house. But she was a good sport about it and had Fino beaming with pride once he saw her target after she shot with that larger, heavier gun.
It looks like shooting sports will be in L.'s future for some time. For me, I'm glad I gave it a whirl but I'll leave the weekly trips to the gun club next fall to Fino.
In this respect, she is her father's daughter.
L. teaching her mom about target shooting
She took care of my bullets and helped me load each in to the gun and extract the casing afterwards (I honest to Pete had no idea how to do that at first).
Fino of course was in his glory along with several other dads. I was not the only female on the range (my friend Sarah, a former 4-H shooting club member, was there too) but I was the only one who needed assistance from their child.
L. relished her time as the expert and explained to me that the bullet block is set up like the target. Each bullet is shot towards it's corresponding target.
And I realized quickly that even with a scope, it is not so easy to hit each target. I completely missed four black circles on my target and only managed to hit two anywhere near the center (the closest was the second ring out). But it was actually more fun to shoot than I thought it would be even if I'm not very good at it.
L., on the other hand, was asked to shoot with a different gun yesterday because hers was needed for a smaller boy who had come to the open house. But she was a good sport about it and had Fino beaming with pride once he saw her target after she shot with that larger, heavier gun.
It looks like shooting sports will be in L.'s future for some time. For me, I'm glad I gave it a whirl but I'll leave the weekly trips to the gun club next fall to Fino.
In this respect, she is her father's daughter.
L. teaching her mom about target shooting
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