Did some shooting

So buddy brought out his 14 year old girl today. They live in town he’s helped me when I’m dropping trees good guy
The girl is in cadets that’s been shut down for a year so they came out with pellet gun I set her up with targets 20yd told her right off the bat if she points the gun any where’s near me I would likely swear at her. If she did it twice we call it a day
she was a little shaky at first but she was hitting bulls eye after few shots. Then picking off pop cans

So I had 10/22 put 5 rounds in clip. Racked it handed it to her showed her how to take safety off. 3 misses at 25yd hmm. 4 and fifth each took a pop can. Ok let’s move to fifty yd
Loaded clip for her racked it for her 10 cans fell
Move to 75 yd. told her she can load her own mag. Put 3 rd in for her she did remaining 7. Fast learner
10 cans fell
Move 100yd
She reloaded two mags
Sat down 10 cans fell shot a fire extinguisher 10 pings

Set up cans and 10 spray can plastic tops.
2 mags all hits. She’s a natural
Have a small propane tank hanging been 22-250 several holes she likes the bell gong it makes.
100yd 50rd 50 pings not bad

She’s little thing maybe 70 pound bad guys in TO better watch out for this one

Nice story and thanks for mentoring a young one!

Great stuff!

Don't know why but most girls I have taken shooting are crack shots! Made me nervous to go after to make sure I shot as good as they did!!

With my own gun! Bah

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When I did basic training they told us when we started that the best shooter was likely to be a girl because every teenage boy thinks he can shoot and girls tended to be totally new to shooting, which meant they paid better attention to instruction.

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When I did basic training they told us when we started that the best shooter was likely to be a girl because every teenage boy thinks he can shoot and girls tended to be totally new to shooting, which meant they paid better attention to instruction.

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This is exactly what I have been telling parents and couples getting their kids or themselves into shooting for years. The guys have watched so many movies or TV shows they tend to think they know all there is to be able to shoot well. Also, I think even the wimpiest guy out there musters up some macho when it comes to shooting. Macho doesn't cut it.

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When I did basic training they told us when we started that the best shooter was likely to be a girl because every teenage boy thinks he can shoot and girls tended to be totally new to shooting, which meant they paid better attention to instruction.

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Yep, less ego involved.

I started out shooting at around 5, I already have a rifle for my daughter but she is too rammy right now for shooting, hopefully next summer.

Your daughter is already 5 now?

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Yep, less ego involved.

I started out shooting at around 5, I already have a rifle for my daughter but she is too rammy right now for shooting, hopefully next summer.

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Your daughter is already 5 now?

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No kidding eh!!....I swear it was just last year she was sitting on Marks lap at breakfast !!

Yes in all my years on various ranges, the women tended to be the best shooters, at least when it came to paper targets.

Wasn't that last Jan or Feb??

Am I missing a few years someplace.

I think my memory is going.

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Originally Posted by MikePal

No kidding eh!!....I swear it was just last year she was sitting on Marks lap at breakfast !!

Yes in all my years on various ranges, the women tended to be the best shooters, at least when it came to paper targets.

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My son seems to be a bit better shooting the pistol then me.

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Originally Posted by greatwhite

Your daughter is already 5 now?

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4 and a half, she is too rammy right now for is, hopefully next summer.

She wants to come out and "Shoot my own deer for dinner, mmmm", ha ha ha.

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My son seems to be a bit better shooting the pistol then me.

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My son not as good on paper as I am but is a crack shot on running animals. Weird

Women usually have a better hand eye control

We call my wife "Sniper Chick". She simply does not miss. 29 deer in 29 shots. When we shoot off a bench, I try to fart to throw her off. It has worked a few times but it damn near made me sick to my stomach!

She was so quiet but you tell her something and it sunk in. Dad stayed quiet so it helped
Told her next time we start up close move back 125yd. With a egg as target. She was picking off rattle can tops so it’s doable.

It’s certainly a good time to get some shooting in. I’d picked up 45- 70, 405 grain mold a while back , I finally got my lead mixture soft enough so I could size the bullet down to .446 caliber for the 43 Mauser. Now I’m having the fun of working up a load for it. My eyes aren’t what they use to be so I’ve put a red dot on the gun. So far some of the load combinations have been spotty with respect to grouping. However I will eventually find a combination that has a sweet spot.

You don’t stop hunting because you grow old. You grow old because you stop hunting.
- Gun Nut

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So far some of the load combinations have been spotty with respect to grouping. However I will eventually find a combination that has a sweet spot.

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I know what you mean, a fella sold me a box of goodies for my .58 Musketoon. In it I found a couple hundred .45 Minnie balls. Till now had only been shooting 'Patch and Ball' with my .45 Kentucky so I've been on my range for the past few weeks playing around with those trying to find the sweet spot.

Heck of a difference between a 129 gr lead ball and a .244 gr minnie. The stiff target panel at 50 yrs flattens the ball without full penetration and the Minnie pops right thru it...using the same powder load !! Turned the Kentucky into a Deer Gun !!

It was a blessing when we bought this place that I was now able to shoot 200 yds on a range I built in the back yard. I do a lot more shooting now that I don't have to pack all the crap into the truck to go to a range to shoot.

I also know what you mean by eyesight...still not used to wearing prescription glasses to shoot. HaHa...

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Originally Posted by js4fn

So buddy brought out his 14 year old girl today. They live in town he’s helped me when I’m dropping trees good guy
The girl is in cadets that’s been shut down for a year so they came out with pellet gun I set her up with targets 20yd told her right off the bat if she points the gun any where’s near me I would likely swear at her. If she did it twice we call it a day
she was a little shaky at first but she was hitting bulls eye after few shots. Then picking off pop cans

So I had 10/22 put 5 rounds in clip. Racked it handed it to her showed her how to take safety off. 3 misses at 25yd hmm. 4 and fifth each took a pop can. Ok let’s move to fifty yd
Loaded clip for her racked it for her 10 cans fell
Move to 75 yd. told her she can load her own mag. Put 3 rd in for her she did remaining 7. Fast learner
10 cans fell
Move 100yd
She reloaded two mags
Sat down 10 cans fell shot a fire extinguisher 10 pings

Set up cans and 10 spray can plastic tops.
2 mags all hits. She’s a natural
Have a small propane tank hanging been 22-250 several holes she likes the bell gong it makes.
100yd 50rd 50 pings not bad

She’s little thing maybe 70 pound bad guys in TO better watch out for this one

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Great to get the young ones into shooting!

Women seem to better shots in general from my experience. I don’t know why but it seems this is the case.

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Originally Posted by MikePal

I know what you mean, a fella sold me a box of goodies for my .58 Musketoon. In it I found a couple hundred .45 Minnie balls. Till now had only been shooting 'Patch and Ball' with my .45 Kentucky so I've been on my range for the past few weeks playing around with those trying to find the sweet spot.

Heck of a difference between a 129 gr lead ball and a .244 gr minnie. The stiff target panel at 50 yrs flattens the ball without full penetration and the Minnie pops right thru it...using the same powder load !! Turned the Kentucky into a Deer Gun !!

It was a blessing when we bought this place that I was now able to shoot 200 yds on a range I built in the back yard. I do a lot more shooting now that I don't have to pack all the crap into the truck to go to a range to shoot.

I also know what you mean by eyesight...still not used to wearing prescription glasses to shoot. HaHa...

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Switching to conical ammunition from round balls, do have a way of increasing the killing energy of your guns. Sometime it's simply a manner of backing off your powder charge to find your sweet spot. On my first round with the 43 Mauser I tried 34.5 grains of H-322, it group two of the three slugs not badly a bit high. On the next round, I’m going to try reducing the powder charge to 31.5 grains, it should lower the point of impact and maybe yield a three shot group in fairly closer proximity. When you’re messing with a slug over 400 grains it don’t have to go that fast to blow a hole through a deer's boiler room. At a speed around 1,100 fps it's knocking back about 1,075 ft-lb. As well, with the higher lead mixture, the mold mostly likely drops a slug closer to 420 grains.as oppose to 405 grains.

You don't stop hunting because you grow old. You grow old because you stop hunting.
- Gun Nut .

Took my wife out last weekend. She's 50, a city girl, nurse, has never touched a gun, and said she'd like to try.
We took out the Rem 597 in .22 LR and the CZ452 in .22 Mag. She shot several rounds into a thumbnail group at 25 yards, and then a bunch of clay pigeons stuck in the sand. Her best shot was standing with her wrist braced against an upright post; picked off a clay pigeon at 50 yards.
And can't wait to go again!

I finally got some not bad consistence with the 405 gr FN cast bullets in the 43 Mauser. I've tried a few different powders but H-380 gave the best results

You don't stop hunting because you grow old. You grow old because you stop hunting
- Gun Nut