My eleven-year-old grandson is involved in 4H shooting. This morning his dad had an obligation and asked me to take the grandkid to shooting practice. I was happy to do so. He recently qualified for his first state match, and they are trying to get in s mush practice as possible.
His skill level shoots .22 rimfire, position shooting. Prone, sitting and standing.
They shoot prone and sitting at 50 yards. You can't see the kiddo, because he is prone, in front of the coaches. Then, they move forward to 25 yards for the standing portion.
That is him on the far left, with the yellow tee shirt. I got a chance to look at his targets when he was finished and I was pleased. His shots were evenly clustered around the 10 ring, the vast majority of then 8s and 10s. This tells me that his rifle is set up correctly and he needs to concentrate more on the basics of sight alignment and trigger squeeze. He runs a Ruger 10/22, which seems to be the most common rifle on the line.
It was fun watching the kiddo shoot. He is learning the basics of competitive shooting, he is safe and competent with his rifle. And, he's turning into a pretty fair little marksman.
3 comments:
You raised a good son to have a grandson like that.
When did they take kneeling out of NRA smallbore?
When I shot NRA Juniors program in the 70's it was a 4 position thing.
That's a great way to learn accuracy and patience!
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