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A few years ago, my son finally said he wanted to learn to shoot (after years of watching me and mom shooting). I was seriously jazzed, to say the least. We spent a lot of time going over everything about everything, with a constant emphasis on how to be safe & the 4 rules. Sadly though, when it came time to literally pull the trigger, my son's hands were shaking so badly he could barely keep the gun pointed down range, and he never actually fired a shot.
Fast forward to two weeks ago, my son decides he's really ready this time. Then he blew my mind by bringing out all the material from the last time (I printed soooo much paper and pictures) so we could cover all that ground again.
We went to the range this past Saturday, and at first it was almost exactly like the time before. I loaded one round into the mag for the Mosquito and had him load the gun and take aim. Hands start shaking, but not as bad as last time. I'm back and to the left, in a good position to reach around and take control of the gun if need be. I'm watching his finger as he squeezes the trigger and.....nothing. He lets go and turns to me and says "Nothing happened!"
Those that don't have or have never shot a mosquito, there is a lot of slack in that trigger, and it's got a pretty heavy pull (especially compared to my other guns).
I explained to him to keep squeezing until the round goes downrange. He took aim again and eventually... BOOM. Or more accurately POP! And I'll be damned if he didn't put it in the 8 ring, almost on center. He was so surprised he spun around, sweeping the entire place with the muzzle. At least he would have if I hadn't grabbed the gun and his hand and kept it pointing down range, even though it was slide-locked. It kind of took away from the moment, but not by a lot.
We spent the next 30 minutes shooting, switching targets, and discussing the results. He ended up shooting approximately 80 rounds (minus one stove pipe and a few example shots I fired for him) and hitting not only the target on nearly every shot, but doing a good job of hitting center mass. One of his shots actually clipped the bulls eye.
He's really excited and is ready to go again, which we'll do in a couple of weeks. Between now and then, we'll go over his shot placement and how they ended up where they did. Overall though, we had a blast with the whole family shooting at once, finally.
Fast forward to two weeks ago, my son decides he's really ready this time. Then he blew my mind by bringing out all the material from the last time (I printed soooo much paper and pictures) so we could cover all that ground again.
We went to the range this past Saturday, and at first it was almost exactly like the time before. I loaded one round into the mag for the Mosquito and had him load the gun and take aim. Hands start shaking, but not as bad as last time. I'm back and to the left, in a good position to reach around and take control of the gun if need be. I'm watching his finger as he squeezes the trigger and.....nothing. He lets go and turns to me and says "Nothing happened!"
Those that don't have or have never shot a mosquito, there is a lot of slack in that trigger, and it's got a pretty heavy pull (especially compared to my other guns).
I explained to him to keep squeezing until the round goes downrange. He took aim again and eventually... BOOM. Or more accurately POP! And I'll be damned if he didn't put it in the 8 ring, almost on center. He was so surprised he spun around, sweeping the entire place with the muzzle. At least he would have if I hadn't grabbed the gun and his hand and kept it pointing down range, even though it was slide-locked. It kind of took away from the moment, but not by a lot.
We spent the next 30 minutes shooting, switching targets, and discussing the results. He ended up shooting approximately 80 rounds (minus one stove pipe and a few example shots I fired for him) and hitting not only the target on nearly every shot, but doing a good job of hitting center mass. One of his shots actually clipped the bulls eye.
He's really excited and is ready to go again, which we'll do in a couple of weeks. Between now and then, we'll go over his shot placement and how they ended up where they did. Overall though, we had a blast with the whole family shooting at once, finally.
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