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The day started with the required safety lecture and then we took all the kids down to the range. Ten kids and six adults total. Most with zero gun experience when they met me. I've taught them all how to shoot so the mom could pass on her deceased fathers guns to his grandchildren. Long story . . . anyhow my range is not that big, sort of a pistol bay. It works okay for testing my rifle loads on the chronograph and pistol practice. It was perfect for letting the kids shoot the .22LR rifles. All had plenty of fun and learned a thing or two.
The "Range"
Teaching some basics about proper grip and trigger discipline.
The kids were having a blast. They were even enthusiastic about setting targets.
Everybody got to shoot and all had fun.
A couple of the kids were not hitting paper at 7 yards and I worked with them to get them on the paper and both went from a little sad to very happy. It was a real joy to teach them and we could not care less about having to clean all the guns when the day was over. The parents supplied some of the ammo and the Shoo-N-See targets so that was nice of them.
We fired around 1000 .22LR, 300 9MM, 100 .45ACP, 50 12GA, 50 .38S&W, 72 7.65x25Tok and 100 .32ACP.
A great picture at the end of the day. We shot for about five hours and then had a great meal.
The "Range"
Teaching some basics about proper grip and trigger discipline.
The kids were having a blast. They were even enthusiastic about setting targets.
Everybody got to shoot and all had fun.
A couple of the kids were not hitting paper at 7 yards and I worked with them to get them on the paper and both went from a little sad to very happy. It was a real joy to teach them and we could not care less about having to clean all the guns when the day was over. The parents supplied some of the ammo and the Shoo-N-See targets so that was nice of them.
We fired around 1000 .22LR, 300 9MM, 100 .45ACP, 50 12GA, 50 .38S&W, 72 7.65x25Tok and 100 .32ACP.
A great picture at the end of the day. We shot for about five hours and then had a great meal.
The targets were being shot for a prize with each kid getting points according to the hits on the target. The parents were having each kid pose with the target they shot as they were coming back to the line with their target. 
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