My 14 year old & my Pietta '58

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Raider2000

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Today I thought to take my lil girls to the range for some fun before I had to take my oldest back home.

Now my oldest isn't much for the outdoors stuff except maybe some fishing, her mom has a problem with her doing things that relate to the outdoors except maybe soccer & has always made it clear that I don't get her involved with Archery, Shooting &/or Hunting, well what's a Dad to do?

During our time I let her & my 7 year old shoot the .22 Ruger Single Six a little & after a while she was hitting pretty good at 10 yards, then she asked me to try my Pietta '58 that I had brought.

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She did quite well with my target load of 22gr. FFFG & .457 Ball hitting in the 7 ring area at 10 yards.

There may be hope for her after all. ;)
 
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Raider2000

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Yeah I was supprised, normally when I mention any of my Black Powder pieces & shooting to her for an activity she'll decline & just watch TV or if the whole family is there she'll normally stay on the other side of the table.
 
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iwannasee

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My 12 yo daughter's favorite to shoot is my 1851 colt navy in .44 from Pietta. It always puts a smile on her face. Plus it usually scares others on range to see a little girl with such a big pistol shooting so well!!
 
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noelf2

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Raider, it's great that you are getting your daughters in to shooting. My youngest daughter, now 15, is the only one of my 3 that likes to shoot. She'll try anything but she drives nails with my H&R 949 .22 revolver. Calls it her gun but I beg to differ. On our last outing, she shot my 58 remi with some hefty cartridge loads (35 fffg, 250gr bullet) and it kicked a bit much for her. She prefers the C&B, brings a tear to my eye, snif.

Where did you take the pictures of your daughter shooting? Is that at the IWL in Spotsy?
 
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Raider2000

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Noelf:
Yeah that was at the Spotsy IWL.

My 7 year old likes shooting the .22 but she has no fear of shooting anything bigger.

I just hope that with the time I spend with my lil ones that they learn & appreciate the great outdoors.
 
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kwhi43

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Daughter

Here is my 10 year old daughter. She sure enjoys shooting her .32 cal
Blackpowder gun. It was her idea to start shooting. Thats a fan hanging
around her neck so she can keep cool while shooting.
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Hawg

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Good Lord, you'd swear she was being forced to shoot that thing in the second picture.
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She'll shoot till the shells are gone but she don't like it. She loves my 1911 .45 ACP with 255 gr. Keiths tho.:D


hawg maybe you need to put a little perfume in the powder next time
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Now there's an idea I never thought of. :D
 
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Raider2000

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My 14 year old has yet to try my M1911A1 .45 ACP but maybe one day, my 7 year old though has shot my CVA Bobcat .50 cal & liked that.

Kinda wished I had some extra $$$ to get one of those copies of the '63 Remington Pocket revolver so that my 7 year old could hold & shoot it comfortably, but Moma has put me on a $$$ restriction, good thing I make my own shot & patches & that I have plenty of powder & caps ATM. :rolleyes:
 
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RoaringBull

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My 15 yo son will shoot anything!!
My 13 yo daughter will only shoot a bow but is good at it.
My 10 yo daughter loves to shoot her daddy's .50 Kentucky flinter on a light charge.
 
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