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My son took me to the local outdoor range for father's day, and it was a real relaxing time. He took a Marlin 336 in 30-30, plus an AR-15. I took my Uberti Henry in 44-40, plus my Ruger O.A. BP, and a small concealed carry Colt .32 ACP model 1903.
I haven't got any shot-up targets to post here, but it was just plain fun to casually load and fire off a few rounds from the variety of calibers we took with us. My son got a real kick out of shooting a BP revolver for the first time, and I had a little nostalgia when I fired off a 30 round clip from his AR-15. Is it my imagination, or are firearms getting louder as we grow older!
My son is 51 years old, and we've hunted and shot together many times before, but this time seemed a little special. I can't imagine my grandsons and granddaughters not being able to share this same experience with their children. Our right to do what me and my son enjoyed on Father's Day must NEVER be taken away!
Winjester
Winjester wrote:...Our right...must NEVER be taken away!
Winjester
AMEN!
Sounds like a special time to me.
1,000 Amen's!!!
It is already bad enough now. When I was young - not that long ago (though it seems like it to me), I carried a pocket knife to school everyday. Arguments there were settled on the playgrounds or after school with fists and nothing else. You ended up buddies again. And if you misbehaved the principle wacked you one good. During the summer we'd wander off into the fields and woods for hours without a concern from any parents over our safety or what we'd be doing. Later we started carry guns afield - begining with .22's, then shotguns, then other firearms. Again, not a concern from anyone. When I tell these stories to my son he just cringes, stating how unfair it is he can't do the same things. It is. And it is only getting worse. I fear my grandchildren may never know the responsibility and freedom that comes from being armed.
Congrats on your Father's Day range trip - that's awesome!!!
Congratulations on a day well spent. I only hope I can still shoot with my son when he's 51. That would make me 90 years old and lookin' more like my avatar!!!
Whatever you do always give 100%........... unless you are donating blood.
game keeper wrote:Congratulations on a day well spent. I only hope I can still shoot with my son when he's 51. That would make me 90 years old and lookin' more like my avatar!!!
And here I thought that was a recent picture of you GK!
I'm in near the same boat. If I am still kicking around when my son is 51, I'll be 85!
My daughter lives in Germany and was never into shooting sports so this Father's Day gift from her was a huge surprise. I had mentioned to my wife recently that I was interested in CAS. Via Amazon I received the Gun Digest Book of Cowboy Action Shooting, The ABC's of Reloading, 8th ed. and Ammo and Ballistics 3, 3rd ed. My daughter ordered these and they arrived the day after Father's Day. She was mildly antigun until she moved to Alaska and a female friend gave her a lever carbine and said "We take care of ourselves in this state!" She taught her to shoot it and she carried it. In Germany she tells her friends about the guns I own and they tell her that they envy my firearms freedom, even for Kalifornia. It has given her a new perspective! Like most things, you take gun rights for granted untill you lose them, or you meet people from a society who don't have them. Like Winjester's, this was a special Father's Day for me too!
Adding to what YK said about being young and carrying firearms with nobody concerned about their safety or ours, I probably stated this before. When I was growing up on a farm in N. Minnesota, I carried an old .22 springfield single shot rifle with me everywhere I went. It was like part of my arm. I'd walk down main street with it slung over my shoulder, and nobody even gave me a second look.
I'll always wonder how I never got hurt from the firearms I carried. The .22 would go off by itself after you pulled the firing pin back to cock it. You had to hold the bolt handle down hard, because any upward travel of it would cause the gun to fire. I had accidental firings quite alot. The extractor was broke, so I knew whatever I was shooting at would get away if I missed, because it would take too long to pry the empty shell out with my pocket knife.
I had an old single barrel 12 gauge that had a broken latch spring, so I took a large rubber band to hold the barrel closed when I shot it. I then pryed the barrel down, loaded another shell, and let the rubber band close it back together. God must have been really looking after me back in my younger days!
Winjester
