old school of thinking and I'm training my 7 year old grandson as to how to shoot with iron/aperture sights! Bought him a .22 Chipmunk rifle which is made by the Rogue Rifle Company of Lewiston, Idaho and he's doing quite well with it after about 6 training sessions. It has a quite well built receiver sight with a hooded front globe and I have him at present shooting a post front sight. Have him shooting on a Ram silhouette metal target and at 50 yards he's now getting 95% hits. Over many years I've trained hundreds of shooters in marksmanship dating back to my military days and as I have 7 grandchildren...I have instructed all of them in this same manner....irons first, scope later if desired but I'm a firm believer that all kids need to be trained FIRST shooting irons! Brett is a good listener, receives instruction very good and when we first started I used images of correct sight picture and 'hold' to get him oriented as to how things should look. It's imperative when teaching youngsters marksmanship to get down on their level somewhat as most times normal vocabulary won't transfer meaning to them. I explained to Brett that shooting is somewhat akin to playing a computer game.....and that was all the basic training he needed! He's learning now about correct trigger control and follow through and soon...we'll be getting 100% hits!
Marksmanship Training by Sharps45 2 7/8, on Flickr
Marksmanship Training by Sharps45 2 7/8, on Flickr
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