Shooting with young kids..
Today, Jax and I both learned a lot. Ive been having him shoot prone for a couple years. He was 5 and shot my old 6 dasher. The problem was 2 fold. 1st, I couldn't see what he was seeing (need a scope cam) so me trying to explain to a 5 year old of what he needs to be seeing is tough. 2nd is, with his little hands, he struggles manipulating the rear bag to get the reticle on a precise point of aim.
Today, we started shooting prone. What I was having to do was manipulate the bag for him while he was on the gun. He would tell me "up, down, up a little, left, ok" then he would pull the trigger. It wasn't working great. He still hit a relatively small target at 100 yards, putting 2 rounds a little high and about 1/2" apart. Not bad, but we can do better.
So I had a thought. Why not have him shoot standing so he can control the rear of the rifle where he needs to and break a good shot when he was on target on his time? Well, this was the first time he's ever shot a rifle from the standing in his life, and probably only his 4th time shooting a centerfire rifle period.
My man printed a 1.1 MOA 5 shot group from standing. Why haven't I thought of this before now??!! It makes so much sense. He doesn't need to manipulate a bag with his tiny paws when there is no rear bag.
I was pretty damn impressed that a 7 year old, who has never shot standing, printed a group smaller than a lot of adults can't do. Go to your nearest hunting club the opening weekend of rifle season, and show me how many of the men at deer camp can shoot that group standing/supported.
I didn't give him enough credit on my initial group analysis. Thought it was 2-2.5" but it was about half of that. I didnt count the 2 prone shots because he didn't have full control of what was going on with the rifle. This new found success has gotten him even more boosted to shoot more.
GET YOUR KIDS OUT AND SHOOT!
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