I had a free half an hour so I taught my nephew to shoot
Posted: Sat May 16, 2020 10:12 pm
I was out to my step son's, working on getting his garden in. He bought his place last year. This year he is putting in a garden in. He and his girlfriend grew some plants indoors with the help of some of my dad's indoor green house materials and their own ingenuity. I have replaced 6 shear pins on my Craftsman rototiller so far, the area has a LOT of roots. So I put a garden tractor plow on the back of my compact tractor and turned over the dirt. Didn't some of those roots just about stop me in my tracks! It's a 28 horse 4wd Mahindra and I still had to lift the plow a few times. Lots of roots. No wonder those shear pins were a popping. Anyways, my nephew came out and I showed him how to use the Mini tiller and then I said meet me at the truck after you get a few paper plates from your cousin. He dutifully did so.
I had brought out my model 63 four inch, hoping for time to plink. My nephew had come to spend the night so his cousin could take him turkey hunting in the morning. Steve had just got a very nice Tom this morning. A big bird to be proud of. He also just got a beautiful English short hair pointer last weekend, so he had his hands full. I took my nephew and the 63 up the hill and nailed some plates to a suitable tree. He had never fired a handgun, only his shotgun, deer hunting and turkey hunting. I gave him some instructions and on the fourth shot, he was on. The second cylinder was all on the plate. We were firing at 7 yds. He fired about 36 rds and got the basic concept. I could tell he was getting a bit of the double action fatigue though. I shot a cylinder full, making a fairly tight group, but not too tight, just to show him how to do it. It worked. He buckled down and the next three cylinders full were much better. Then I said, remember John, it's just sight picture and trigger control. Get those two and it's all you need. I fired six rapid fire from seven yards, only looking at the front sight and talking to him the whole time. I threw one as I adjusted my no line bifocals. He was impressed and I was glad to see I still had it when I wanted it.
I had brought out my model 63 four inch, hoping for time to plink. My nephew had come to spend the night so his cousin could take him turkey hunting in the morning. Steve had just got a very nice Tom this morning. A big bird to be proud of. He also just got a beautiful English short hair pointer last weekend, so he had his hands full. I took my nephew and the 63 up the hill and nailed some plates to a suitable tree. He had never fired a handgun, only his shotgun, deer hunting and turkey hunting. I gave him some instructions and on the fourth shot, he was on. The second cylinder was all on the plate. We were firing at 7 yds. He fired about 36 rds and got the basic concept. I could tell he was getting a bit of the double action fatigue though. I shot a cylinder full, making a fairly tight group, but not too tight, just to show him how to do it. It worked. He buckled down and the next three cylinders full were much better. Then I said, remember John, it's just sight picture and trigger control. Get those two and it's all you need. I fired six rapid fire from seven yards, only looking at the front sight and talking to him the whole time. I threw one as I adjusted my no line bifocals. He was impressed and I was glad to see I still had it when I wanted it.
