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Well, took him back to the range last Saturday. He started out with the 10 rd revolver, but ended up shooting the Ruger Mark III they have there. I know I need to teach him better in that I need to teach him to slow the heck down. The first magazine of 10 took 2.9 seconds to discharge at a target nine feet away. Four in the bullseye, and all the rest within the nine ring except for one that was barely in the eight ring in a twelve inch target. Next magazine of ten was discharged in 2.51 seconds at a target 10 yards away. All shots within the black. I know the times because I captured it on my iPhone and timed it out when I got home. I hate to think how good he would be if he actually took his time. I can't argue too much since that mag of 10 cost as much as a single one of my .45 rounds. If I could figure out how to post the video, I would do it. It is great! At the end, he turns and grins at the camera and says, "Life is good". If any of you watch Hickok45, that is what he says at the end of his YouTube sessions...and Eli loves to watch old Hickok45. He is absolutely beautiful at the point that the picture freezes.

He immediately warmed to the Ruger and started to campaign to get one for his 11th birthday. I talked to his mother (yes, my wife) who almost floored me by saying I could get one for him. You have to remember that this is the woman that almost went into seizures when I announced my intention to not only start shooting again, but to get my CHL. She has come a long way in the last 8 months.

The long and the short of it is that I could not find a Ruger Mark III anywhere, and I did not want to wait to have it shipped in since we are celebrating his birthday on Thanksgiving. I ended up buying a Browning Buck Mark Camper for him (and 10 snap caps, 1050 bullets, a spare mag, a cleaning kit, ear protection, glasses). I researched the Browning on the internet and found almost nothing negative about it. The reviews were almost overwhelmingly positive. The only glitch I saw was that it hiccuped (for one guy) when he used Remington Golden Bullet ammo. I found this out after I bought the two 525 count boxes of...Remington Golden Bullet. I cleaned up the gun and oiled it at the important points, so hopefully this will not be a huge issue for him.

I will let you guys know how it goes with the new gun. He admits he needs to slow down, but points out that I tend to shoot very fast...so I am going to try to slow down also!!

RJ

Thank for the comments!

As I said in the original post, he will be 11 at the end of this month. Needless to say, I started checking out the stores and sites for a nice little .22 revolver for him...when did the prices go so high? The only ones down in the less than 250 buck range were ones made by some company called Heritage. Never heard of them. I don't want to get him something I think will give out before he has a chance to take his own son shooting. Any thoughts about a good revolver that fits the price:quality ratio? I would rather dig deep than go cheap. (Ha! Just made that up.) But I would also like him to have something that causes less buttock pain than my IWB.

RJ

Took my ten year old son(will 11 at the end of the month) to the shooting range on Saturday. The only gun he had shot up to then was a CO2 pellet pistol. Rented a 10 round .22 revolver for him to try out. He went through 200 rounds in no time and was asking to keep on going. He had no problems loading, unloading, firing, or hitting the target. He is a great little shot. We spent about an hour re-hashing gun safety and working with snap caps. He did not break any rules. I was very proud of him! He also shot one mag of my 9mm, and did very well. When I asked him if he wanted to shoot the .45, he looked at me as if I had lost my mind. He knew the 9mm was the smaller load, and was surprised at the difference between the .22 and the 9mm. He did not want to find out the difference between the 9mm and .45!

Also! Always been a Springfield XDm guy. Love my 9mm and .45. Decided to see what all this Glock fuss is about, so I bought a Glock 30. OK, now I can see what the fuss is about. Darn thing shot tiny little groups at 3, 4, 5, 6 yards, right out of the box. It carries IWB as well as my 3.8" 9mm, but it packs those .45 missles. My XDm .45 is the 4.5", so it does not conceal as comfortably. Don't get wrong, I still love my Springfields, but I'm not going to be able to bad mouth Glock anymore.

Oh, happy day!

A proud papa,

RJ