Took three of my kids shootin' since two of them passed Hunter's Ed, and since I'm kinda a "shooter", it was the thing to do, and my oldest Son had to break-in his new .243, and do a bit of sight-in.
Since he's shot so much, and so many varied guns, that boy did alright, as expected. My oldest, my daughter of 14 is kinda the tree-hugger of the family, but she surprised daddy a bit and was doing fine too.
But the biggest surprse of the day was my youngest Son. He's only 7, and he's gone shooting with us for a couple of years now, with me helping to hold the equipment. Even the bolt-action .22 that he enjoys shooting it too big for him, so I help by holding the forearm while he sits just in front of me.
Well, I've always expected that he just "shot-AT" targets, not even using the cross hairs, and always built him up, saying he was hitting the target, but as he was sitting in front of me (we sit on the ground, more "real-life" than a bench), I could "FEEL" him slightly pushing the gun up, down, left or right so I just naturaly would move the gun slightly with my hand holding the forarm as mentioned, talking to him softly.
Well I'll be danged, he hit every clay pidgeon (kids just LOVE reactive targets!!!) or was dang-me close with each and every shot!
That told me for certain that he was indeed using the cross-hairs, amazed and surprised all at the same time. Sure feels good!
Here's the Oldest with his Birthday Present;
Here's one of the oldest shooting his 22 a couple of years ago, didn't have a recent one! He's prone here using a bag rest, but mostly they shoot sitting, cross-legged.
