Today I was awoken by my father who wanted to go shooting. So I hopped out of bed, and away we went. Arriving at Ames Rifle & Pistol Club, we went ahead and shot our old scoped Marlin .22LR, but it was a ton of fun nonetheless. The rifle has some feeding issues, and it's the only one we have.
It was my first time shooting with my father, who was pleasantly surprised that I already had good knowledge of range safety, and completely understood the operation of the rifle.
We shot some squirrel targets at around 40-50 yards. I hit the squirrel image right in the face! LOL . My dad had a grouping all over the neck! HA. I was doing my shooting right handed even though I am cross dominant. As we attempted to shoot the metal things out near the giant dirt backstop, my father hit every shot, and I didn't hit it once! I realized this was due to my cross dominance. So we went indoors, and I finished off the rest of the day shooting lefty, with impressive accuracy.
So I think I'm going to keeping shooting rifles lefty. I'm just a beginner, so I might as well get used to shooting lefty now, because at a good range I just can't hit anything righty.
Outdoors, the .22 had more of a crack and echo than I anticipated. The recoil was almost none. I think .22 would be great for squirrels, but in my neighborhood that would be a major no-no.
I'm eager to try something more powerful! It's too bad we don't own anything but the .22
All in all, It was a good day of bonding with the old man. I'm anxious to go again.
It was my first time shooting with my father, who was pleasantly surprised that I already had good knowledge of range safety, and completely understood the operation of the rifle.
We shot some squirrel targets at around 40-50 yards. I hit the squirrel image right in the face! LOL . My dad had a grouping all over the neck! HA. I was doing my shooting right handed even though I am cross dominant. As we attempted to shoot the metal things out near the giant dirt backstop, my father hit every shot, and I didn't hit it once! I realized this was due to my cross dominance. So we went indoors, and I finished off the rest of the day shooting lefty, with impressive accuracy.
So I think I'm going to keeping shooting rifles lefty. I'm just a beginner, so I might as well get used to shooting lefty now, because at a good range I just can't hit anything righty.
Outdoors, the .22 had more of a crack and echo than I anticipated. The recoil was almost none. I think .22 would be great for squirrels, but in my neighborhood that would be a major no-no.
I'm eager to try something more powerful! It's too bad we don't own anything but the .22
All in all, It was a good day of bonding with the old man. I'm anxious to go again.