She keeps bugging me to go to the range, but she's not quite mature yet. High energy red head who's a little short on the attention span. She's getting close, though. She already knows the full set of safety rules. She knows how to clear a rifle and a pistol.. that includes all those milsurps in the pic (Enfield, Garand, etc.) Only problem w/ the semi-autos is she's not strong enough yet to open the bolts. But she knows where to look and what to do when/if she ever came across a firearm.
Both her and her younger (4 yr old) sister help me reload ammo. They beg to help! It makes for a great excuse to go and get more reloading supplies. I've got thousands of rounds stocked up because they never get bored helping reload. My wife asks me when I'm going to shoot it all up, and I say I'm trying to keep up! Their younger brother's not quite old enough to help yet, but he'll get there soon.
Hey thanks for the tip on the CCI Quiet .22, strangenh... I'll have to look for those. To be honest this is my first .22 as well so I don't have familiarity with all the .22 ammo options. I learned to shoot on my dad's 30-06, so I kind of skipped the whole "start on a .22 to get used to noise and recoil" stage lol.
