Treated my 12-year old son (middle one) to his first indoor range. Other than a few jams, he had a blast shooting the 22 plinkster. I offered to let him shoot the two 9mm's I had with me and he declined. When I asked if he wanted to shoot the AR-15, he said "oh, heck no!" It was probably better because I spent 20 minutes with the range master trying to reposition the takedown pin spring that had somehow become loose and bent. We finally got it back together, but I only had enough time to run about 80 rounds through to make sure it worked. I had hoped to get it sighted, since it shoots down left.
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Re: Took the middle son to the range today [EndlessH2O]
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What .22 and what 9 mms?
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Re: Took the middle son to the range today [JSA]
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JSA wrote:
What .22 and what 9 mms?The Mossberg 802 Plinkster is a great little gun for his age. I originally got it for my oldest, but he would rather shoot the 9mm and AR-15. I think the jamming on the .22 was due to him not loading the magazine properly (it is finicky).
My conceal carry is a 9mm Taurus PT111, which I also have a second one that I keep in rotation. I am not at all a gun geek - all I care is that the gun fits my small hands, doesn't have a huge kick, doesn't jam, and doesn't cost me an arm or spleen. A buddy of mine who went with us just bought a Sig Sauer P229 and paid $960. I pointed out to him that he could have bought 3 of my guns and still had enough leftover for ammo.
I don't blame him for not wanting to shoot the 9 mm. I assume that, at 12 years old, he still has smaller hands. While the Taurus likely "fits" him, some of those smaller guns are harsher to shoot. The wifie has a Walther PPS. It fits her perfectly, but, I don't enjoy shooting it at all b/c the little bugger "bites" my hand. My (adult) daughter is tiny like her momma. She hates the PPS and always picks my Glock 17 when we go to the range.
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