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Kids and Guns |
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Gregory Morris, 1/7/10 5:38:11 pm |
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I accompanied a co-worker and his son to the Dade City Rod and Gun Club recently to lend my arsenal to his son's science project. He was doing a Box o Truth type experiment, shooting phone books with different calibers and seeing how different rounds penetrate. As my co-worker's arsenal is somewhat limited, I offered mine. In the name of Science and all.
The long guns I brought.
Documenting.
Measuring.
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only got to fire the SAR-1 at phone books. Most of the ROs were excited and supportive and did everything they could to help us out, but word came down from on high that phone book shooting was not allowed (this isn't in the rules anywhere, just an on-the-spot decree) so we had to stop. But I brought a lot of guns, and a lot of ammo... so the kid decided we should engage in some recoil therapy anyway.
M44
After shooting the SAR-1 some more, we shot the SKS, one of my Mosin Nagants, my newly acquired AR-7 (which cycled perfect, but the trigger reset spring was screwy), and my .50 cal muzzleloader.
Then we shot the Glock 19, two of my .38s, and my Ruger Single Six. They loved the Glock.... must have put 300+ rounds down range.
Co-worker's son had already gotten some measurements for his project during their last range trip, so only getting the 7.62x39 in wasn't that big of a deal.
Fun was had. Powder was burned. And a teenager who is already interested in guns was given an opportunity to increase his knowledge. |
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(And, BTW what an awesome idea for a science project). But glad to hear that fun was had by all regardless. 
