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A Grandpa's Pleasure
Geoff Ross is right:
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I had invited him to come and spend a few days with me, for the purpose of introducing him to the gun - his only prior experience being with a BB gun. I began by having him read the owner's manual and two handbooks on clay target shooting. We reviewed the rules of safety and the manual of arms for the 870. Then I had him shoot a few knots out of a sheet of plywood, just to get the feel of the gun and become familiar with its function. He busted the first clay I launched for him. And to prove it was more than beginner's luck, he kept busting them as regularly as I launched them. |
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August 8, 2002, 08:16 AM | #2 |
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I can tell you're proud of your grandson. Great job!
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August 8, 2002, 10:58 AM | #3 |
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Tri generational moments that will be treasured by both parties.
Cool Thanks for sharin Gramps. Sam....Gramps too. |
August 8, 2002, 12:00 PM | #4 |
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Aaawww, sniff, sniff....
Thanks, made my morning... |
June 2, 2004, 03:09 PM | #5 |
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Two years later:
The grandson is now a 19 year-old straight-A college student working on a degree in computer science at the University of North Carolina.
He has been visiting with me for the past two days, and I have been enjoying watching him burst boxfuls of clay targets with the 28 gauge Wingmaster. He shoots so well you would think he had been trained by Dave McCracken - perhaps because his natural giftedness has been helped by having his grandpa teach him all that grandpa learned from reading Dave's posts (and e-mail messages to "tyro", my former username). Many thanks, Dave.
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June 2, 2004, 04:58 PM | #6 |
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Thank YOU, it's nice warmfuzzies to know I helped someone. Glad to hear your G-Son is doing well.
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