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Hawaiian Eye · February 8, 2009, 07:08 PM

Am I the only one out there that practices with a bb gun? And have fun too?

I had the opportunity to be an assistant camp ranger this weekend. Part of the camp included a 50 foot rifle range set up for .22 LR rifles. Since the kids were coming along I thought it would be a great time to introduce some of them to shooting and gun safety. I bought a cheap spring/air bb rifle for my youngest and a CO2 pistol for myself. My daughter brought airsoft rifle and pistol which had a hard time penetrating the paper event at 25 to 30 feet. Actually, a comforting thought should I ever decided to participate in an airsoft event.

After the family had their fill of fun and went back to the cabin I shot another 100+ bbs. Used the time to practice safe gun handling prodedures, trigger control, shooting while advancing and retreating from a target, shooting at multiple targets from a stationary position, moving to different postions and shooting, and shooting on the move. Generally I had a blast shooting close to 300 bbs. If I had tried the equivilant with my new .45 ACP pistol (only one rage day so far) the cost would have been prohibitive, the local range does not allow for shooting a ranges under 25 meters or action shooting unless you're a member of an established club. I really feel like the practice I got with the bb pistol will help me with my .45 ACP. Shooting the bb pistol that has a bear of a trigger hopefully will translate to better trigger control with my .45 with an infinitely better trigger. I'm looking forward to my next range day as well as the next weekend I volunteered to be an assistant camp ranger.

February 8, 2009, 07:08 PM	#1
Hawaiian Eye Member Join Date: December 28, 2008 Posts: 24	BBs Is It Just Me? Am I the only one out there that practices with a bb gun? And have fun too? I had the opportunity to be an assistant camp ranger this weekend. Part of the camp included a 50 foot rifle range set up for .22 LR rifles. Since the kids were coming along I thought it would be a great time to introduce some of them to shooting and gun safety. I bought a cheap spring/air bb rifle for my youngest and a CO2 pistol for myself. My daughter brought airsoft rifle and pistol which had a hard time penetrating the paper event at 25 to 30 feet. Actually, a comforting thought should I ever decided to participate in an airsoft event. After the family had their fill of fun and went back to the cabin I shot another 100+ bbs. Used the time to practice safe gun handling prodedures, trigger control, shooting while advancing and retreating from a target, shooting at multiple targets from a stationary position, moving to different postions and shooting, and shooting on the move. Generally I had a blast shooting close to 300 bbs. If I had tried the equivilant with my new .45 ACP pistol (only one rage day so far) the cost would have been prohibitive, the local range does not allow for shooting a ranges under 25 meters or action shooting unless you're a member of an established club. I really feel like the practice I got with the bb pistol will help me with my .45 ACP. Shooting the bb pistol that has a bear of a trigger hopefully will translate to better trigger control with my .45 with an infinitely better trigger. I'm looking forward to my next range day as well as the next weekend I volunteered to be an assistant camp ranger. __________________ Just my humble, if flawed, conclusions from my fallible observations, presented for your entertainment if not worthy of your consideration.