I recently took my nephew shooting for the first time. A 12-gauge pump the ideal first gun to shoot? Nah, but with a slow progression from light birdshot rounds, then into some buckshot, he was getting nice groupings of 1 oz. slugs in no time.
I took a cell phone video of the very first slug he shot and that reaction is priceless!
http://youtu.be/dMcUXtnIXjs
Hm, couldn't get the video to appear here in the text box. Oh well.
The Grin on A New Shooter's Face
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Chief Brody
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The Grin on A New Shooter's Face
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Re: The Grin on A New Shooter's Face
Worked okay for me. I remember when I went through the academy and this really small Asian guy was shooting the 870 for the first time. He didn't pull the stock tightly into his shoulder and really took a pounding. He stuck with though.
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Oathkeeper
NRA Life Member
C&R 03
U.S. Navy 1972-76
M14RA Coordinator Western Region.
Re: The Grin on A New Shooter's Face
Same look I had on my face when I shot a 3 1/2 inch magnum turkey load out of my cousins Mossberg 835! 