Fast forward to today and we find young Grant Rea on his first adventure into firearms. On our hunting trip to Eufaula, Alabama George brought along a Daisy BB Gun for Grant to Practice with.
Our first issue was getting that little sucker loaded. Getting BB's out of their container and into the gun shouldn't be that hard, but it was pretty much like hearding cats. Eventually we felt we had enough ammo loaded and we were off to target practice. I quickly knocked down a couple of my favorite 12 oz beverages and set up our own version of the county fair's shooting gallery.
Grant was given his first instruction on the four basic shooting positions after first firing off about 20 rounds from what I'd like to call the "classic western movie" pose...gun on hip with not a snowballs chance of hitting anything. A great exchange took place when I told Grant to close his left eye and sight down the barrell with just his right eye. Grant reached around with his trigger hand and covered his eye up and then asked "How do I pull the trigger?".
Eventually, we got it all sorted out and we started to come within about 10 feet of the cans. Uncle Clark had to check that the gun was working a couple of times but soon, Grant had his first bulls eye.
Startled from my nap, we both jumped up and I retrieved the camera. Yes indeed, the BB had creased the beer can dead on. Soon we were listening to the classic ping of BB's hitting aluminum on a much more regular basis as Grant decided that it was much easier to hit when you shot "point blank".
Here we see Grant talking to his Mom on the cell phone. This is important because it combines two of Grant's favorite activies: the old stand by of chatting on the tele and the new one of riflery.
The following day, Grant graduated with honors when he got to shoot .22 rifle that was also brought down with us. I'd say that the trip from Grant's point of view was certainly a success. It was from mine as well, because no one shot their eye out!
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