First Shots, Happy Daddy Day

Congrats and Happy Fathers Day! My son is 27 and daughter 32. They've been shooting since 6 or 7. One thing you won't have to worry about is diapers and the terrible twos. Not the most memorable times.

WestKentucky

Congrats and Extremely Well Done!

Your girl's smiles say it all!

Happy Father's Day to you!

Awesome! Happy Father's Day.

Congrats on bringing them up right. I can tell by the smiles on their faces that you're a great Dad! The best Fathers Day gift is spending time with your kids. My son is a month away from 17, he's been shooting occasionally for only 3 years. I'm blessed that he still wants to hang with Dad sometimes, although such occurrences are rare these days. We spent today at the range, our first range trip together in almost a year. Such moments are precious.

Happy Fathers Day to all!

Wow, check out those smiles! Nice job, Dad!

That was all I wanted for Fathers Day too. Got to put a couple hundred downrange with my girls this morning. Sighted in a couple new rifles.
Its nice that my oldest is 21 now and can keep an eye on her sister while I shoot a bit, safety first.
They are both pretty competitive, kept getting tie scores on .22 Battleship. The youngest beat us both out by a hair in the single shot Zombie challenge.
All rimfires and my .410 Enfield. Good times!

Great day! Happy father's day.

I won't get to the range this weekend but my wife did let me pick up a stripped lower today for the low, low, cost of finally weedwacking our ditch (or jungle is probably a more apt description).

Tomorrow we will start turning the truckload of wood I bought into a swing set/playhouse for my 2 year old, he's gonna go crazy once it's done.

Happy father's day!
Well done, on many levels.

Having fun is the most important. I suggest a bipod or a bag rest and shooting prone to start. It's enough to focus on trigger control, breath control, and sight alignment without having to hold a heavy steel and wood rifle. Prone also allows them some independence while still maintaining some practical limitations on the muzzle direction. They'll also do better with a shorter length of pull, which can be accomplished by sawing off the buttstock and reattaching the recoil pad, or with a shorter or adjustable stock.

Hearing protection is good, but am I the only one who finds muffs hit the stock and interfere with the cheek-weld? I like foam plugs better when shooting a rifle. I was concerned the plugs fit correctly though because if they don't, they lose a lot of their attenuation. I just bought some slim-fit plugs I hope will work better.

Happy Father's Day.

WestKentucky said:

The wife and I adopted these beautiful little ladies and we are...............

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......blessed. Congratulations for your good fortune. Well done.

My daughter came to me when she was 4, almost 5. The 5 yrs I missed out on are irrelevant to the 25 yr Ive been blessed to have her.

I always thought that I needed to earn it everyday. While I can't say I did every single day... there is no asterisk in our daughter daddy bond.

Today is my 2nd Father's day as a Papa.

Awesome way to spend Fathers day. Being a Father!

Wonderful post OP! God Bless you and your young family!

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What a fantastic post, set of photos and story. Many congratulations - on multiple levels.

Enjoy the journey!

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West Kentucky, enjoyed that and thanks for sharing!