Granddaughter is studying Special Education, wants to be a teacher. (and it would probably help her in dealing with me). She was working at a summer camp for handicapped kids. One of the other councilors was a 23yo Australian guy. The camp closed early because of flooding.
Liam didn't have anyplace to go and his flight home want for another week.
She called and asked if he could stay here and I teach him to shoot?
Our trip to the range included a LOT of different items. First up; safety class. He was attentive and polite. As i do with every class, examine ammo and components. Begin with .50cal muzzle loader, then .22, .357, .44, .223, .260, .30-30, .30-06 and .45-70.
Examine firearms, ML, bolt, lever, pump, semi-auto. SA, DAO revolvers and 1911.
Finally getting to the firing line, he was excited, but waiting for instruction.
We began with .22s. Rifles, bolt, pump, lever and semi-auto. Surprisingly, he loved the lever gun, but had no problem mag dumping the 10-22. Moving on to Single Six and the 1911ACE.
He was asking about the "big" calibers. We moved to .38Spl. The .357 got his attention. The .45C was impressive (a REAL Cowboy gun)
The .44Mag was 1 shot and done. "That is insane".
So, we go to the .50cal ML. Big boom, lots of smoke, rang the going loud. But, 2 shots and done. "It is sooooo slow to shoot."
Lever time; .44Mag, " a little better than pistol "
.30-30 " REAL Cowboy gun "
.45-70 "No, Thank You" "Can I shoot the AR?"
OK, safety class, again. Orientation and operation. Time to load up. 30 round mag dump. (can't stop grinning) " my government is so STUPID. We should have never let them take ours away. This is sooooo much fun. "
We get home, he gets another class. Time to clean. Then the final lesson. Sort brass and reload. Had him resize and put in tumbler.
Went out 1 more time before he went home. He asked me to video him shooting AR and Cowboy guns, with his phone. "So his friends would believe."
Too many? Nope.