Father and Son's 1st airgun outing

It's funny how when you become a parent (FATHER), while you dearly cherish you child being a toddler/infant, you quickly want them to get to that "MAGIC" age of when they can go EXPLORE the world with Daddy.  My son Mason is now 7 y.o. and will be 8 in a very short time.  I am 6'-2" tall and my boy now reaches my upper diaphram/lower chest area.  Boy how time flys and how quick they grow up!  Well, he has had a 50cc dirt bike for quite some years but obviously could not ride it alone.  We would often go for rides together on it and have a blast of a time.  Times i'm sure he will remember for the rest of his life.  Mason also has his own Crosman 2240 with 14" barrel and half shroud and a Tasco Red Dot scope that runs on CO2.  He has shot his airgun in the garage at 10 yards and a time or 12 (lol) when he was younger and a time or two at a little further distance of about 30 yards.

Well, now that he is right around the corner from 8 y.o., I decided that it was time for he and I to have our 1st outdoor adventure and it was time for him to learn to ride his dirt bike all by himself.  I figured while we were out in the wild being MEN, I would bring along HIS airgun and one of mine and have just a little fun together.  Nothing serious obviously but, just a little fun.  By the way, at the point before this outing, Mason has had very little experience with shooting and even less riding a dirt bike.  But he has SOME experience with both!  This day would allow him to gain more on both subjects, guns and motorcycles.

As I stated earlier, this day was honestly more about him riding his motorcycle than shooting.  Especially because I knew the wind would be a little high.  After we trained and rode the bike, Mason wanted to take a break to have lunch.  After lunch, I asked him if he wanted to ride again or shoot.  He replied "SHOOT".  Of course, I smiled ear to ear.  I then walked out 3 of my bowling pins to roughly 50 yards and came back to the truck to start shooting.  The gun WAS NOT SIGHTED IN as I had just taken it apart and modded it for more power.  Mason then asked me if he could shoot and i said, "why not dude" as I could be the spotter and its always easier this way to see where HIGHLIGHTS of our afternoon.  Upon firing, Mason actually hit the 1st pin flush.  I WAS IN AWE and AMAZEMENT and considered it a fluke.  So now the filming of his shots actually start and I challenged him to do it again.  Well, AGAIN HE DID.  Number 2 was down.  I then challenged him to hit the 3rd pin and if he did, I would buy him a Lego set which he loooooves.  Upon the 3rd shot, the pin spun slightly letting me quickly know that the shot wasn't centered but to one side.  I didn't think it was gonna fall.  I mean, have you guys seen the current prices of some of the Lego sets?  SERIOUSLY, CAN YOU BLAME ME!?
the pellets were hitting.  So after about 10 minutes of instruction on shooting the Recluse .357 and getting it to feel right to him, I told him to aim center of the bowling pins and to gently squeeze the trigger.  Now, my goal was also to not really be filming like I usually do but to just film some

As for the rest of the action, I will let you guys watch the video.  I will go on to say that I am extremely proud of my son and I'm a very proud father.  Mason shows signs of being a marksman and he actually loves shooting.  And he listens very well to instruction.  This day, was a day that I will never forget and I have my fingers crossed that he will WANT to do more shooting.  Dirt biking too but, this after all IS an airgun blog.

I look forward to more outings like this.  Another chapter in both our lives begins.....................


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