We finished our firearms safety class this week and had one of those bonus moments. An overweight 12 year old girl with glasses and very shy started the class because grandpa wants all his grandkids to take it. Mom brought her the first night and was a little reluctant, but since grandpa said so they were going through with it.
As the weeks passed this young lady came out of her shell and was not afraid to express herself. It was obvious that she had read the book far ahead of what we assigned (grandpa told me one day that she read the whole book the first weekend), and as I looked things over one night I saw that she had almost all the worksheets done early.
On range night this week she shot a gun for the first time. We use the basic DNR paper at 75 feet, and they shoot five rounds from each of the four positions. All twenty of her shots were within a 3" radius (that includes off hand, kneeling, sitting and prone). We're excited to get these first timers on paper, and this young lady put every shot in the scoring rings. When I would walk up to point out where they had hit between positions she had doubles or triples every time.
The 4-H coach works with me on these classes and the FFA adviser had left the range just as we started shooting. By the time we finished the coach was talking to the young lady, mom and grandpa, and he had been on the phone with the FFA adviser. I talked about how this type of shooting gave me the incentive to cut some weight and improve my diet so I could shoot beter, and all three thought that was a great idea. We both talked about this being a true sport, and that it is a lifetime sport if you want it.
When we left the range the entire family was talking about this being her thing!
Sometimes you just feel great to be at the right place at the right time.
BTW - We were shooting cheap Winchesters that were picked up used on a farm sale many years ago, and American Eagle cheap ammo that the DNR gave us (they used to send us Federal Gold Match or CCI standard velocity - some companies donate some real nice stuff).
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