Comments on: Friday Recreation http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/05/15/friday-recreation/ The unbearable lightness of Lex. Enjoy! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:12:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: MaxDamage http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/05/15/friday-recreation/comment-page-1/#comment-365591 MaxDamage Mon, 18 May 2009 06:19:23 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=9571#comment-365591 I believe no home is complete without a stove, a dining room table, and a Ruger 10/22. Top it off with a 4x or 6x fixed scope and that little bugger will satisfy 90% of the shooting needs a man will have. I prefer to start them off with bolt-actions, a little Harrington and Richardson carbine being the shortest thing I have available. I like to see them pay attention to dropping the magazine and checking the chamber for a while before I graduate them to an auto-loader. Some have a tendency to count the shots, which I consider a crutch that will fail them at the precise time it will do the most harm. Once they're up to an autoloading .22, it's time to bring out the poodle-shooters in .223 Remington. More bang and noise, not much more recoil. Then they get the .30-caliber tools, the meat guns. By going in stages I can spot flinch much more easily and teach them to accept the recoil and live with it. And after they've shot a few .30-cal rifles, they'll put that .22 on-target as steady as a rock and pump 10 out of 10 into the paper. - Max I believe no home is complete without a stove, a dining room table, and a Ruger 10/22. Top it off with a 4x or 6x fixed scope and that little bugger will satisfy 90% of the shooting needs a man will have.

I prefer to start them off with bolt-actions, a little Harrington and Richardson carbine being the shortest thing I have available. I like to see them pay attention to dropping the magazine and checking the chamber for a while before I graduate them to an auto-loader. Some have a tendency to count the shots, which I consider a crutch that will fail them at the precise time it will do the most harm.

Once they’re up to an autoloading .22, it’s time to bring out the poodle-shooters in .223 Remington. More bang and noise, not much more recoil. Then they get the .30-caliber tools, the meat guns.

By going in stages I can spot flinch much more easily and teach them to accept the recoil and live with it.

And after they’ve shot a few .30-cal rifles, they’ll put that .22 on-target as steady as a rock and pump 10 out of 10 into the paper.

– Max

]]> By: Downrange at Bill’s North | Bryan Strawser http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/05/15/friday-recreation/comment-page-1/#comment-365564 Downrange at Bill’s North | Bryan Strawser Mon, 18 May 2009 03:43:21 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=9571#comment-365564 [...] team has been bugging me to provide them with something to read on here… so inspired by Lex’s post, here’s something [...] [...] team has been bugging me to provide them with something to read on here… so inspired by Lex’s post, here’s something [...]

]]> By: Mongo http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/05/15/friday-recreation/comment-page-1/#comment-365510 Mongo Sun, 17 May 2009 22:17:28 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=9571#comment-365510 'e' sflkner; prefix of my e-mail. First two are initials followed by last name (sans vowels). In short, same first name. ‘e’ sflkner; prefix of my e-mail. First two are initials followed by last name (sans vowels). In short, same first name.

]]> By: Kris, in New England http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/05/15/friday-recreation/comment-page-1/#comment-365431 Kris, in New England Sun, 17 May 2009 14:01:45 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=9571#comment-365431 Double-wow. Double-wow.

]]> By: Ron Snyder http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/05/15/friday-recreation/comment-page-1/#comment-365412 Ron Snyder Sun, 17 May 2009 11:57:00 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=9571#comment-365412 A Ruger 10-22 I hope? One of the best firearm purchases I ever made. It has been a few decades, but the Ruger still looks great (important!) and shoots rock-solid. A Ruger 10-22 I hope? One of the best firearm purchases I ever made. It has been a few decades, but the Ruger still looks great (important!) and shoots rock-solid.

]]> By: Skip http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/05/15/friday-recreation/comment-page-1/#comment-365390 Skip Sun, 17 May 2009 07:17:07 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=9571#comment-365390 All of my grandkids at age 10 are awarded a 10-22 with a scope, case, a brick, and a day or three with me on the four rules, and some targets to be proud of. Two of the girls and two of the boys [of six] are now in FFA matches. All of my grandkids at age 10 are awarded a 10-22 with a scope, case, a brick, and a day or three with me on the four rules, and some targets to be proud of.
Two of the girls and two of the boys [of six] are now in FFA matches.

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