Posted on 04/20/2016 6:19:50 AM PDT by w1n1
10 gauge when I was about 10.
Remember it? oh, yes I do.
At least he had me hold it tight to the shoulder and modify my stance so I didn’t end up on my kiester.
My grandfather let me shoot his ‘rolling block’ Stevens .22 single shot rifle when I was 5 or 6. I used the .410 shotgun around 10 or 11. It was with bird shot to scare off the crows in the trees. All I remember doing was ‘shredding leaves’ with it, rather than actually killing any of the crows.
as a young girl with three older brothers, these were almost daily happenings. first time with a shotgun was a double barrel 12 gauge and one brother tells me to make sure to pull both triggers, another brother was behind me and caught me... my shoulder was black and blue for weeks. they sure got their jollies that time. i was a sucker.. always trusted them.. lol.
May have not have been the first, but near it. I had to be in the 4th grade and we were shooting reloads in a Remington pump. It was New Years eve and that was our fireworks. One of the loads was a dud so dad, who was supporting me, jacked another into the chamber and Boom. It looked like a cartoon barrel all flared out. Seems the wadding from the previous shell jammed the barrel. He never shot another shotgun reload. A few years later I found the end of the barrel over the hill about 30 yards away.
The only time I ever can say my dad look scared.
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