A couple of days ago a friend of mine came over with his kids, who wanted to shoot.

They all shot a Ruger 10/22, and then one of the kids picked a 308 empty case and asked if he could shoot one of those.

I did not want to scare them by letting them shoot a full load of the 308, so I loaded a few rounds of reduced charge loads, and let them fire the.

The looks of absolute pleasure on their faces was unforgetable!

Above you see my daughter Hessa shooting an Accuracy International rifle in 308.

They shot tin cans, and they loved it when the cans flew up as they got hit.

GREAT pictures !!!!
It's increadibly how quickly they grow !!

Congrats

L

What an exceptional child! You are blessed!

A chip off the old block

Love that 2nd pic. She's all-business there -- concentrate, squeeze, bang!!!

Saeed: What a smile she has!

Way to go Saeed! Start them early while they eger to learn.

That can't be Hessa, it was only a year ago that you first posted her picture after she was born. Or it seems like only a year ago.
What a beautiful smile, congratulations, but beware, tomorrow she'll be a teenager!

That would warm make any fother's heart and make his day.

Cute!! My wife and I are admiring the photos, thanks for posting them. Hoping that our older daughter will take up shooting, only a couple more years to go.

It will be a great day for sure!

Great photos of great looking kids - the good news is that - as unbelievable as it seems now - it just keeps getting better as they grow and mature.

Our friends the Vincents, come and visit us every year. And of course Hessa knows them very well.

She told Alan she wants to go hunting in Africa with us.

He asked her what she wanted to shoot.

She said "everything my daddy shoots"

Saeed, seeing those pictures of your lovely daughter remind me of the first time I ever saw Diana Vincent, back in May of 1983. I hunted with Roy at Deka back then, and Diana was only about five and Alan was around 10 if I recall correctly. They've sure grown into wonderful people, both of them.

It is amazing how fast they grow. It dosnt seem that long ago we were all anxioustly awaiting the birth. I was in RSA with Peter Harris hunting val rheebok at the time of Hessa's birth. We tried to call a couple of times but couldnt get through. I had to wait untill I got back to the states to find out if everything went fine. Now look at her. Prettier than ever and following in dads footprints. She will be a real shooter by the age many of us were just picking up a gun. Now all you have to worry about is all the young men coming around. Whatever gray hairs Walter hsnt given you Hessa is sure to fill in. LOL! Congratulations and good luck my friend!
Mike

Enjoy my friend.....Enjoy

They become "adults" too soon.

She is beautiful!!

My father was given a Ruger 10/22 years ago.

Probably one of the first to be made.

He had that rifl with him in the car wherever he went.

Eventually the stock got so many dents and cracks, and the barrel did nt fair any better.

So I took it off him and gave him a Kimber Model 84. He loved that Kimber.

Anyway, I replaced both the stock and barrel on that Ruger, and now its Hessa rifle of choice.

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Originally posted by Saeed:
Anyway, I replaced both the stock and barrel on that Ruger, and now its Hessa rifle of choice.

That's neat!

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A chip off the old block

Thank goodness it is more of a chip off mom's "block"?!?

.........sorry Saeed, I couldn't resist!

Those are great photos. I love to see the next generation getting excited about shooting and hunting. It is all of our duties to pass it on.

Well done!

Bob

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Originally posted by Bob in TX:

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A chip off the old block

Thank goodness it is more of a chip off mom's "block"?!?

.........sorry Saeed, I couldn't resist!

Those are great photos. I love to see the next generation getting excited about shooting and hunting. It is all of our duties to pass it on.

Well done!

Bob

Bob,

Before she was born we knew she was going to be a girl.

Walter, being his most charming self, announced when he was here with me and my wife.

"I am a little bit worried now. I hope she is not born looking like her father, and has her mother's brains!"

What a beautiful little girl Saeed!

My "baby" is turning 11 already. Treasure the moments!

I've "been away" from AR for a spell and have come back to browse and post again lately, I can't believe how much Hessa has grown up! I have a little one on the way this June and hopefully they will share my interests too.

Very cool, Saeed. Congrats!

As a father you are blessed, Saeed!

I have told my 2 girls that before any boy comes to visit he will bring me my fully rigged land cruiser and the hunting rights to all his farms

Labola is a good african tradition

My nieces and nephews visited last summer. When they got back to school after vacation the teacher asked what new thing they learned on vacation? One niece and nephew are in the same class. They both jumped up and sang, "Two to the chest, one to the eyes; die commies die."

Hessa is quite the little heart stealer. Let us all hope she wins an Olympic Gold Medal some day soon.

Awesome! It is the greatest pleasure to take my kids, even as old as they are to the range!

Congratulations Saeed, there is nothing better tha the time we share with out children.
I took my son Nico (8) to his first hunt and some shooting.
Im also very proud of him.
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Thanks for sharing.
Martin

Saeed, Cute little daughter and Dad's princess, and if you keep fitting a rifle for her each year, as she grows up, you will also have a hunting companion. That will be one of your best hunts. I took my son to Africa and it was a great experience. Strangely, we went as a dad-son relationship and came back friends. Fabulous experience, one you will tresure.

Dakota

Saeed,
That just warms my heart to see that smile.
I too remember the pics of when she was born!
My how time flies!

ScottW

Very nice Saeed, she has the eye of the Tiger an no mistaking along with the smile of an angel.
May her wish come true.
I am also blessed with a little Granddaughter much like Hessa, she has just turned six.
My son in law is not a shooter and I am carefully and slowly trying to convince him to try shooting and perhaps thereby gain acceptance for the Grand-kids to accompany Granpa shooting.
Grant me the patience to see this one to fruition! LOL
Hopefully one day it will lead to days in the field with the two of them or better yet as a family.

Suberp !

Congrats

I can tell you little girls and guns make my heart smile.

Woodie

Saeed.....Hopefully our children will make each other's acquaintance around their father's common interests, and from that foundation, resolve the mess that is our current US/Mid-East relationships.

Saeed, Reduced loads indeed are a fantastic way to introduce the youngsters and not scare them off. I am the "gun-nut" in our family. My brother and his daughter came by after Christmas and the one thing my neice(age 12) wanted to do was shoot something bigger than the .223 her friend Julia had been bragging about for months. In one afternoon she shot my .222, 22mag, her greatgrandfather's(deceased) Win62A 22lr, 110gr 308, 410, 45Colt(in my 454), 38 special-which she liked the best, and some extremely light 375 H&H(fireforming loads to 375Wea). It is incredible the satisfaction it gives ones heart to see the exuberance! My brother is now becoming a member of some shooting club in Houston,Tx and my neice has decided she wants to become an Olympic shooter. I never in ten million years would have imagined she would think about the Olympics.

Time will tell!!

Happy shooting!!

Andy B

Andy,

Do you know a trap shooter by the name of George Custer from your town?

We used to shoot together when I was in Houston in the early 80's.

Also, what club is your brother joining?

If it is the Greater Houston Gun Club, then that is my old club too.

Saeed,
Don't you still have a 1 dollar bill that you won from Bill Poole?

Rusty,

I have several notes signed by Bill Poole because he lost a bet with me.

He thought he had me cold one day.

We were shooting a 500 target marathon, and everyone in our squad had at least one target down after the second 25!

I was two down already.

Jim Gilmore said "it is going to be a very long day".

I think I said something like if we put our heads down, we wil be able to break the next 450 targets each.

Bill said "do you want to have a et on that?"

I said "Yes, and the looser buys a steak dinner"

"You are on" said Bill.

I got lucky, again, and managed to end up with 498, winning the shoot.

Bill could not believe it when Ernie Dungey walked up to him and said "you lost to the Aerab"

I enjoyed that steak, and I think Bill did too, he had a great sense of humor.

Congratulations on the future huntress! When does she get to shoot a double rifle? You know she'll eventually ask for one. . . .

Its great to see kids shooting ,they are the future of shooting sports .My boy of 12 yeras old is shooting IPSC ,and my 2 girls are only shooting an mp5 marui airsoft and a marui glock ,they are 8 and 6. The boy shoots everything ,and trains everyday with his TANFOGLIO 9mm.Juan