This was in our paper when I was about 13 or 14 years old. Found it while cleaning up my reloading room.

It comes out too large or too small.

No way of reading that, sorry.

I had to do it in 2 stages but it can be read. Good article +, not something that you would see today either in print or practice. When I was a kid on base they would supply a 22 rifle at the range + 30 22 shells per day. You could bring more but the 30 was all that was allocated. I firmly believe that that early shooting helped form my life.

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Originally posted by NormanConquest:
I had to do it in 2 stages but it can be read. Good article +, not something that you would see today either in print or practice. When I was a kid on base they would supply a 22 rifle at the range + 30 22 shells per day. You could bring more but the 30 was all that was allocated. I firmly believe that that early shooting helped form my life.

Mine too. I never viewed a gun as anything magical, scary or vengeful. Just another tool. That was my biggest takeaway.

I have instilled that thought process in my sons as well. Lets face it, you will NEVER hide something in your house from your kids. So you need to remove the mystery. If more parents were open with their kids o the guns they owned there would be less fatal accidental shootings. Also although I always kept a 1911 in my nightstand W/O one in the chamber, I would NEVER keep a revolver when they were young. Any kid (or their friend on + show + tell mission) can pull a trigger on a revolver but most can not work the slide of a 1911.

As an addendum to that personal experience; when my youngest was about 5 years old I found him in my bedroom sitting on the bed holding my 1911. He wasn't scared of doing anything wrong, he was just curious. So I took him down to my range in the bottom, chambered 1 round + let him fire it. Of course, it knocked the snot out of him as well as the curiosity. Tough Love. He's 30 now + no accidents.

I've had a loaded gun by my bed since I was 11.
Our sons were raised with guns & taught to handle them carefully at an early age.
When our grandson(teenager from Hi.) comes to visit I always tell him not to fool with any of my guns without me present & that if he is curious about them just tell me & we can go shoot them.
Never had a problem with our sons nor grandson with firearms.

I grew up with and around guns, shooting, hunting, fishing, etc and so have my kids. IF we haven't introduced our children to Jesus, then we've been a miserable failure by all accounts IMO. I love the outdoors more than anyone I know, but we're not taking any of that in the hearse with us.