Sundays are clays days
Having rather enjoyed my trip to Barbury Shooting last weekend I thought that I’d pop down there again but this time, I took Family FM
& although Youngest is a tad small for a shotgun, she greatly amused herself firing the clays off for us
As you can see from the picture at the top of the post, we had three Berettas in the rack, our 12 & 20-bores, supplemented by a Silver Pigeon 28-bore, borrowed from the school for Boy’s No. 7 shot frivolity
Mrs FM in the meantime was also busy getting lead in the air. Because I have shrunk the size of the photo below, you can’t see the clay, hence the insert
But all I have to say is that both Nipper & the Meme Sahib are getting way way too proficient for my liking – next weekend I might well slip back up to the range on my own for extended private practice. Goodness knows I need it
Comments
I know they make little single shot .22 rifles for kids, why not a smooth bore that would take bird shot pistol rounds?
Posted by: toad | July 27, 2009 12:48 AM
Doesn't he have his own .410 yet?
Posted by: Rhys | July 27, 2009 1:41 AM
Rhys - We have a single barrel .410 - an AYA Cosmos to be exact.
However Boy is now capable of hitting quite high fast targets. To do that requires that you getting enough lead in the air.
A 410 is OK, but it is a fine balance between too much gun (weight & recoil) versus enough shot to hit enough targets to maintain moral!
Posted by: Mr Free Market | July 27, 2009 7:03 AM
child slave labour wonderful
Posted by: captain cobra | July 27, 2009 7:38 AM
Uhm, the Freemarkette is quite possibly waiting to catch dear old pater wrong footed or has a pre-arranged distraction coming from young master FM. Notice she has her thumb poised and is intensely looking. I'm suspicious.
Posted by: toad | July 27, 2009 8:51 AM
Can you muzzle brake a 12G? slo-mo captures of rifle blasts show the gasses dispersing pretty widely right at the muzzle, while pellets being still pretty bunched down range suggests there is room to fit a break to capture and shunt sideways the blast while not affecting the pellets. Big Lead Load, Little Recoil sound good?
Then again, a 12G is loud enough as is, do we REALLY want to stand near a braked one?
Posted by: Rhys | July 27, 2009 9:18 AM
Splendid. Makes me want to get out and practice too - can't let the young 'uns have all the fun.
Posted by: Denis | July 27, 2009 10:44 AM
The family that shoots together, stays together. Makes my heart glad, these pics do.
I note that Mrs. FM's competitive streak is not dulled, even when competing against her own offspring. Excellent.
I await with bated breath the time when Mr. FM suffers the ignominy of being not only beaten by Son, but repeatedly and comprehensively thrashed -- a fate which has befallen me since the Son&Heir got into competitive shooting. I can only win by treachery, trickery and underhanded shenanigans.
Which is as it should be. Guile and craft are the privileges of old age.
Posted by: Kim du Toit | July 27, 2009 2:37 PM
I have a friend who would liven up a sporting clays round by dropping a round of buckshot or two into his pals shell pouch. Then there was the time he dropped one of those 'dragons breath' rounds in. Nothing like a 12 gauge load of magnesium dust lighting off to get the attention of everyone around!!
Posted by: walt | July 27, 2009 5:18 PM
The .410 is not waste, Miss FM will soon require a gun to learn the fine art of hitting a moving target
Posted by: Beausaber | July 28, 2009 2:50 PM
What could be more wholesome?
Outstanding.
Posted by: Cricket | July 28, 2009 8:41 PM