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Offline dougusafsp

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When a kid finds joy in an M1 Garand
« on: April 22, 2012, 10:20:11 AM »
My 8 year old son's first try at the M1
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Re: When a kid finds joy in an M1 Garand
« Reply #1 on: April 22, 2012, 10:28:07 AM »
love the grin at the end!
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Re: When a kid finds joy in an M1 Garand
« Reply #2 on: April 22, 2012, 12:19:02 PM »
Dang the boy was happy to git his butt wooped by that thing! :)
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Re: When a kid finds joy in an M1 Garand
« Reply #3 on: April 22, 2012, 04:41:16 PM »
Recoil junkie in the making!

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Re: When a kid finds joy in an M1 Garand
« Reply #4 on: April 22, 2012, 05:53:09 PM »
Awesome.  My 8 year old daughter would get knocked head over heels if she tried that.  A .22 is more to her liking.

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Re: When a kid finds joy in an M1 Garand
« Reply #5 on: April 30, 2012, 02:24:20 PM »
Braver than I would have been at that age-bet he was a bit sore after that....:)

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Re: When a kid finds joy in an M1 Garand
« Reply #6 on: April 30, 2012, 08:32:45 PM »
No actually he wasn't sore. He shot the rifle 4 more times after that. I figured he would be sore for sure.
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