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Offline XDHusker

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13yo daughter first time shooting
« on: December 28, 2012, 10:31:18 AM »
My daughter wanted to shoot my .40, so I let her.  :)



First couple shots I just put one round in the magazine expecting my gun to go flying, but she did really well for the first time out.
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Offline XDHusker

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Re: 13yo daughter first time shooting
« Reply #1 on: December 28, 2012, 10:31:46 AM »
btw, how do you embed youtube videos on this forum?  :)
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Re: 13yo daughter first time shooting
« Reply #2 on: December 28, 2012, 10:36:13 AM »
That's so much fun... my 6 and 8 year olds have both shot my 9mm with a single-round magazine; they both handled it fairly well. A couple more years and they'll be speed shooting faster than me. :)

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Re: 13yo daughter first time shooting
« Reply #3 on: December 28, 2012, 10:46:14 AM »
btw, how do you embed youtube videos on this forum?  :)
Under the YouTube video is a "share" button...copy that link, then just post the link to the video here and it will auto embed

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Re: 13yo daughter first time shooting
« Reply #4 on: December 28, 2012, 10:53:01 AM »
That's awesome!  The 40 can be pretty snappy and she is handling it just fine.  Accurate too.

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Re: 13yo daughter first time shooting
« Reply #5 on: December 28, 2012, 11:37:27 AM »
That is great! .40 can be a handful, she handled it very well! I find that girls are just naturally better shooters than boys - with firearms and bows. She is well on her way to being a great shooter!

As a side note - I can't stop drooling at all that brass piled up! I wish TBH would let me do range cleanup for them!

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Re: 13yo daughter first time shooting
« Reply #6 on: December 28, 2012, 02:18:56 PM »
Keep that video to show to any future possible suitors. ;)
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Re: 13yo daughter first time shooting
« Reply #7 on: December 28, 2012, 06:44:11 PM »
Keep that video to show to any future possible suitors. ;)

lol, good idea.
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Re: 13yo daughter first time shooting
« Reply #8 on: December 29, 2012, 10:57:27 PM »
Keep that video to show to any future possible suitors. ;)

When my daughter brings home a young man, I just ask if he wants to see a picture of the last guy my daughter dated.  Then I show them this...



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