Today, I took her to the range for the second time. We are still working on basics but she had a good time shooting an M1 Garand (which was long and heavy for someone her size) and a Marlin SBL in 45-70. And “No” I didn’t give her a +P hard cast bear load for the 45-70. It was the first time she had shot a centerfire so she got cowboy loads. Her older brother did get a +P bear load, and possibly wasn’t told that before he shot it.

Looks like a nice day to be shooting with the kids.

As soon as the woods open back up I'm going out for the day with mine.

Very nice! What a great time for you and her. Those are some awesome guns for a new shooter to get to try out. The first real gun I ever shot was actually an M1 Garand, followed by Ruger Blackhawks in .357 and .44 Mag. I think I was about 11. Little did I know at the time that that experience was going to cost me a LOT of money down the road...and I now own several of each .

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Her older brother did get a +P bear load, and possibly wasn’t told that before he shot it.

And that right there sounds exactly like something I would do to my oldest if he was talking smack to his little sister at the range! He's a pretty adept shooter, but he still won't touch my 1895G if it's loaded with anything but Trailboss !

Thats great! Nice to see families having such a good time together.

Now, after all you’ve done for her from birth to now, you can feel successful as a parent

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She has no fear. She had not fired a centerfire rifle before this trip but wasn't at all hesitant in shooting one.

She did admit she closed her eyes for the first shot. We had a good laugh over that.

I look forward to her SigForum membership then.