So my son is 9 and will be 10 this month and he is going deer hunting this fall for the first time. Well we went to the range Saturday so he can get some shots fired and get used to the muzzleloader, It is a CVA Bobcat .50 cal cap lock.
It is a cheap rifle but it is his size and he can handle it better that full sized rifle or a slug gun so this is what he is going to use.
We set up at the 50 yard bench at the gun range and I show him the in's and outs of what I am doing with the muzzleloader and showed him how to aim (what the sights should look like when aiming) and when he was comfortable I loaded it and let him settle in on the bench and he fired his first shot out of a .50 cal muzzleloader.
To my supprise while looking through the binos I asked him what was the last thing he saw when the rifle fired and he said the "bullseye" so I said lets go look at the target and when we go there you should have seen the big smile on his face when he saw that he indeed hit the bull on his first try.
The next shot was low 4" but I did not swab the barrel, then I swabbed for the next shot and he hit the bull again almost touching the first shot!
He is hooked now and loves the muzzleloader!
We are going to hunt the firearms season while using muzzleloaders - getting him started on the right foot.
It is a cheap rifle but it is his size and he can handle it better that full sized rifle or a slug gun so this is what he is going to use.
We set up at the 50 yard bench at the gun range and I show him the in's and outs of what I am doing with the muzzleloader and showed him how to aim (what the sights should look like when aiming) and when he was comfortable I loaded it and let him settle in on the bench and he fired his first shot out of a .50 cal muzzleloader.
To my supprise while looking through the binos I asked him what was the last thing he saw when the rifle fired and he said the "bullseye" so I said lets go look at the target and when we go there you should have seen the big smile on his face when he saw that he indeed hit the bull on his first try.
The next shot was low 4" but I did not swab the barrel, then I swabbed for the next shot and he hit the bull again almost touching the first shot!
He is hooked now and loves the muzzleloader!
We are going to hunt the firearms season while using muzzleloaders - getting him started on the right foot.
