Rock Home Isle
54 Cal.
I’ve been makin smoke for longer than is comfortable to admit. I enjoy it, but I’m noticing more and more that the people standing around me, shooting next to me, are just as grey as me…and I’m actually considered one of the youngsters in my club.
I have 2 grandsons, they are wonderful young men of 8 and 4. Last year I bought a .50 calibre youth smoothbore, and they love it. Shoots a .50 calibre RB strait & true; the 8 year old can hit a 6” gong consistently at 50 yrds.
Few months ago, one of the club members
re-barreled my Dixie Tennessee Mountain Rifle from .32 calibre to .45 calibre. He called me up one afternoon. He’d seen my grandkids coming to the shoots, throwing tomahawks and shooting their smoothbore and he wanted to take that left-over .32 calibre barrel and make a youth rifle for my boys. We worked out a price “range” and he built these boys a most beautiful youth flintlock rifle.
I’m fortunate to have these firearms, so that my grandkids will be able to enjoy this sport. It’s hard finding youth muzzleloaders. I know of NO current manufacturer that supports bringing youth into our traditional muzzleloading sport.
What youth activities do you do? Show us your youth equipment and tell us about it.
I have 2 grandsons, they are wonderful young men of 8 and 4. Last year I bought a .50 calibre youth smoothbore, and they love it. Shoots a .50 calibre RB strait & true; the 8 year old can hit a 6” gong consistently at 50 yrds.
Few months ago, one of the club members
re-barreled my Dixie Tennessee Mountain Rifle from .32 calibre to .45 calibre. He called me up one afternoon. He’d seen my grandkids coming to the shoots, throwing tomahawks and shooting their smoothbore and he wanted to take that left-over .32 calibre barrel and make a youth rifle for my boys. We worked out a price “range” and he built these boys a most beautiful youth flintlock rifle.
I’m fortunate to have these firearms, so that my grandkids will be able to enjoy this sport. It’s hard finding youth muzzleloaders. I know of NO current manufacturer that supports bringing youth into our traditional muzzleloading sport.
What youth activities do you do? Show us your youth equipment and tell us about it.
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