Thread: Son shooting a 45 for the first time

My Son turned 13 in April so we started shooting Pistols. Started 22lr moved to 9mm then 38 Special. Yesterday broke out the 45 Kimber. The first shot was priceless his face was just worth it all. He adjusted and knocked it out he is a natural. Proud Dad.
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Originally Posted by Don

My Son turned 13 in April so we started shooting Pistols. Started 22lr moved to 9mm then 38 Special. Yesterday broke out the 45 Kimber. The first shot was priceless his face was just worth it all. He adjusted and knocked it out he is a natural. Proud Dad.
Share your Dad stories.

Sounds like a great time, Don! Gun handling, safety, and fun are a wonderful Father-Son activity, IMO. I bet your son will remember this day for the rest of his life!

Don,
good to see the next generation get going, good on you!!!!

cheers

Congratulations on that - no mamby pamby anti-gunner you're raising.

That's how my Dad did it, that's how I'm going to do it.

+1 on that!

My dad had me shooting air rifles at 7 and I was shooting shotguns at 10. Definately the right way to go..!

Sounds like you guys had a great time, congrats!

As an old firearms instructor (now only part time) that's what I like to hear.
My dad took me with him shooting the Krag-Jørgensen rifle when I was a kid, and it grew into one of my favorite hobbies.

Thanks for sharing that. That reminds of the times my dad took me shooting at about the same age. I started out the same way, 22 followed by a 38. But I'll never forget the first time I fired his S&W 357. I had a grin from ear to ear. I look forward to sharing the same with my son when he is old enough.

These instances may have wonderful follow up experiences, but the smile you saw at the first experience will never happen again. But there are other new experiences, and they can be savored also.

My first was decades ago, but also on a somewhat unique and extreme high quality toy. It'll be years before he sees and appreciates how good an intro he had - w/ a Kimber. Mine was w/ a small run (2 yrs of handbuilt production) of a subset of the Gold Cup (late 60s).

I don't know if you two hunt, but in terms of Dad/Son time, you already know those trips/times will be at the top of the lifetime memories. If anything in life deserves to be enjoyed deeply, it is certainly those Dad/Son times. May they be many and precious.

Sounds like you had a great time. Kimber .45, superb pistol to learn with. Enjoy your son, they do grow up fast. It's great being a dad!

Mine is still to small for a large caliber but I did let him shoot my Ruger target 22 earlier this year. His hands are still to small to wrap around my 45 but then again, he is only 10. Got him a Henry lever 22 about two years ago so he could shoot with me. I emailed Henry Repeating Arms to see about getting a second stock so I could keep the original and have the other cut down, way, way down for a better fit. The president of the company replied to my email and sent me second stock for the cost of shipping. He has a whopping 9 inch LOP. He is shooting with grandpa (retired cop and firearms instructor). I think I started shooting when I was around 8

I shoot a lot of sporting clays and goes with me. I let him crack a round or two but my over/under 12 just kicks to hard. So I got him a super light youth auto loader in 20 for his birthday this year. He does a decent job. His first time ever shooting it was at a trap shoot. A real trap shoot, he still broke 10 of 25 and it was the first time he ever fired the weapon.