The “Daisy” Day’s of Summer!
This is my grandson Keegan (Bubbie) McNamara shooting his new Daisy B.B. gun. Keegan’s grandmother, on his fathers side, bought it for him for his eight birthday. I seriously don’t think she knew what owning a “weapon” curtailed! Keegan didn’t have a clue about gun safety, and the potential power of one little B.B. shot in the wrong direction.
In the last couple weeks I have been working with him, and his big sister Nadia, concerning the safe handling and shooting of this gun. Yesterday we went over to my daughter Alena’s place and did a little “plinking!” I set some various sized bottles up, and of course we had to have a “contest!” Different sized bottles had different scores. I must say I was impressed with both of their handling of the gun. They were very safe concerning keeping the barrel being pointed in the right direction, and never cocked the gun until the firing line was “clear.”
They both are a chip off the old block, and Keegan actually beat me for the “championship!” He shot a 32, I shot a 31, and Nadia had a 28! We had fun, but even more importantly it was a good learning experience for us all.
Although the gun is probably one of the least expensive models “Daisy” makes there is still enough power to damage things, animals, and people. There was enough “muzzle velocity” to shoot completely through the metal pop cans and some of the thinner plastic. We learned an important safety lesson concerning the harder plastic bottles. One of the B.B.’s ricochet off the bottle, and hit me in the foot, causing a nice red welt. No more targets that the B.B.’s will not penetrate. We’ll stick with paper, cardboard, and pop cans.
As you can see by the photo’s Keegan is a “lefty” and Nadia shoots right handed. I also shoot left handed, but that’s the only thing I do left handed. That totally goes against the right eye left eye dominant theory. Go figure!
Mike
August 18th, 2008 at 7:53 am
Oh do I remember those days. I cut my shooting teeth with a crossman air gun as well. It made for some great summer days.
I’m glad you got them out and shooting and doing it the right way by showing them the proper techniques for handling a gun. I was instilled with that at a young age and it has carried over for many years to come.
August 18th, 2008 at 11:28 am
Love those little BB guns!
My dad shoots a gun left - and it is also the only thing he does lefty…strange. He even shoot s a bow righty - I don’t get it.
August 28th, 2008 at 5:44 pm
I remember that day i had so much fun, but i havent seen that bb scence then. I shoot alot better from u (my grandpa) teaching me how to do it right…but now we know what kind of boddles to shoot at!!