A boy and a Single Six.

Zee · May 2015

When I was a wee lad............err........when I was young, my father gave me a Ruger Single Six as my first handgun. To this day, it's the only surviving gun from my youth. All the others were stolen in my teens.

I started my boy shooting handguns and rifles when he was 4. I skipped the BB Gun thing and went straight to .22lr in both platforms. These days, he's up to .243 Winchester in a rifle, but we stick to .22lr as to handguns.

Yesterday, we had fun shooting the 10/22 at the range. Today though, he asked if he could shoot a Sixgun. Well, we aim to please. So, out came the Single Six.

He'd tried it once before when he was 4 years old at about 10 yards. But, he didn't really get the open sight concept at that age. Today..........was another story.

I set a cup at 25 yards, explained the usage of iron sights, set the gun on the rest, and let him have at it.

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With his first cylinder..............he hit the cup at 25 yards 5 out of 6 times.

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We then filled some bottles and cups up with water and he enjoyed destroying them one after the other.

I'm kinda proud of my boy.

Farm Boy Deuce · May 2015

Pretty awesome Zee. Especially awesome that it is your first handgun.

timc · May 2015

That's darn fine shooting, you are a lucky man!

Weatherby · May 2015

Farm Boy Deuce wrote: »

Pretty awesome Zee. Especially awesome that it is your first handgun.

I agree and we Can tell Zee is still a young one as it's not a 3 screw.

Elk creek · May 2015

That's awesome for both of you! Another priceless moment brought to you by Ruger!

LMLarsen · May 2015

Outstanding!!

HvyMax · May 2015

I enjoyed teaching my kids on guns that belonged to their great and great great grandparents that I also learned on. Mine all learned on irons before I would let them near optics. You learn real marksmanship with irons especially at varying distances. Kentucky windage is nearly a lost art. Once they had a handle on that I let them use optics. Bolt and single actions are great for teaching the fundamentals. The best times are those when they are young and you can still teach them and they appreciate all of it. Once they are teenagers it's too late. Crap my son passed up the Gatling and a selection of beltfeds and full autos to go skateboarding. I guess when you can shoot a Barrett at 10 along with most full autos you can get bored. My youngest daughter is13 and I can still enjoy range time with her. Of course she was shooting an open bolt UZI at 7. Her favorites at this point are my LCP and Mossberg 835. Once my son could keep all shots in a 6" circle at 50yds with irons it was time to take him hunting. Here he is at 9 with his 8 pointer. Enjoy it while you can cause they grow up fast.