henschman
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It sounds like an Appleseed marksmanship clinic would be right up you and your family's alley. It is a great training environment for the whole family. It is all about teaching the fundamentals of rifle marksmanship. We do most of our shooting at 25m on Army qualification targets, so you can use a .22 if you want. We have the adults shoot from field positions, but we give some special attention to the kiddos... we let them shoot off a bag or bipod or whatever they need. We also like to give them special targets and drills that are more their speed. For a child that age, we would require an instructor to be assigned specifically to her at all times, but we would be glad to have her on the line with us.
You can check out our schedule here: http://www.appleseed...tename=Oklahoma , and the link to our website and my contact info is in my sig.
It would be great if you could join us at Afton or USSA, which are both coming up soon, but if those are too far for you, we are doing one at the Tri City Gun Club in Norman in October.
As an instructor I am very familiar with the "spousal coaching syndrome" you speak of... any time one of our instructors has a significant other on the line, we recommend putting that instructor on the other end of the line! I myself committed this mistake a few years ago when I was a new Instructor In Training, by hovering over my girlfriend at her first Appleseed. She got pretty fed up with me. She reacted much better when one of our female instructors started helping her out.
For a child your daughter's age, a Cricket would indeed make an excellent rifle. One of our instructors has a couple of Crickets he has all set up with bipods and red dot sights for the young'uns to use at shoots. If you come to one of our events, I'm sure he'd be glad to let her try one out. Also, you could cut down the stock on a semi auto. Rugers are very popular, and it is always easy to find a take-off stock for cheap online so you don't have to cut yours up; but Rugers do tend to be on the heavy side for youngsters. Marlin 795s are another option and are very light.
You can check out our schedule here: http://www.appleseed...tename=Oklahoma , and the link to our website and my contact info is in my sig.
It would be great if you could join us at Afton or USSA, which are both coming up soon, but if those are too far for you, we are doing one at the Tri City Gun Club in Norman in October.
As an instructor I am very familiar with the "spousal coaching syndrome" you speak of... any time one of our instructors has a significant other on the line, we recommend putting that instructor on the other end of the line! I myself committed this mistake a few years ago when I was a new Instructor In Training, by hovering over my girlfriend at her first Appleseed. She got pretty fed up with me. She reacted much better when one of our female instructors started helping her out.
For a child your daughter's age, a Cricket would indeed make an excellent rifle. One of our instructors has a couple of Crickets he has all set up with bipods and red dot sights for the young'uns to use at shoots. If you come to one of our events, I'm sure he'd be glad to let her try one out. Also, you could cut down the stock on a semi auto. Rugers are very popular, and it is always easy to find a take-off stock for cheap online so you don't have to cut yours up; but Rugers do tend to be on the heavy side for youngsters. Marlin 795s are another option and are very light.
