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    PJDiesel

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    You'll shoot your eye out with that thing!

    We shot everything as kids (different time, and, we lived in the middle of no where).

    I would recommend building or buying a "trap" style target. As simple as a cardboard box with targets attached to the front or much more complex/sturdy depending on your level of skill.
     
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    PJDiesel

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    Something else I DON'T recommend for children is how we do at my shop, helium filled air balloons let go. Takes a WHOLE 'nother level of skill!
     
    Rab1515

    Rab1515

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    Calvert
    smkranz said:
    and these. Stick a roll of caps on-end on a relatively hard backing (I used ceiling tiles in my basement firing range) and a square hit made a nice report. At least, with the caps we used to get when I was a kid.

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    You must have been a good shot. On the ones you can get now the spot to set it off is only 1/8 of an inch.
     
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    Pablopac

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    Aug 7, 2012
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    We use balloons on a finishing nail in stumps in the woods. Two kids approach and locate. 1 shoots. If they miss, other shoots. If both miss, either the bb rifleman saves the day, or they take 3 steps closer. Also works with 22 pistol and rifle. Great fun, a little competition. Coach (dad or mom) is walking with them to ensure good handling habits and fundamentals of marksmanship.
    pablo
     
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    pitpawten

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    Jan 28, 2013
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    11yo son is getting upgraded from a lever BB to multi-pump BB this Christmas (22 not as easy an option where we live).

    This thread is great! :)
     
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    Blacksmith101

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    Jun 22, 2012
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    Where are you on the Eastern Shore? There is a junior air rifle program in Rising Sun and another I know of in Salisbury, may be others around.
     
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    Blacksmith101

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    Jun 22, 2012
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    big pimpin said:
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    There are a number of American Legions in QA Co. and the Legion has a youth shooting program that the head of the Legion in Maryland has been pushing. You might see if any of them sponsor a program or get a post interested in starting one. The one in Rising Sun and Salisbury are both American legion sponsored.
    http://www.legion.org/shooting

    The 4H also has a youth air rifle program and I suspect there are lots of 4H in that area.
    http://www.4-hshootingsports.org/

    If those Ideas don't work start your own program. Here is an article in "On The Mark", the CMP magazine, to get you started:
    http://thecmp.org/wp-content/uploads/Gary_OTMOct2007.pdf

    All it takes is one person with initiative.:thumbsup:
     
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