doc.morrison
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Point and shoot....
DanGuy wrote, "Started with a Daisy BB gun. Then my dad had me join a smallbore club at the nearby base that employed him so the Winchester 52 C became my best friend."
Check. Only the range was inside the original Silver Spring, MD, National Guard Armory. I think we were shooting rack rifles from the vault, .22 sleeved M1903s, perhaps.
That was a half century ago.
The Boys Club on Forest Glen Road had two activities worth the 2 mile walk, indoor .22RF range, and outdoor pool.
Then, there was Boy Scouts where I easily earned the Rifle Shooting merit badge at summer camp.
US Army was a few years later.....some of our training didn't use sights, they were blocked with a dowel rubber banded between front and rear sight. This was at the end of Vietnam, where point-shoot at popup silhouettes was important.
DanGuy wrote, "Started with a Daisy BB gun. Then my dad had me join a smallbore club at the nearby base that employed him so the Winchester 52 C became my best friend."
Check. Only the range was inside the original Silver Spring, MD, National Guard Armory. I think we were shooting rack rifles from the vault, .22 sleeved M1903s, perhaps.
That was a half century ago.
The Boys Club on Forest Glen Road had two activities worth the 2 mile walk, indoor .22RF range, and outdoor pool.
Then, there was Boy Scouts where I easily earned the Rifle Shooting merit badge at summer camp.
US Army was a few years later.....some of our training didn't use sights, they were blocked with a dowel rubber banded between front and rear sight. This was at the end of Vietnam, where point-shoot at popup silhouettes was important.