Thread: 22lr practice

Originally Posted by Flyblown

Good stuff.

I’ll be doing exactly this with my youngest boy this evening.

To keep it fun, I use beer cans filled with water, and set them up at varying ranges, say 18 or 24. Then give the young fella some tuition for the first half dozen or so, then over to him to take out the rest. I’ll sit back and watch him rather than the target, looking specifically for cheek weld, eye relief, if he’s struggling to position his head correctly, how he controls the trigger - any jerks snatches?

Then, how confident and smooth he is with ejecting, cycling the bolt, reloading. I can hear if he’s hit the can, no need to look at that.

We’re training tonight with the extra long sitting position bipod, and how to position the body with elbows on legs etc.

And hopefully killing plenty of bunnies.

One of the things I do with teenagers is grab a 15. soft dring bottle or two. Fill them with water. and get them to hit it as hard as they can with a fist, and then a hammer to see what damage they do to it....I then get a fresh one and get them to shoot it with a .22 or a centrefire...Then I point out how much damage they did with a hammer / fist and how much the humble 22 did....It is a great way of demonstrating that just cos it is small (.22) it does not make it a toy...Most kids have hit a finger or hand with a hammer etc so wil know how much that hurts...when they see the damage to the bottle it should give them an idea of how much energy is in a bullet...