Thread: city kids and shooting

Originally Posted by Bill999

yeah i rekin they put the rifle on top of their shoulder to get closer to the scope and put the scope directly to their eye, it probably makes sense at the time haha

and yep taking selfies to show your friends is the thing that motivates them the most for sure

At one of my primary school friends 8th birthday parties back in the days when the TV broadcast stopped at about 2230, one of the activities in addition to pass the parcel and treasure hunt was a spot of target competition with the air rifle.

For reasons that can be easily guessed I ended up with the nickname ‘bazooka boy’ for the rest of the day. The thing was I actually won the shoot and can still remember how the over the shoulder hold felt so much more effective at the time.
I don’t think I would have had the muscle let alone the muscle memory to balance the weight of a rifle in the correct standing hold at the time. For an eight year old it was like holding a fence post.