A young man's first rifle

[Mt_Sourdough]

  I already posted this in the Hunting Montana forum, but I decided to share it with this forum as well.
  The bad weather hasn't prevented me from taking my girlfriend's son out to shoot his, new to him, 22.  Yesterday was the first day he has ever fired any fire arm besides a few shots with a BB gun.   It was the first shots with the 22 since we bought it for him. His mom went to the Axman and bought a $25 brick of 22 lr ammo.  I mounted the scope on the rifle and then sighted it in.  The weather really prevented us from shooting for very long, but the young man took a total 6 shots at paper.
   I wanted to make things simple and fun for him, so I kept instruction to a minimum.  Focused on safety with a fire arm, breathing properly and steady squeezing of trigger.  He fired his shots from the prone position with a makeshift rest consisting of a back pack and a small tupperware tub.  My thoughts are, I want him to learn what his and his rifle's potential is while working on accuracy.  
   The rifle is a 1980 Remington Model 582 that we found in a pawn shop about three weeks ago.  The 582 is exactly what I was looking for,  a perfect 22 rifle for a young man to learn with.  I am posting some pics from the day we picked up the rifle, him shooting it yesterday and a pic of his target.  He fired his shots from 50 yards and besides one flyer (I saw him flinch), he put 5 shots into a 1.2 inch group.  Not bad for the first time.  The young man has a very staedy hand and I think some fine potential for a shooter.
   I numbered the holes from one through 7 (forgot the number 5   so it is actually 6 holes not seven).  The # sign kinda looks like another hole in the pic.

[Keith L]

Good shooting!  And that 582 will last him a lifetime if he takes care of it.

Good work.  You have made another rimfire convert.  I hope he has as much fun with his as the rest of us do.

[hunt-m-up]

Most importantly good job taking the kid out and getting him into shooting. It takes a lot of patience at times, but it's more fun to watch their reaction than to be shooting yourself sometimes.

[Mt_Sourdough]

The young man, Tyler, has fired his 22 in three of the four days that he has owned it.  Yesterday, he wanted to shoot from the prone position again, because he like his accuracy in that position.  I let him shoot up some cans. ( picked them back up and back witht the rest of the recycling) Then he went back to shooting paper.  He had a 3/4 inch three shot goup going at 50 yards, but then the snow started flying.  With 50 cent piece snow flakes, the young mans glasses fogged up and visibility of his target became poor.  Needless to say, his grouping disappeared as well, but the little trooper wanted to keep shooting.

[Shiner]

Awesome!! Congrats to you for introducing the young man to a fine sport!