Going shooting with fellow about to join up
Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2014 8:23 pm
A young man who works with my wife just quit his job because he's getting ready to join the Marines. He's been working out, running and so on so he'll do a little better in basic.
Talking with him, it came up that he had never handled a firearm, so I volunteered (when the weather permits) to have him come as a guest to the gun club, where he can shoot a little. He says he wants to be an armorer and work on guns, so I thought we could tear down my Mosin Nagant and M1A back at the shop after shooting them.
I guess my Marlin model 60 .22 rifle, the Mosin and the M1A would be best to let him shoot. I have plenty of ammo for those. Now for the first time, I regret selling my AR15, as that would be closer to what he'll be seeing in training, I would suppose.
I'm not certain about the Mosin-Nagant as it kicks quite a bit more than the M1A. - They won't have him shooting anything that kicks in basic, so there's probably no point in subjecting him to that. - Maybe I'll just talk about the gun's history and let him tear it down instead of shooting the old war horse.
He seems to be excited about going shooting, but we have to wait for better weather. Right now the high is in the low 30's and its supposed to get down to 16 tonight. Carlos doesn't like the cold weather much as he hails from Puerto Rico. A couple of months ago I kind of steered him away from gang membership, and I think that might have had something to do with his decision to join the Marines.
Anyway he's a nice young man who is going to be out there protecting my freedom so I thought I ought to do what I can to help him get a leg up for that.
While I'm at the gun club, I can look around for an empty 12 gauge shotgun shell hull that I can punch the primer out of, and use as a cleaning rod guide for the M1A. - The plastic part slips right over the muzzle brake, the cleaning rod goes through the primer pocket. ( After drilling it out a little )
Talking with him, it came up that he had never handled a firearm, so I volunteered (when the weather permits) to have him come as a guest to the gun club, where he can shoot a little. He says he wants to be an armorer and work on guns, so I thought we could tear down my Mosin Nagant and M1A back at the shop after shooting them.
I guess my Marlin model 60 .22 rifle, the Mosin and the M1A would be best to let him shoot. I have plenty of ammo for those. Now for the first time, I regret selling my AR15, as that would be closer to what he'll be seeing in training, I would suppose.
I'm not certain about the Mosin-Nagant as it kicks quite a bit more than the M1A. - They won't have him shooting anything that kicks in basic, so there's probably no point in subjecting him to that. - Maybe I'll just talk about the gun's history and let him tear it down instead of shooting the old war horse.
He seems to be excited about going shooting, but we have to wait for better weather. Right now the high is in the low 30's and its supposed to get down to 16 tonight. Carlos doesn't like the cold weather much as he hails from Puerto Rico. A couple of months ago I kind of steered him away from gang membership, and I think that might have had something to do with his decision to join the Marines.
Anyway he's a nice young man who is going to be out there protecting my freedom so I thought I ought to do what I can to help him get a leg up for that.
While I'm at the gun club, I can look around for an empty 12 gauge shotgun shell hull that I can punch the primer out of, and use as a cleaning rod guide for the M1A. - The plastic part slips right over the muzzle brake, the cleaning rod goes through the primer pocket. ( After drilling it out a little )