We used to soak in salt water over night to get some of the toughness out. Now we just buy at the store.
You can get rabbit at the stores here? I've seen that in some places back east that mostly cater to restaurants, but not here. That would be interesting.
I think we're going to have a range in the basement as well, Jude will be 6 and I figure we can get Airsoft or bb's for him...
Plus, target shooting is target shooting, fun no matter what you're shooting really...
Apparently, I've ingrained the TOUCH THIS GUN AND BE KILLED rule enough. Both kids refuse to touch the pistols, which is awesome. They answered everything right without any prompting. What to do if they find a gun, what not to do.. Kelsey is taking my instruction very seriously, which is awesome too. We went over what the parts of her rifle are, and what they do, and how bullets get out of the barrel. Took apart a few shells and burned the powder... went over disassembly and reassembly of the action.
Her gun is a Keystone Crickett, funky little single shot, bolt-action .22LR with a manual cocking knob. (don't say it! just dont' LOL ) Pretty safe design, has a bolt lock deal, sticks a post up so you can't put the bolt in. You drop a bullet in, close the bolt, **** it, fire, repeat. The only thing I am not in love with is that to decock, you have to hold on to the cocking lever and pull the trigger-- but that's only because I grew up in the 80's, and because I'm spoiled with my Sig's decocking lever. I suppose that generations of yout's made it through childhood without killing themselves with that design, so that's fine. I asked what she should do if her gun was cocked and she didn't want to shoot it, her answer: "Keep the barrel pointed away from anything I don't want to break or kill, and ask you to do it." Good answer.
anyway she's stoked to "kill cans" and paying close attention to everything with the appropriate gravity, so I think we'll be going shooting this weekend. Should be fun.
