Youth Field Day

[Gil Martin]

Last Saturday, our local gun club hosted a Youth Field Day for 200 youngsters. The younger ones shot .22 rifles, crossbows, went fishing and did other outdoor activities. The older teenagers came to my high power rifle station on the 50 yard rifle range. We used Savage Axis .223 bolt action rifles with 3x-9x scopes. The shooters wore era plugs and ear muffs and eye protection while they shot 20 rounds from sandbags at bullseye and groundhog targets. Each shooter had an adult instructor coaching them. We processed 51 teenagers during the day and fired over 1,000 rounds. I must be getting old because that ten hour day nearly did me in. Everyone had a great time. The instructors shared the PMC brass and MidwayUSA reimbursed us for the ammo. All the best...
Gil