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Ben and I went for a little walk in the woods today and he got his first squirrel. The Squirrel was hiding pretty good and I had to help him find it, but once he saw it he acquired a stable position and waited for a good shot and he got him right in the eye. He was so excited that I thought he was going to wet his pants.




The scope is one of the little Chinese knock offs of the old redfield 3/4" tube rimfire scopes. We mounted it yesterday and got it zeroed this morning. The optics are good, but the quality is typical chinese junk, and I noticed when zeroing it that at 25 yards it has a mile of paralax. Not good for a new shooter who may or may not have his head lined up directly behind the scope. I had another rifle with me with an original redfield on it and it hardly had any at 25 yards. I'll probably pull this one off and put an original on it.

The rifle is a Rem 514 that I gave him for his 4th birthday. I dolled it up a little before I gave it to him.

Thanks for letting me brag a little. It was a great day.

John

Who "almost wet his pants"?
Dad?

Congrats, a great shot and moment to be proud of! I'm looking forward to these kinds of moment with my kids. The oldest is 3.5 so we've got a ways to go.

That squirrel looks enormous!

Tom

Of course you can brag.....all of us would! Congrats to dead-eye a fine shot and knows how to aim small.

Also a little credit to the teacher...Dad

Well done!!!!!

Thanks for sharing!

Nice 514. Can we see a better view?

John,
Just wait until you do the same thing with a grandson.
Mike

I was out squirreling too. But mine isn't quite so big, plus it took me two shots to connect. And then there was the one I flat out missed... I'd say Ben is doing better than me.

I love the look on Ben's face in the top photo. That is a kid who means business. Good times, great memories. Thanks for sharing.

I thought I had made a thread about the rifle back when I was working on it, but I can't find it now. The rifle is a rem 514, a cheap single shot .22. It is a cock on closing action which I like for a small boy as they usually can not close the bolt without help.

This is Ben looking over SDH's book deciding what features he likes.



A few work in progress photos.





And a happy birthday boy.



And doing some sitting practice.


I did the stock work and checkering, Jerome Glimm did the engraving and metal checkering. I rust blued the small parts and Parkerized the receiver. The barrel gave me fits so I sent it to a forum member here and he rust blued it for me.

Ben is 7 now and he is already about to outgrow it so I guess it is time to start on his next rifle.

Thanks,
John

Oh, and on the grandpa thing. I got started on this whole dad thing late in life, so I could likely be in a nursing home by time grand kids come along.