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Took my son, who will be seven in March, to the rifle range yesterday with the scoped 22 mag. He did well. As in he hit the paper, made some progress, and more importantly enjoyed the heck out of the whole experience. Looking for some tips/ tricks/things that have worked for you folks when teaching your youngsters to shoot or the youngsters themselves to relate what worked best for them in being taught. I drew him a picture of the scope picture, a picture of the target and then a drawing where one was over the other to show him what to look for. I adjusted the shooting rest while he looked throug the scope. he shot at 50 yards The first round of six put 1 on the paper and no other wholes. The next groups were much better and he ended up with some within 4 inches of center, several dead center but 6 inches high and a whole bunch 6,7,8 inches high and 4,5,6 inches left in a loose grouping which may be a result of trigger pull (he's shooting lefty). I'm thinking going somewhere where I can set up a target at 20-30 yards and zeroing in the gun at that distance would be a good thing- better sight picture in terms of where the cross hairs should go and better to physically see where he's looking at, etc. Any suggestions. Thanks, Keystonepaul
