A couple of months ago, I did an orientation to a new member. He's a young buck and his granddad gave him his membership as he never used it any more. The young guy, maybe early 30's,and is a corrections officer at one of the small prisons close to Tulsa.
I noticed most of his gear was on our 100-300 yard benchs but he was over on the short range. Didn't really give it much thought as he wasn't doing anything wrong. As I was setting up my bench to shoot he came walking over to me and ask if I mind giving him some help. He said he had changed scopes on his AR 10 and had shot no less than 30 rounds and still isn't on paper. Bear in mind, he's shooting 25 yards and no a bullet has hit the target.
I ask if he minded me taking his rifle apart and he was good with that, so I popped the rear hinge pin and pulled the bolt. When I looked down the barrel, I could see his cross hairs were really high. While I looked through his scope, I had him bring it down three different times and from the look on his face I know he thought I was nuts. I put his rifle back together and told him to try it. Half inch low and dead center. He said he had never heard of such a thing. I told him to keep coming out, there were lots of thing to learn out here. He seems like a great kid and followed me all the way to my truck thanking me. Learning simple tricks like this sure saves ammo. I'm glad I could give him some help.
While I will never claim to be a guru about anything, as an old fart its nice to think that I helped a new shooter learn something he can use a long time. Isn't that what us old guys are suppose to do?
I noticed most of his gear was on our 100-300 yard benchs but he was over on the short range. Didn't really give it much thought as he wasn't doing anything wrong. As I was setting up my bench to shoot he came walking over to me and ask if I mind giving him some help. He said he had changed scopes on his AR 10 and had shot no less than 30 rounds and still isn't on paper. Bear in mind, he's shooting 25 yards and no a bullet has hit the target.
I ask if he minded me taking his rifle apart and he was good with that, so I popped the rear hinge pin and pulled the bolt. When I looked down the barrel, I could see his cross hairs were really high. While I looked through his scope, I had him bring it down three different times and from the look on his face I know he thought I was nuts. I put his rifle back together and told him to try it. Half inch low and dead center. He said he had never heard of such a thing. I told him to keep coming out, there were lots of thing to learn out here. He seems like a great kid and followed me all the way to my truck thanking me. Learning simple tricks like this sure saves ammo. I'm glad I could give him some help.
While I will never claim to be a guru about anything, as an old fart its nice to think that I helped a new shooter learn something he can use a long time. Isn't that what us old guys are suppose to do?
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