Shooting with my Dad

[ChrisMcCracken]

My parents are up visiting me for a few days in PA from GA. I hadn't seen my old man in almost a year. We went shooting today, and the weather was glorious. I couldn't have asked for a better time. I wish it could happen more often.

-Chris

[outerlimits]

i remember returning from the corps in 74. took my uncle out in the boonies to try a chicom 56. we had hunted together since i was a kid...he practically raised me. watching the grin on his face was priceless...

[Greg Bell]

Good stuff! Do it more often

[boz1911]

Good for you. My Dad and I used to shoot all the time when I would visit him, I miss that. He just doesn't do much of anything anymore.

[JeffWard]

I lost my dad to cancer, about 18 months ago at only 64. Just about the time I got back into pistol shooting really seriously. He use to shoot and hunt and reload a lot when I was a kid, and he taught me. We hadn't shot together in years, but when he was sick, we played less golf and shot more. Shooting required less mobility. Shooting with dad brought back great memories of childhood.

Watching the mixture of pride and frustration on his face (he was just a TINY BIT competitive... LOL) when I started shooting MUCH better than he could, was fun for both of us. If you're going to be out-shot by anyone... I guess it's best that it's your son! He really enjoyed shooting my new high-tech "plastic toys"... but the last gun he bought a few months before he died? A blued-steel Smith and Wesson Chief's Special Model 36... "For my Mom" he said. Mom still has it under her pillow. I'm guessing 1% for protection, and 99% to remind her of him. That's one little gun that will never be sold or traded away.

RIP, Dad.