New Shooter in Family - The Firearms Forum

Harshbarger · 01-31-2006, 08:52 AM

Hey people,
Just a quick note to BRAG about our new addition- Elijah James. We had him last Friday...Well the wife had him...I bought him his first shotgun Saturday but I guess I will have to wait till the ear muffs fit him before letting him shoot. I missed reading the new posts in the morning the past week...what a great group of people.
MBH

inplanotx · 01-31-2006, 08:55 AM

Congratulations on the new arrival. Shotgun so soon? We do need a few pictures though! Please?????

lead · 01-31-2006, 09:08 AM

Congrats! Is the shotgun a 410? You might be able to get him ready for the Fall season!!

wolfgang2000 · 01-31-2006, 09:11 AM

Congratulation!! Nothing wrong with getting the shotgun now. You can make sure that it is working right by the time he is ready for it.

When my grand son was born I bought him a little Rossi that had 2 barrels. A 22 and 410. He will be 5 this March, He is almost ready for it.

His brother was just born a month ago, I guess I will have to buy him something, I don't want him to feel left out!

Again Congratulation, and when your wife starts questioning the gun buys, just explain to her how much money you are saveing by getting them NOW!

Harshbarger · 01-31-2006, 09:20 AM

Lead
Yep, a .410 single shot...I wanted to buy it the day he was born but didn't get out of the hospital till late in the evening. I really wanted to be able to say I bought him his first gun the day he was born. Can you tell I'm a proud parent???

Harshbarger · 01-31-2006, 09:27 AM

Wolfgang,
Thanks. I have the opposite problem of most guys...I have to keep putting the brakes on my wife buying new guns. I even hide the new hunting magazines as they come in so she doesn't see the "new" camo patterns they came out with or the "hottest" wildcat cartridges just out. If I can figure out how to enter photos I'll get pictures in here tomorrow of our son & this year's hunting pics where the wife showed me up here in PA.

Silver72 · 01-31-2006, 09:51 AM

You have a lot to look forward to, years of fun. Our daughter was scared of guns and hide in her room when I brought home a deer to butcher. Years later she ask if I would teach her to shoot......I nearly fell over. When she got very good I gave her a .38.

She came home for a couple of weeks this past Christmas and brought the snub nose .38. She wanted to go to the range with me. She just now turned 36 and can out shoot her old man. We only see her once a year now, so it is quality time when she is home.

Congratulations!

Harshbarger · 01-31-2006, 10:06 AM

Silver,
Isn't that a neat feeling? People are always busting me when we are shooting claybirds and the wife ends up winning in a game of cut-throat, but I keep telling them I'm the one that created that monster. I have a daughter that will be four in April and she was with us duck hunting when she was six months and she has been Moose hunting in Newfoundland twice already. But I want them to grow up the way I was brought up. My dad was a Game Warden and I pretty much grew up hunting & fishing & living on wild game. Heck, we raise registered Black Angus beef and I can't remember the last time I actually ate beef. I never realized how much fun this was going to be having my own kids to teach all the things that I was blessed with learning from my parents. I just wish I could have afforded to do it at a younger age.

Silver72 · 01-31-2006, 10:45 AM

Yes it's neat! We have a son, older than our daughter, that hunted the same ranch with me for 12-14 years. His first gun (he saved for and picked out) was the Win. .30-30. He took his first deer with it in the brush at about 13. I got him a .270 when he was 15 and we got on our first hunting lease.

Currently he has my laptop and is up dating it for me.

Two great kids!

muley · 01-31-2006, 10:52 AM

Congratulations!! That's cool....I didn't get my first shotgun until I was 8.....The muley womenfolk were too liberal, I guess. Mine was a 410 single shot too.......Still have it, of course.
May he enjoy good health and have a happy, long life............
muley

Marlin · 01-31-2006, 10:57 AM

Many Cudos, Harsh. My Dad was like you - - - Start ém shootin' right out o' the cradle!

Deputy Dawg · 01-31-2006, 11:44 AM

Congratulations,I did not buy my daughter a firearm untill she was two years old,It was a single shot ChipMunk 22LR.

Pistolenschutze · 01-31-2006, 01:21 PM

Congratulations, Harsh!!! New additions like that are what give purpose to out lives.

pickenup · 01-31-2006, 06:02 PM

Congrats on the newest addition.
What does the "almost" 4 year old think about this?

358 winchester · 01-31-2006, 06:46 PM

Harsh sounds to me like them children will have years of good times with their Dad.
Ron

SouthernMoss · 01-31-2006, 10:09 PM

Congratulations, Harshbarger! Can't wait to see the pics!!

rosierita · 02-01-2006, 02:45 PM

congrats harshbarger!

01-31-2006, 08:52 AM	#1
Harshbarger Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 17	New Shooter in Family Hey people, Just a quick note to BRAG about our new addition- Elijah James. We had him last Friday...Well the wife had him...I bought him his first shotgun Saturday but I guess I will have to wait till the ear muffs fit him before letting him shoot. I missed reading the new posts in the morning the past week...what a great group of people. MBH -->

01-31-2006, 08:55 AM	#2
inplanotx Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 8,897	Re: New Shooter in Family Congratulations on the new arrival. Shotgun so soon? We do need a few pictures though! Please????? __________________

01-31-2006, 09:08 AM	#3
lead Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Missouri Posts: 1,522	Re: New Shooter in Family Congrats! Is the shotgun a 410? You might be able to get him ready for the Fall season!! __________________ The best things in life, are not things.

01-31-2006, 09:11 AM	#4
wolfgang2000 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Mountain Grove MO. Posts: 542	Re: New Shooter in Family Congratulation!! Nothing wrong with getting the shotgun now. You can make sure that it is working right by the time he is ready for it. When my grand son was born I bought him a little Rossi that had 2 barrels. A 22 and 410. He will be 5 this March, He is almost ready for it. His brother was just born a month ago, I guess I will have to buy him something, I don't want him to feel left out! Again Congratulation, and when your wife starts questioning the gun buys, just explain to her how much money you are saveing by getting them NOW! __________________ Guns are like Jello, there is always room for more!

01-31-2006, 09:20 AM	#5
Harshbarger Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 17	Re: New Shooter in Family Lead Yep, a .410 single shot...I wanted to buy it the day he was born but didn't get out of the hospital till late in the evening. I really wanted to be able to say I bought him his first gun the day he was born. Can you tell I'm a proud parent???

01-31-2006, 09:27 AM	#6
Harshbarger Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 17	Re: New Shooter in Family Wolfgang, Thanks. I have the opposite problem of most guys...I have to keep putting the brakes on my wife buying new guns. I even hide the new hunting magazines as they come in so she doesn't see the "new" camo patterns they came out with or the "hottest" wildcat cartridges just out. If I can figure out how to enter photos I'll get pictures in here tomorrow of our son & this year's hunting pics where the wife showed me up here in PA.

01-31-2006, 09:51 AM	#7
Silver72 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Central Texas Posts: 542	Re: New Shooter in Family You have a lot to look forward to, years of fun. Our daughter was scared of guns and hide in her room when I brought home a deer to butcher. Years later she ask if I would teach her to shoot......I nearly fell over. When she got very good I gave her a .38. She came home for a couple of weeks this past Christmas and brought the snub nose .38. She wanted to go to the range with me. She just now turned 36 and can out shoot her old man. We only see her once a year now, so it is quality time when she is home. Congratulations!

01-31-2006, 10:06 AM	#8
Harshbarger Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 17	Re: New Shooter in Family Silver, Isn't that a neat feeling? People are always busting me when we are shooting claybirds and the wife ends up winning in a game of cut-throat, but I keep telling them I'm the one that created that monster. I have a daughter that will be four in April and she was with us duck hunting when she was six months and she has been Moose hunting in Newfoundland twice already. But I want them to grow up the way I was brought up. My dad was a Game Warden and I pretty much grew up hunting & fishing & living on wild game. Heck, we raise registered Black Angus beef and I can't remember the last time I actually ate beef. I never realized how much fun this was going to be having my own kids to teach all the things that I was blessed with learning from my parents. I just wish I could have afforded to do it at a younger age.

01-31-2006, 10:45 AM	#9
Silver72 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Central Texas Posts: 542	Re: New Shooter in Family Yes it's neat! We have a son, older than our daughter, that hunted the same ranch with me for 12-14 years. His first gun (he saved for and picked out) was the Win. .30-30. He took his first deer with it in the brush at about 13. I got him a .270 when he was 15 and we got on our first hunting lease. Currently he has my laptop and is up dating it for me. Two great kids!

01-31-2006, 10:52 AM	#10
muley V.I.P. Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Far North Cal Posts: 276	Re: New Shooter in Family Congratulations!! That's cool....I didn't get my first shotgun until I was 8.....The muley womenfolk were too liberal, I guess. Mine was a 410 single shot too.......Still have it, of course. May he enjoy good health and have a happy, long life............ muley __________________ I love the smell of Hoppe's #9 in the morning.

01-31-2006, 10:57 AM	#11
Marlin TFF Admin Staff Chief Counselor Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: At SouthernMoss' side forever! Contributor Posts: 13,854	Re: New Shooter in Family Many Cudos, Harsh. My Dad was like you - - - Start ém shootin' right out o' the cradle! __________________ *The flag represents a living country and is itself considered a living thing.* *The only criminal class native to the United States is Congress.*

01-31-2006, 11:44 AM	#12
Deputy Dawg Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Central Texas Gulf Coast Posts: 2,234	Re: New Shooter in Family Congratulations,I did not buy my daughter a firearm untill she was two years old,It was a single shot ChipMunk 22LR. __________________ LOCK and LOAD................................... GOD, GUNS,GUTS the three that keep us FREE!!!!

01-31-2006, 01:21 PM	#13
Pistolenschutze Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Colorado Posts: 13,094	Re: New Shooter in Family Congratulations, Harsh!!! New additions like that are what give purpose to out lives. __________________ --Pistolenschutze (Pistol Shooter)

01-31-2006, 06:02 PM	#14
pickenup Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains Posts: 6,841	Re: New Shooter in Family Congrats on the newest addition. What does the "almost" 4 year old think about this? __________________ The gene pool needs chlorine

01-31-2006, 06:46 PM	#15
358 winchester TFF Admin Staff Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Pensacola Fl. area Posts: 7,335	Re: New Shooter in Family Harsh sounds to me like them children will have years of good times with their Dad. Ron __________________ Administrator & Owner RangeDay.com Proud, White, Heterosexual, Gun Owning, Southern American, Christian. Any question about where I stand?

01-31-2006, 10:09 PM	#16
SouthernMoss Admin Tech Staff Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: SW MS Contributor Posts: 10,651	Re: New Shooter in Family Congratulations, Harshbarger! Can't wait to see the pics!! __________________ My Second protects your First "I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand." - Susan B Anthony

02-01-2006, 02:45 PM	#17
rosierita Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: South Carolina Posts: 5,218	Re: New Shooter in Family congrats harshbarger! __________________