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My sister in law passed away last weekend, suddenly after fighting stage 4 ovarian cancer into remission and having surgery on her leg tendons which had been damaged by the chemo...she was upbeat and looking forward to rehab and walking again. She died in her sleep from an apparent heart attack.
My nephew and his daughter drove up from NC for the services and bunked at our house and while they planned on leaving today to head home, Lilly, who is sixteen, said she wanted to learn to shoot. She had prior experience with a BB gun.
We started with the Dan Wesson Model 15 loaded with 38 Special, moved to the CZ 75 Compact and then onto long guns. I had the Winchester 1906 to get her accustomed to a rifle and then broke out the Marlin 44 Magnum. I expected that the time with that carbine would be short..and was waayyy wrong. She finished up the pack of reloads with 240 grain PFN loaded with Universal 8.5 grains...not a powder puff charge. She loved shooting that lever gun and we finished with some full power 44 Magnum loaded with 240 grain semi jacketed FMJ.
I told her that when they come back in the Summer that we'll hit McMiller in WI and get the AR's warmed up!
My nephew and his daughter drove up from NC for the services and bunked at our house and while they planned on leaving today to head home, Lilly, who is sixteen, said she wanted to learn to shoot. She had prior experience with a BB gun.
We started with the Dan Wesson Model 15 loaded with 38 Special, moved to the CZ 75 Compact and then onto long guns. I had the Winchester 1906 to get her accustomed to a rifle and then broke out the Marlin 44 Magnum. I expected that the time with that carbine would be short..and was waayyy wrong. She finished up the pack of reloads with 240 grain PFN loaded with Universal 8.5 grains...not a powder puff charge. She loved shooting that lever gun and we finished with some full power 44 Magnum loaded with 240 grain semi jacketed FMJ.
I told her that when they come back in the Summer that we'll hit McMiller in WI and get the AR's warmed up!