A few weeks ago Candace and I took Brock shooting. It went pretty well and he had a great time but we ran across a few issues
1) He was using a gun that was WAY to big for him
2) With the Marlin he was shooting it was hard to get him to “reset” once he fired his first shot. In other words, with that little semi-auto he just went nuts and started spraying bullets. Partially my fault.
3) We wanted for B to have a little gun of his own
4) We also wanted him to learn correct form
5) AND to be honest I was looking for a project
That being said we put the word out on the street that we were in the market for a youth .22. We went to the usual places and found a few but we figured that SOMEONE had to have one that they had outgrown… The good news is that some old dude at the range had one and sold it to us for $20.00. He really helped us out, I guess he looked at me and figured I was going to be the old dude hanging out at the range some day so he had pity on us.
Below is what the gun started liked and the progression from boring black to digital camo.
I made a small paint booth out of an old box, it seems to work pretty well
The key is to make sure that you don’t spray on the paint to heavily… TAKE YOUR TIME… Multiple coats are better than runny paint
This is what B’s Cricket looks like… Pretty neat.
This was a fun little project. What lessons did I learn?
1) BUY STENCILS – We made our own and it was a pain in the butt. It is well worth the $10 that you can get them for online.
2)Google Youtube – There are a ton of tips on painting your gun.
3) Just have fun, you can always paint it again.