Wednesday, June 04, 2008

The past is another country...

...they did things cooler there.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Eldest (11 y.o. daughter) beat two boys her age in a 4-H .22 silhouette match.....

The 4-H teaching guide I have teaches that the rifle shoud rest upon either bone or stretched muscles/tendons- flexed muscles tire and produce shaking. I saw a lot of kids in the same stance pictured in that link....

Anonymous said...

Nit a horrible offhand stance, if you don't have a palmrest, I suppose. Us hillbillies just do it like this:

http://neanderpundit.com/?p=140

staghounds said...

Cool picture, lots of personality in those faces. I don't see many cheating, violent, or even uppity husbands in their futures. Except for #2- she looks like she'll be using her skills on a succession of losers.

I believe the current DC high school girl's shooting activities are somewhat more individually based. And instead of Winchester single shot muskets, they use Lorcin and Raven products.

Anonymous said...

Those are Savage Model 1919 rifles, competitor to the ultimately triumphant and magnificent Winchester Model 52.