Proud Dad

[gillman7]

Here is a quick pic of my 13 year old son's 10/22. His stock was too long for him, so we bought a take off stock for him to use until he grows a little.

He wanted to camo it, so he cut it down 2", removed all the original varnish, cleaned it, primered it, and then taped and camoed it all himself. Not a bad job for a first effort. He is pumped, we are shooting it this weekend.

 

[sumoj275]

Good deal there pop's. I bet that camo scheme would be very effective in breaking up shapes.

 

[jmiller45]

That's awsome Gill!

 

[BuddyL]

Watch out Olyeller. Here come the kids.

 

[NikatKimber]

Good for him! I wish I'd been doing stuff like that at 13!

Next is bedding and free floating, then do a trigger job....

 

[flatwins]

Man, that is cool! He reminds me of myself at that age, taking stuff apart and painting it. My kid is 8 and I hope he shows an interest in that kind of thing at some point. I doubt he'd know what a roll of masking tape looks like.

 

[gillman7]

Good for him! I wish I'd been doing stuff like that at 13!

Next is bedding and free floating, then do a trigger job....

Funny thing is he came in after school today, and said"Hey Dad, the next gun we do, I want to....."

I think he caught the bug!

 

[Nighthawk]

Great job, he's ready!

 

[NikatKimber]

Funny thing is he came in after school today, and said"Hey Dad, the next gun we do, I want to....."

I think he caught the bug!

Fantastic!!!


What's the next gun??

 

[Spooln-Rex]

Ha i cant wait till my son gets older so we can work on this stuff together. Great job for being a first try. i was really into painting model airplanes and such in camo back when i was yonger then i got into airbrushing model cars. ahhh the good ol days of a paint fume filled room lol.