Boy that sounds like a fun time for all!
I coach a Scholastic Clay Target Progam team from our local club. We just completed the state championship sporting clays shoot with 207 kids shootiing. It is an absolute pleasure seeing this many kids enjoying the shotgun shooting sports.
Every other year the NRA National Youth Hunter Education Challenge (YHEC) Championship comes to Mansfield, PA. They will be here again this year, starting July 19. Our small club hosts these kids for practice over the weekend prior to the competition. We'll have between 200-300 kids at our club at any one time shooting 22's, muzzleloaders, archery, and sporting clays for two days. We typically throw 9000 plus clays during this weekend so it is quite busy. We will see kids and parents from all over the country and I absolutly guarantee they are the nicest people you will ever meet. Although it is a great deal of work for us, after it is over all involved comment on the tremendous satisfaction this endeavor provides those that work the event.
No, I have never seen any kid shooting a Parker but some day, if they stay involved with the sport, their interest may turn to shooting old guns. We have to make the investment now to reap rewards later. If you ever have the opportunity to help out at an activity such as these make sure you do. You will be richly rewarded.
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