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That is better left to another posting.

I took my CHL class with my two sons and Mrs. RiverRat. We were told to brings hats, eye, and ear protection for the shooting qualification, which we did.

At the end of the shooting qual., I had shot a perfect score. Everything, I shot was in the middle, no problem, right? The instructor came by rating scores, gave me a 245/250.....but,.....but, I HAD JUST SHOT a perfect score!!

Sure enough, there was a flyer at the bottom left of the target, out of the scoring area, almost off the paper..... -5 points.

I know what I aim at, and what I hit!! There is no confusion where a .45 slug lands when fired from only 20' away. A .45 always makes a big hole. I couldn't believe it......and to add insult to injury, and envy, and a certain amount of pride, my son, shooting at the same time gets a 250 / 250. A perfect score.

We got home after the course that evening, and I was reflecting on the day, particularly the shooting qual., and how I could have missed the center of target, with a full sized .45??....I can drive nails with that gun!........at those distances??....I saw every shot hit in the middle of the target. I'm not getting THAT OLD!

My son, who is also sitting on the couch, starts smiling. You know that smile, that knowing "evil" smile....

When we did the shooting qual., my oldest son was on my right, and receiving the benefits of the spent brass out of my .45. One of my hot brasses had gone down his shirt, causing him to pull a shot. And if he wasn't going to get a perfect score, neither was I. He ended up missing the target with the pulled shot and getting a 250 / 250. The instructor was only counting the misses on the target and deducts points.

He never admitted it, but I know. I could tell by that look on his face.......and come to think of it, the hole the flyer made in the paper was a little smaller than my .45 holes...and it was at a wierd angle, like it came in from my right....he was shooting a .40 and on my right side, now let's see, hummmm, hummmmm, this doesn't take Perry Mason.....and his brother couldn't stand it anymore and ratted him out.

Besides wearing a hat, you might want to button your top shirt buttons, too! Or at least remind your shooting neighbor to your right to button theirs.

I was shooting the CHL test and a couple of my .45 brasses when down my sons shirt, to my right shooting during the test.......he shot my target off on the edge causing me to score 245......couldn't believe I had missed that far.....found out when I got home at the end of the day...
The lesson is give your son a hat and a collared shirt if you are going to shoot with him.

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