Attended Cherry Ridge's family day event today with my wife and 8 year old son, I must say they put on a great event. The turn out was lighter than they expected due to the weather (overcast but did not rain) but as a result all who attended got to shoot a lot more.

 

CR rules state children must be 10 years or older to use the range, however it seemed today the volunteer instructors went out of their way to accomodate young children, my son included. He shot trap with a 20ga (with my help), 2 different 22 rifles (one being a Crickett) at the falling plates, and 3 different AR's. The highlight of the day for him was shooting a BAR, a Browning Automatic Rifle and a Garand, he's still smiling ear to ear but is sore and tired . The owner of the BAR waited 15 months and spent $4400.00 to acquire the rifle. He primarily let the kids and teens shoot the rifle, I was given the opportunity to shoot it because I identified the rifle correctly.

 

I had the pleasure of meeting and chatting with Anthony from Gun For Hire he was one of the instructors on the pistol range.

 

It was a fun day at the range with the family.

Sounds like you had a great time, nothing like the smile on a kids face when something goes boom.