Last week I finally made it out to the range with my 12 year old son and his new Optima 50. He already has a Bobcat that I got for him to learn the basics with but now he wanted something with a little more cappability to it for his birthday. His birthday isn't for a few more months but I came across a deal and went ahead and bought it for him. He really likes the break action and stock configuration on the Optima.

It looks like both are going to be shooters. I started him off on 80gr of 777 and a 250 Shockwave. after a couple of sighters and adjustments, he shot a 3 shot group of just over 1" at 25 yards using the stock open sights. I thought that waspretty good for a 12 year old shooting a new gun for the first time.

He told me next time he wants to shoot at 50 yards. He can't wait to go again. So does that mean I've created a monster?