Fun at the County Fair

As a young boy, I’ve always felt excited to go to the county fair.  Every fall the fair would drive into town and draw a large crowd.  One game was especially exciting for me – I’m referring to the bulls-eye booth.  The object of this game is to hit the bulls-eye 3 times without touching the paper (there’s a small hole in the middle of the target).

 
I was about 15 or 16 years old when the fair used real .22 long rifles (keep in mind this was 60’s).  On this particular day, I shot the target perfectly on the first try.  The burly booth operator asked me to sign my target and he then placed it above the firing range on a wooden beam.  There it was for everyone to see.

 
My older brother, a competitive sibling, decided he was going to give it a try (thinking it was easy).  He must have spent all day trying to get the tiny bullet through that little hole, but in the end, he was unsuccessful.

.22 long rifle