My Grandfather at the range circa late ‘40s [B&W and Enhanced]

This was taken at a gun range in Denver, Colorado around 1948-1949. He is 18-19 years old wearing his Levi’s Canadian tuxedo, and holding something I’ve never been able to make out. The last photo is a bonus from his college years in the early 1950s. He was later killed by a drunk driver in [...]