How old were you when you first started shooting?

[cobra2411]

Just curious, I grew up with an anti mother and a neutral father. First gun I shot was a 12 gauge (ow!). I was 11. Then at camp the next year they had a .22 range setup for us to shoot.

 

[politicaldookie]

I'm not even sure...it is one of my earliest memories of things I did with my dad...

 

[scrat]

8 years old. my son youngest i had him shooting at 7

 

[Prepster]

Despite my grandparents owning guns, both of my parents are fairly anti, so I had to discover shooting on my own, which happened in high school.

 

[jordan1948]

13, and I had to save up my whole 12 year old year to buy my first firearm which I still have and plan to never leet out of my possesion untill I pass it on to someone in my will.

 

[wep45]

18 years old........in the military......M1

 

[jkittle99]

Somewhere around 10 or so.

A 12 gauge with a deer slug. I totally obliterated that Coke can!

 

[wyosasquatch]

I know I shot a single shot 22 when I was four. I have confirmed this with my dad. I remember as if it happened this afternoon. It was one of the last times I had with my grandfather and I treasure it greatly.

 

[1858rem]

little younger than seven... i remember seeing dad cut off the shot load from the .410 shells so we could shoot off blanks, we used to live in a little Maryland town right along main street so i guess a full shot load is a no no anyhow lol

 

[sm]

3 years of age with a handgun, age 4 rifle, age 5 shotgun.

I was born with a .22 revolver in my dresser draw crib along with other items a Southern Boy needs.

My lessons started at 3 years of age with my revolver , and this means lessons, not "I fired my first shot".

 

[RockyMtnTactical]

I was probably 10 or so. My dad was an FBI agent, so we grew up shooting with him. Also did a little bit in Boy Scouts.

 

[XD-40 Shooter]

I was 9 or 10, started out on a Remington Nylon 66, it was fun.

 

[762]

I was 8, right after I got my Orange Card (hunter's safety certificate). The first firearm I ever shot was a 12 guage break action; I should have held on to the forestock a bit tighter.... Anyway, for a while there I was actually afraid to shoot, though I loved cleaning them. There was a gap of about 3 years, the first non-shotgun I shot was a competition 1911. First non-.22 rifle was an M1 Garand.

 

[jrou111]

I was 12

 

[TIMC]

I was just a wee lad. Here I am posing for my first gun pic in 1962.

 

[IncredibleGord]

I was 11 or twelve. 22's at camp, then trap at camp with a 20 guage when I hit 13. I was so jealous when the camp owner took the older boys to go shooting his revolvers, and I was too young. He took out a bear with his 44 magnum when it came into the camp a while back (way before I went there), and hung it's head up in the cafeteria. One of the best camps in the country, flew 2000 miles to go there.

 

[sharkhunter2018]

First time I ever shot was when i was around seven or eight. Unfortunetly, that was the one and only time. Fast forward about eight years and I started shooting again with a friend on the weekends. And that basically started an uncontrollable urge to start buying.

 

[SVT93]

First time I really got into shooting firearms, 19.

 

[ShooterMcGavin]

when you first started shooting

What does that mean, exactly?...
Are you asking when we first ever shot a gun? Or, When we first shot a gun and new that we would have a chance to do it again soon?

Ok, I FIRST shot a gun when I was maybe 17, then again at 23-ish, then again at 28. I would not say that I "started shooting" at any of those times, because I had no idea when or if I would ever shoot again. I would say that I started shooting when I bought my first gun at 29. My parents and brother are (or, "were") very indifferent regarding guns. They all had no interest at all until I started talking about firearms. Now, it seems they have all started to understand what I am talking about, and everyone wants a gun now

 

[VINTAGE-SLOTCARS]

Got my Dasiy at 6. mom thought an air rifle was a "PoP" gun. Dad had us shooting .22's at 6 or 7, and bought us Remington rifles. Started buying our own guns at 18 years.

 

[camies]

Early Days

It helped having my father in the Army. I was given my first airgun at 6, and he snuck me onto the range when ever he could until I could hold a BREN LMG into my shoulder aged 8yrs old.
I was brusied black and blue on my neck and shoulder. My dad got roasted by my mum, and I still love him to bits for his passion for shooting which I still have today!
The only problem I've got now is living in the UK. I think that our Draconian gun laws suck BIG TIME!
Anyone know how I can escape to the land of the free?

 

[CajunBass]

I don't know when I got a BB gun, but I guess it was six or eight. My dad didn't hunt or shoot, but my mother came from a family of hunters so it was no big deal. I just didn't have much interest in it. About 12-13-14 or so I got interested enough to ask for a shotgun for Christmas and got it. I'm sure I had shot a gun before then, but it was like riding a bike. Most all kids did some shooting.

I remember a couple of .410's I shot, and my buddy and I used to sneak his dad's 22 S/A revolver (It may have been a Ruger, but I don't know for sure) out and shoot it once in a while. We had to figure out how to work it, but we managed. It won't like them guns the cowboys on TV used. It ran out of bullets.

 

[DRYHUMOR]

BB gun at 6 or 7, at 12 or so I bought my first .22, a Springfield. I can't remember the model, but you had to pull the rear of the bolt back to cock it. Seems like I paid $35.00 for it.

 

[MRIman]

I was 5 or 6. The first 4-5 years was at an indoor range in NYC.

 

[scottfrmga]

the first time I really remember I was in the 4th (1974ish)grade, I was in school we had a very active 4-H club they put on a shooting / safety course with live fire in the gym. would like to see something like that happen today, I still have my award that I won