She’s never had an interest in it before. I’ve tried to get her interested many times but she never wanted to shoot, so I haven’t brought the subject up for a long time. At dinner last night she said “Dad, will you take me shooting this weekend?” WOOHOO!!! My jaw almost dropped. We’ll start with a .22 and blast some clay birds on the berm. I may take along an AR, but I don’t know yet. This will be fun!
My teenage daughter wants me to take her shooting!
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wakerider017
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Sounds fun!
How old is your daughter?
How old is your daughter?
Cougfan2
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Fantastic. Score another one for the home team. Now if I can just convince my son's girlfriend who is scared to death of guns to accompany us to the range some time. 
kayakersteve
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Check out The Cornered Cat if you need any advice on introducing a person to guns and why not to tell someone what gun is 'right' for them.. It is a personal decision that the author believes the individual should make. May be stuff you know already, but I referenced it when I introduced shooting to a formely 'anit-gunner'.
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Both of my daughters grew up around guns (I wonder why )...
Neither of them has shown great interest in shooting (although my older daughter does own a handgun and a .22LR rifle)...
This past week, my younger daughter (24) asked me to take her out to the range to shoot. I plan to do that next week.
Keep in mind that, after the requisite safety instructions and whatall (much of what my daughters have heard many times over the years already, of course), it's easy to overpower a new shooter with too much stuff. Make that 'first' trip simple in terms of what you'll be shooting. I plan on taking a .22LR handgun (which I bought for her 15 years ago) and one other thing (perhaps an AR).
In addition, don't take a bunch of crap for yourself to shoot. As a matter of fact, bring nothing for you and make it 'her' day. There's little more uninteresting stuff for a novice to do than watching someone else shoot a lot of stuff and explain, in great detail, all the intricacies of doing so...
I'm really looking forward to taking my daughter to the range.
As usual, unsolicited advice is often worth what you pay for it...
Have great fun...
Good luck...
Forrest
)...Neither of them has shown great interest in shooting (although my older daughter does own a handgun and a .22LR rifle)...
This past week, my younger daughter (24) asked me to take her out to the range to shoot. I plan to do that next week.
Keep in mind that, after the requisite safety instructions and whatall (much of what my daughters have heard many times over the years already, of course), it's easy to overpower a new shooter with too much stuff. Make that 'first' trip simple in terms of what you'll be shooting. I plan on taking a .22LR handgun (which I bought for her 15 years ago) and one other thing (perhaps an AR).
In addition, don't take a bunch of crap for yourself to shoot. As a matter of fact, bring nothing for you and make it 'her' day. There's little more uninteresting stuff for a novice to do than watching someone else shoot a lot of stuff and explain, in great detail, all the intricacies of doing so...
I'm really looking forward to taking my daughter to the range.
As usual, unsolicited advice is often worth what you pay for it...
Have great fun...
Good luck...
Forrest
chris in va
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Bring some reactive targets like cheap soda, bowling pins etc. Don't be suprised if she wants to try something larger, but don't pressure her to do so.
mustanger98
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Hey... I just thought of something we've been over so many times on here... what's the purtiest .22 rifle you have??? That'll probably be the ticket.
If I were taking a girl to the range, I'd probably take my old Remington 521-T (checkered wood stock, nice finish overall) and probably my old No.4Mk2 Enfield which has really nice grain to it. Or maybe a wood-stocked levergun... light-to-non-recoiling with light-loaded ammo. Notice, I'm saying I'd go bolts and levers first time... nothing semi-auto. But that's me.
Anything I could come up with to make it pleasant.
If I were taking a girl to the range, I'd probably take my old Remington 521-T (checkered wood stock, nice finish overall) and probably my old No.4Mk2 Enfield which has really nice grain to it. Or maybe a wood-stocked levergun... light-to-non-recoiling with light-loaded ammo. Notice, I'm saying I'd go bolts and levers first time... nothing semi-auto. But that's me.
Anything I could come up with to make it pleasant.
doc2rn
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Get a hold of Preacherman's friend and have him parkarize one in pink just for her. I had a gunsmith do that for my daughter's Savage .22, which she has fired 1x, total. I only take her out when she asks, after all she is just 5. Reactionary targets where a big hit.
bluestarlizzard
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i don't know what you guys are doing. when i was 8 i begged my new step dad to take me out shooting. i thought all kids wanted to shoot if they saw dad do it......
"Hey... I just thought of something we've been over so many times on here... what's the purtiest .22 rifle you have??? That'll probably be the ticket."
i relize its all in good fun, but thats pretty close to something i find insulting.
"Hey... I just thought of something we've been over so many times on here... what's the purtiest .22 rifle you have??? That'll probably be the ticket."
i relize its all in good fun, but thats pretty close to something i find insulting.
mustanger98
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I don't know what's so insulting about it. I'm a 33 year old guy and I like a nice blue steel and wood .22 rifle as well as anything and better'n some.bluestarlizzard
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sorry, its just when pretty guns and introducing ladies to firearms come up in the same breath my radar goes up.
didn't mean to say you were insulting.
didn't mean to say you were insulting.
Humorously, the most popular/successful firearm I've introduced people to shooting with is my silenced Browning Buckmark pistol. If you have a silenced .22lr, the lack of noise and flash is fantastic for beginners to get the hang of everything else first.
KMBRTAC45
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Hey doc2rn, do you have any pictures of the pink parkerizing?
col_tapiocca
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My 4 years old daughter beg me to take her to shooting range. So I teach her to shoot with my .22LR firearms.
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My teenage daughter wants me to take her shooting
Hi
Just thought I would share my experience with teenage daughters. My youngest daughter had often gone with me to the range, starting when she was 7 or 8. Started her out shooting when I had to prop up a 22 pistol on sand bags. As she got older she lost interest. One day out of the clear blue she tells me she wants to go hunting with a friend. She had taken the Hunter Safety course years earlier, so I could have said yes. However something didn't strike me right. I said no. A week latter I get a call from the school counselor. My daughter has been depressed and has been talking about suicide at school. My daughter received counseling and is now on medication for depression. I didn't have the vaguest notion she was so depressed. I'm glad I said no and also glad I keep every firearms locked up and away from the young grand children and teenagers. The teenage years are hard for girls - much so more than for boys. The hard part is as a father and a man I still don't know what she has to be depressed about.
Hi
Just thought I would share my experience with teenage daughters. My youngest daughter had often gone with me to the range, starting when she was 7 or 8. Started her out shooting when I had to prop up a 22 pistol on sand bags. As she got older she lost interest. One day out of the clear blue she tells me she wants to go hunting with a friend. She had taken the Hunter Safety course years earlier, so I could have said yes. However something didn't strike me right. I said no. A week latter I get a call from the school counselor. My daughter has been depressed and has been talking about suicide at school. My daughter received counseling and is now on medication for depression. I didn't have the vaguest notion she was so depressed. I'm glad I said no and also glad I keep every firearms locked up and away from the young grand children and teenagers. The teenage years are hard for girls - much so more than for boys. The hard part is as a father and a man I still don't know what she has to be depressed about.
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When No. 1 daughter reached 5 years of age I purchased a Chipmunk .22 to fit her. Each Christmas she received a 500 pack of 22lr's. When daughter No. 2 turned 5 she was started on the chipmunk. By the time they were 12 they were both shooting the Mi Garrand and 12 and 28 gague. The .44 Redhawk was down loaded for them. My two sons followed suit.
When daugher No. 2 turned 28 her hubby and her mom had to work so we went for lunch then to the range for 2 hours of shooting 12 ga through .44 and .357 and her new baretta .22lr with light site. It still means a lot to this old dad that the kids still like to shoot. Now my wife, there mom, has her pistol permit application in--maybe I can get her to shoot SASS with me!!
When daugher No. 2 turned 28 her hubby and her mom had to work so we went for lunch then to the range for 2 hours of shooting 12 ga through .44 and .357 and her new baretta .22lr with light site. It still means a lot to this old dad that the kids still like to shoot. Now my wife, there mom, has her pistol permit application in--maybe I can get her to shoot SASS with me!!
You must not have any boys/brothers. My daughter always enjoyed aggravating her two brothers by shooting better with whatever firearm I happened to have them shoot. She listened to NRA instructor, Dad. The boys just tried to make "Xs", despite Dad's coaching about shooting form. She STILL does better. It's GOT to be a female, communication thing.
Son #2, after ten years, finally listened to his "coaches" at Recruit Depot Parris Island and qualified expert/#2 in his series.
I could have saved time by wearing a "Smokey Bear" hat and screaming in his ear.
Son #2, after ten years, finally listened to his "coaches" at Recruit Depot Parris Island and qualified expert/#2 in his series.
I could have saved time by wearing a "Smokey Bear" hat and screaming in his ear.
Hopefully it's a geniune interest and not something that her mom told her to do
If thats the case, yea bring some exploding targets like frozen water bottles, blocks of ice, or jugs of water, etc. She'll be smiling ear to ear when she starts hitting targets like that.
If thats the case, yea bring some exploding targets like frozen water bottles, blocks of ice, or jugs of water, etc. She'll be smiling ear to ear when she starts hitting targets like that.
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