Who taught you to shoot?

[hunt]

My fathers father at 7 with a 20 ga skeet o/u (he was the state skeet/trap
champ for yrs) and my father later with every weapon he owned
from.22 thru 30-06
And i loved every moment and still do,as well as my father teaching me
the ethics of being a hunter and sportsman whilest we shot at
the back yard range/skeet/trap field

 

[Redtail]

The United States Navy.

 

[Drudge]

Self taught in order: Pellet Rifle .22 ---> AR15 .223 ---> .22 Pistol ---> 9mm Pistol. Not sure what will be next.

 

[m33p0n3]

My family doesn't have any history of shooting; I'm pretty well the first. When I was about 12 my dad took me to the local pistol club that has a junior smallbore rifle program that happened to be run by some of his coworkers. It started from there and when I was 22 I started buying my own collection. Now the little buggers seem to keep breeding

 

[AStone]

Who taught you to shoot?

Me.

At age 8 with a BB gun.

From there, pellet gun, .22 LR (Remington Nylon 66),
shotgun (Remington 870 in 16 gauge).

Marlin 336C in .35.

From there, see sig line.

 

[RugerBob]

shooting- self taught
reloading- ditto
Didn't get into it until my mid 30s. But I have taught some and even converted some non-owners into getting into it.

 

[9mmforMe]

My dad and mom divorced when I was quite young...9 years old. I remember that my dad left a box of 30.06 cartridges in the closet and I was fascinated with them. They looked so cool!! A friend of mine was older at the time and lived on a farm. We shot his BB gun at cans off the fence. He taught me some safety rules and how to use the sights and I took it from there. I didn't have anyone else to show me about guns or shoot with me beyond that Daisy 10 pumper, but when I turned 21 that changed. I read alot about handguns, politics and I saved up and got my first handgun when I was 24. I took an NRA course when I got my first gun, A Taurus .357. I have been shooting for 16 years now and that Taurus is long gone...too bad it was a nice shooter. So basically I taught myself, but would love more training from some competent professionals.

 

[Tom609]

Sgt. Radi, on a cold wet day in February, 1967.

 

[doc540]

My dad.

First with his 1920's Daisy BB gun.
like this:

He set up an apple crate, made a paper target and taped it to the garage wall.

Then I graduated to his seriously hard shooting military Daisy 40. (which we still have and STILL shoots hard)


I got a gun for Christmas every year from the time I was 6 until I was 13.

This was my fav at age 8:

My dad's 89 now, and I thank him for teaching me to be shoot safely.

 

[Armored farmer]

My dad taught me to shoot. We shot trap nearly every wknd. Eventually winning the parent/child trophy at the Ill st. shoot in 1981. 394X400. Not the highest score ever...but good enough that day.

 

[Hot brass]

Self taught.

 

[DMF38]

My father and my oldest brother -- and my grandmother. When my grandma was about 67 years old she shot her .410 shotgun with me and my younger brother. He and I were 13 and 12 at the time. Grandma just wanted to make sure that we knew how to use guns correctly.

 

[2ndAmFan]

My uncle taught me to shoot an old pump pellet gun he had when I was 6 or 7. Then my father got me a bb gun a couple of years later, then got me a .22 when I was 11 or 12. I wasn't allowed to shoot even the bb gun unsupervised until I was about 10, the .22 until I was maybe about 14. My father also taught me to shoot an old .32 S&W revolver he had when I was about 14 or 15. My father and uncle were both ex-military and drilled safety into me along with hitting my target and taking care of my weapons. I'm grateful to them both.

 

[RonDeer10mm]

self-taught

 

[deafdave3]

I took my fiance to my brother's back yard today to teach her how to shoot an auto handgun. Apparently, very little lessons were needed. She never shot a gun in her life. Today, she shot my Ruger Mark Standard and hit a can consistantly at 15 yards. Never missed! I'm so proud of her!

She also mastered all the saftey rules.

 

[hcso617]

The United States Marine Corps.

 

[Pacsd]

In started out rabbit hunting at age 8 with my uncle and cousins but, shotgun only. They pretty much taught me the basics. However, I really lucked out when I was stationed at Lackland AFB in San Antonio, Texas. There is where the AF Marksmanship school was. I got to know a few guys who were in that orgainization when I worked part time in the Rod & gun Club. Two in particular where Leslie ( Tank) Young and Hugo Legg. Both where perennial Camp Perry placement shooters in pistol (big & small bore) and both big and small bore long guns. These two guys took me under thier wing and REALLY pounded marksmanship skills Vs "shooting" into my head from off hand, sitting, kneeling, prone and most of all bench rest. We had a Running Boar range where I learned to shoot moving targets. We had non duty hours access to the ranges and it was really nothing to shoot up 200 rounds on a Saturday afternoon. To be quite candid, when I look thru a scope I get a mental image of those guys and can almost hear thier instructions.