Prof Young
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How did you become a shooter?
I'm guessing that most hunters/shooter/gun lovers grew up with guns. Me not so much. I had bb guns as a kid, and my brother had a single shot 22, but we did not hunt on a regular basis nor shoot for recreation or competition. We did shoot our bb guns a lot. In fact grandpa made us a bb gun range in the basement. After leaving my early teens I didn't have guns or shoot.
Fast forward to when I was in my early fifties. I started fishing again. My buddy would take me cat fishing and I'd get bored waiting for the bite. Was at the hardware store one day and did an impulse buy on a bb gun pistol. Used it to plink with when cat fishing. Then bought a more powerful bb gun. Then squirrel hunted with the more powerful bb gun but was not successful. Then bought a 410. Then inherited a 20ga and a bolt action 22 . . .
Twenty some years later I have 16 guns in the safe, hunt large and small game, target shoot for fun and reload my brains out. Have applied for CC permit. If you count the guns I bought, used a while then sold, I've owned over 30 guns in the last 20 years.
Did you come to shooting or did shooting come to you?
Live well, be safe.
Prof Young
How did you become a shooter?
I'm guessing that most hunters/shooter/gun lovers grew up with guns. Me not so much. I had bb guns as a kid, and my brother had a single shot 22, but we did not hunt on a regular basis nor shoot for recreation or competition. We did shoot our bb guns a lot. In fact grandpa made us a bb gun range in the basement. After leaving my early teens I didn't have guns or shoot.
Fast forward to when I was in my early fifties. I started fishing again. My buddy would take me cat fishing and I'd get bored waiting for the bite. Was at the hardware store one day and did an impulse buy on a bb gun pistol. Used it to plink with when cat fishing. Then bought a more powerful bb gun. Then squirrel hunted with the more powerful bb gun but was not successful. Then bought a 410. Then inherited a 20ga and a bolt action 22 . . .
Twenty some years later I have 16 guns in the safe, hunt large and small game, target shoot for fun and reload my brains out. Have applied for CC permit. If you count the guns I bought, used a while then sold, I've owned over 30 guns in the last 20 years.
Did you come to shooting or did shooting come to you?
Live well, be safe.
Prof Young