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How did you learn? Guns?
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berettaprofessor
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What Mike Irwin said (except for John Brown's neural patterns). My parents and grandparents weren't shooters. I was introduced to it by a friend around the age of 47 or so....lots of reading (some of it here and from other forums), trial and error, and plain old effort to even start to be able to have an intelligent conversation about it.
Crankgrinder
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dad was into dove hunting, so for me at an early age it was shotguns and b b guns. Sufficient i believe to start an education. never deer hunted, never shot a pistol or even saw dad shoot one until i bought one and took him shooting and i believe i was 26 at the time.Since then ive read lots of books, gotten into reloading which got me into casting. Mentored the whole time by an old timer named bob who trained me at my job and still work with today.
Guns are very interesting to me, so I am constantly seeking out information about them. After 20+ years or so, you end up knowing quite a lot. But, as much as I know, it always amazes me how little I know compared to others.
The real experts tend to be expert in one or a few types of guns/shooting. For example, I know almost nothing about long distance benchrest shooting; and a lot of benchrest shooters probably do not know much about cowboy shooting or machineguns. This is obviously an over generalization, but not without some validity.
The real experts tend to be expert in one or a few types of guns/shooting. For example, I know almost nothing about long distance benchrest shooting; and a lot of benchrest shooters probably do not know much about cowboy shooting or machineguns. This is obviously an over generalization, but not without some validity.
I come from a long line of big game guides.
My grandparents were sheep & grizzly guides in the Alaskan Wrangels for over 40 years.Their driveway was a landing strip - no kidding.
My dad was dragging a record Dahl Sheep down a mountain on the day I was born.
Been hunting since I was 12.Pretty much in the blood from the start.
My dad and I have been black bear guides in Northern Minnesota for 20 years.
My dad is still one of the best taxidermists in the state.
The entire time I was hunting while growing up most my family mentors considered their guns as nothing more that tools of the trade. They rarely cleaned them or talked about ballistics or were very particular about their guns at all.They could afford most of the finer firearms of their day and left it at that.Their primary concern was the quality of life that successful guides can have.Guns were simply part of the job.
That always bugged me.I knew there was more to it than that.
I consider myself fortunate to have been a student of hunting all my life.
I have also been a student of firearms for almost as long - mostly self taught.
First I read and then I read some more - magazines, books, reloading manuals etc.I have only recently discovered the real rewards of handloading.
Nothing quite compares to a good day of hunting with a well tuned bullet delivery system.
My grandparents were sheep & grizzly guides in the Alaskan Wrangels for over 40 years.Their driveway was a landing strip - no kidding.
My dad was dragging a record Dahl Sheep down a mountain on the day I was born.
Been hunting since I was 12.Pretty much in the blood from the start.
My dad and I have been black bear guides in Northern Minnesota for 20 years.
My dad is still one of the best taxidermists in the state.
The entire time I was hunting while growing up most my family mentors considered their guns as nothing more that tools of the trade. They rarely cleaned them or talked about ballistics or were very particular about their guns at all.They could afford most of the finer firearms of their day and left it at that.Their primary concern was the quality of life that successful guides can have.Guns were simply part of the job.
That always bugged me.I knew there was more to it than that.
I consider myself fortunate to have been a student of hunting all my life.
I have also been a student of firearms for almost as long - mostly self taught.
First I read and then I read some more - magazines, books, reloading manuals etc.I have only recently discovered the real rewards of handloading.
Nothing quite compares to a good day of hunting with a well tuned bullet delivery system.
Justice06RR
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The best way to learn is to expose yourself to them by owning/shooting different firearms and doing your own reading and research. Train and educate yourself and it will come in time.