Parent & Child Shooting

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Brodady

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I will be 16 years old in August, and I (being the semblance of a child) want to acknowledge the importance of parents teaching their children to shoot, and along with that, the proper safety techniques. Done properly, the bonding that can come out of this is priceless, as quality time with family can not be just bought, unless you are buying ammo ;)
And it's important that y'all, as parents and our role models do what is possible to teach us (your kids) the importance of the second amendment (though that might have to wait till after the first outing with the 22lr).

I stress this now as I see this topic a little bit differently than most kids do, as I was not the one who was introduced into firearms. I did my research, and I suggested to my father (this being only about two years ago) that we go to the local range. Long story short, he finally took me and now we have made a real hobby out of it, he has aquired a few firearms in the past years a few of which are "mine" and we frequently take family trips to the range.

But even as of now, both my love and knowledge of firearms far exeeds his own, though I do try to pass on little tid bits of knowledge here and there.

In honor of parent child shooting, post your first experience with firearms, and when it was. Also if you have any questions or comments post them too, and I apologize if there are any typos in this, As it was done on a IPhone
 
It sounds like you and your Father both understand the importance of shared experiences and how they can strengthen a relationship. I lost my Dad a few years ago and although we were very close and did a lot together I wish we had done more.

I remember as young boy going with him out in the woods around Christmas time looking for mistletoe. He would use a Marlin lever action .22 to shoot sprigs of it down from the trees. Man I thought he was the coolest thing in the world when he did that. :)
 
You write with a clarity and maturity I wouldn't expect from someone your age!

I'm coming up on middle age, and I was fortunate that I was introduced to shooting at an early age by my father and great uncle. Something changed over the years, and far too few children grow up shooting.

If you'll accept it, I have a challenge for you. Do your best to get others of your age started in the shooting sports. You'll be doing a tremendous service to the shooting culture as a whole.
 
It's great! :D I must admit that I feel the stock is not as long as I would like it to be, and I have used better iron sights, so I'm considering a tapco stock, but I really am too lazy to deal with the whole 922r compliance thing so I will probably just leave the wood on it
 
Barry, I'm sorry for your loss. It sounds like he was a great man, and it's good that you have such fond memories of him. We all should have memories such as those with our fathers, I am even more sorry for those that don't.

And Tom, my dad always tells me I have an unrecognized gift of writing, though I'm not sure if I'm fully convinced yet :p
And I will accept your challenge as I feel that now being nearly midway through highschool, I will be in an environment where I can voice the importance of shooting to my peers. It appears that "Call of Duty" and the other games like it have become the most important things to the youth of today. We must work to fix this, and prove that smokeless powder and lead are more fun than computer games :D
 
My dad, an Army Sgt. at the time of his discharge, came back from WWII with a Luger and a French MAS 36. One morning, not too long after I had turned 7 years old, we went and shot those guns in the nearby corn field.
The MAS knocked me on my butt... but I must have shot it 50 times that day and would have shot it more if we'd not run out of ammo. Best day of my young life.
My dad is long gone, as are those guns, but the memory remains. By the time I was 12, I was shooting in local youth matches with a worn out Winchester Model 52C... and have been shooting, reloading and doing a bit of 'smithing ever since.

Cheers,
C
 
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