watching new shooters with old shooters

[darkhelmet]

i was responding to the good thread on gun borrowers at the range, and i went into a off-thread rant. now i try to turn my rant into a positive discussion:

i've been watching old shooters introducing new shooters. (and i'm pretty new). i feel bad for a lot of newbies because the "oldbies" seem to have an agenda that is more important making the newbie a safe, happy shooter. i've seen many examples of this.

when you're introducing a new shooter, it's about them having a safe, good time. not what you think is cool/the minimum caliber/what will showcase your studliness, or your need to prove that "the .45 has no recoil".

how do you like to bring new shooters on board?

 

[spamanon]

i was responding to the good thread on gun borrowers at the range, and i went into a off-thread rant.

I can't make heads or tails of that sentence. Is "gun borrowers" a website you were reading while you were at a shooting range? They have only one good thread?


Anywhoo, I have introduced a couple of beginners to the sport. Since they have all come back for more I guess I don't try to be too studly.

 

[JohnKSa]

i feel bad for a lot of newbies because the "oldbies" seem to have an agenda that is more important making the newbie a safe, happy shooter. i've seen many examples of this.

I agree.

Gun owners tend to be a very opinionated bunch. A lot of them seem to think that they're wasting their time with new shooters if they can't make those new shooters into "clones" of themselves.

It's important to use your knowledge to EXPAND the knowledge of a new shooter, not to NARROW their choices to only what you prefer.