How old were you when you first started shooting guns?
Starting in the mid 1950's - I had a BB gun at age 7. My uncle and father taught me safety and responsibility with it and I was allowed to go out on my own with it after a few months.
They taught me how to shoot a Mossberg Model 46 .22 rifle just as I was turning 8. I could only handle it when supervised by one of them for a couple of years, but by age 9, I was carrying that rifle when hunting with them.
I was introduced to shooting a Ruger Single Six on my 10th birthday. Still had to have supervision to use the handgun, but later that year [so at about the age of 10 1/2] I was hunting squirrels and varmints with my buddies of about the same age with our .22 rifles, without adult supervision.
What was your experience?
Starting in the mid 1950's - I had a BB gun at age 7. My uncle and father taught me safety and responsibility with it and I was allowed to go out on my own with it after a few months.
They taught me how to shoot a Mossberg Model 46 .22 rifle just as I was turning 8. I could only handle it when supervised by one of them for a couple of years, but by age 9, I was carrying that rifle when hunting with them.
I was introduced to shooting a Ruger Single Six on my 10th birthday. Still had to have supervision to use the handgun, but later that year [so at about the age of 10 1/2] I was hunting squirrels and varmints with my buddies of about the same age with our .22 rifles, without adult supervision.
What was your experience?