Training?

20cows · September 7, 2005, 12:54 PM

I'd call this training, so I guess this is the right place for this thread.

Over the Labor Day weekend I had the opportunity to give two 13 yr olds their first shooting experience. My family has a big get-together that weekend every year and my nephew brought some friends. His mother carefully explained to the parents of these two (different families) that there would be lots of guns and lots of shooting going on and that her brother (me) would probably want to introduce them to the sport. The parents of one of them, the lad, were not gun people at all and maybe a little uncomfortable with the idea, but they trusted my sister's judgement when she told them I would do it safely.

I stressed the four rules and started them out with a single-shot bolt gun. They then got to shoot a .22 pump and try my 10-22 "black rifle." The girl's face really lit up after she shot the .410 shotgun. The boy took to the Ruger single-six, but what made his face really light up was shooting my SAA .45 Colt. Before the weekend was over they were hunting bullfrogs (successfully, I might add).

It is rare to have the opportunity to introduce someone to shooting and give them that "first time" memory. What a great weekend!

LoadIt · September 7, 2005, 01:18 PM

Just wondering...what are "The four rules"?

Took my eight year old son shooting this past weekend too. Keep the sport going.

Dean C · September 7, 2005, 02:11 PM

LoadIt,
Look at the top of this forum under "Firearms Safety" you'll find your answer.
dean

20cows · September 7, 2005, 03:40 PM

You mean the ones about treating all firearms like their loaded, never pointing one at anything you don't want dead or destroyed, be sure of your target and what's behind it, and keep your finger off the trigger until your sights are on the target? Those are the ones I meant.

BloodyBucket03 · September 7, 2005, 08:47 PM

I remember when I shot my first firearm. My father and I went to a friends house who had lots of land with a shooting range behind his house. I shot my father's Remmington 870 Shotgun man did I get a bruise! He put 1 shell in man did I get beat up. I think I was about 11. After that I was firing all kinds of cool weapons.

September 7, 2005, 12:54 PM	#1
20cows Senior Member Join Date: February 22, 2005 Location: West Texas Posts: 376	Training? I'd call this training, so I guess this is the right place for this thread. Over the Labor Day weekend I had the opportunity to give two 13 yr olds their first shooting experience. My family has a big get-together that weekend every year and my nephew brought some friends. His mother carefully explained to the parents of these two (different families) that there would be lots of guns and lots of shooting going on and that her brother (me) would probably want to introduce them to the sport. The parents of one of them, the lad, were not gun people at all and maybe a little uncomfortable with the idea, but they trusted my sister's judgement when she told them I would do it safely. I stressed the four rules and started them out with a single-shot bolt gun. They then got to shoot a .22 pump and try my 10-22 "black rifle." The girl's face really lit up after she shot the .410 shotgun. The boy took to the Ruger single-six, but what made his face really light up was shooting my SAA .45 Colt. Before the weekend was over they were hunting bullfrogs (successfully, I might add). It is rare to have the opportunity to introduce someone to shooting and give them that "first time" memory. What a great weekend!

September 7, 2005, 03:40 PM	#4
20cows Senior Member Join Date: February 22, 2005 Location: West Texas Posts: 376	Four Rules? You mean the ones about treating all firearms like their loaded, never pointing one at anything you don't want dead or destroyed, be sure of your target and what's behind it, and keep your finger off the trigger until your sights are on the target? Those are the ones I meant.

September 7, 2005, 08:47 PM	#5
BloodyBucket03 Senior Member Join Date: August 24, 2005 Location: Wake Forest, North Carolina Posts: 188	Sounds Fun!! I remember when I shot my first firearm. My father and I went to a friends house who had lots of land with a shooting range behind his house. I shot my father's Remmington 870 Shotgun man did I get a bruise! He put 1 shell in man did I get beat up. I think I was about 11. After that I was firing all kinds of cool weapons. __________________ "Better to fight for something than live for nothing."-General George S. Patton "He said to them, "But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and "if you don't have a sword, sell your cloak and buyone.'' Luke 22:36

September 7, 2005, 01:18 PM	#2
LoadIt Senior Member Join Date: June 7, 2005 Location: Kansas Posts: 269	Just wondering...what are "The four rules"? Took my eight year old son shooting this past weekend too. Keep the sport going.

September 7, 2005, 02:11 PM	#3
Dean C Senior Member Join Date: June 13, 2004 Location: Mill Creek (Just north east of Seattle) Posts: 343	LoadIt, Look at the top of this forum under "Firearms Safety" you'll find your answer. dean