My dad started taking me with him by the time i was 4 so i knew no different . how have u guys been influenced in the shooting sport?
Its in the family......
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One of my earliest memories is being in the desert with my dad, shooting his 22. He would hold it, and I would pull the trigger. I remember having no idea what I was doing, couldn't even see the bottles we were shooting at because I was so short, and they must have been over a rise or something, but I didn't care. I was having a blast shooting that rifle. We moved from AZ when I was three, so that's the oldest I could have been. I used to negotiate ammunition as payment for mowing the lawn, and my dad would take me shooting every few weeks or so. When I was 13 or 14, I convinced him that we should start handloading. I paid for most of it, but he bought the stuff, since I was too young, and I did all the loading. I read the manual cover-to-cover, had no forum to go to for help, nobody I knew to ask things, just had to read and experiment.
It's all been pretty much downhill from there...
One of my earliest memories is being in the desert with my dad, shooting his 22. He would hold it, and I would pull the trigger. I remember having no idea what I was doing, couldn't even see the bottles we were shooting at because I was so short, and they must have been over a rise or something, but I didn't care. I was having a blast shooting that rifle. We moved from AZ when I was three, so that's the oldest I could have been. I used to negotiate ammunition as payment for mowing the lawn, and my dad would take me shooting every few weeks or so. When I was 13 or 14, I convinced him that we should start handloading. I paid for most of it, but he bought the stuff, since I was too young, and I did all the loading. I read the manual cover-to-cover, had no forum to go to for help, nobody I knew to ask things, just had to read and experiment.
It's all been pretty much downhill from there...
Re: Its in the family......
always had something i could shoot. from a crossman pump pistol to a 760 rifle and scope. as soon as i turned 18 i started buying stuff with no direction. finally now i have a nice selection and i just need better glass. my fascination is with the mechanics. ive always been able to take them apart and fix them. fun stuff
always had something i could shoot. from a crossman pump pistol to a 760 rifle and scope. as soon as i turned 18 i started buying stuff with no direction. finally now i have a nice selection and i just need better glass. my fascination is with the mechanics. ive always been able to take them apart and fix them. fun stuff
Re: Its in the family......
Its funny but one of my earliest memories is the first time I shot a firearm. My dad told me I was around 2 years old or so. He heald a 10 22 for me and can vividly remember holding the rifle like I was shooting it and pulling the trigger. I dont think I have ever had a bigger grin on my face agan. I have been hooked sence. Shooting and hunting has always been a tradition in my family. Everytime we get together we shoot!
Thanks for starting this thread, its very important and I cant wait keep this "family tradition" alive with my girls.
Its funny but one of my earliest memories is the first time I shot a firearm. My dad told me I was around 2 years old or so. He heald a 10 22 for me and can vividly remember holding the rifle like I was shooting it and pulling the trigger. I dont think I have ever had a bigger grin on my face agan. I have been hooked sence. Shooting and hunting has always been a tradition in my family. Everytime we get together we shoot!
Thanks for starting this thread, its very important and I cant wait keep this "family tradition" alive with my girls.
Re: Its in the family......
AT 8 years old I knocked a tin can off a fence with a neighbors BB gun.That was all it took,nuff said.My Dad was standing next to me helping.Guess what I got for Christmas
Next year was a Diana pellet rifle then next year a 22 mag,then ......
AT 8 years old I knocked a tin can off a fence with a neighbors BB gun.That was all it took,nuff said.My Dad was standing next to me helping.Guess what I got for Christmas
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I got a Daisy Red Ryder on Christmas eve. My aunt had a porclin chamber pot she hung on a fence post to dry during the day. That was too tempting. She got her feet wet that night and I lost my Red Ryder on Chirstmas morning.
My father had a Model 3 Smith 44 Russian (mine now). His grandfather gave it to his father (my grandfather) when he was 12 and left home to work the ranches in Colorado and New Mexico. I took the 44 shells to the basement, lined up some targets and tried to hit them by wacking the shells with a hammer ( I did get close, also got my ass beat).
Use to go squarl hunting with my uncle. Dogs would tree and we'd chop down the tree to shoot the squarl with a single shot 22.
I was in 7th grade when my AF Father was stationed in Eilson AFB. We rented a house on Badger (6 mile) road. There was a 55 gal drum in the basement half full of loose mil '06 ammo. My father went to Special Services on base and checked out a Model 70 Win in '06 and told me and my brother to get rid of the ammo,...........we did but the barrel wasn't worth much afterwards.
I can't remember not being interested in shooting.
I got a Daisy Red Ryder on Christmas eve. My aunt had a porclin chamber pot she hung on a fence post to dry during the day. That was too tempting. She got her feet wet that night and I lost my Red Ryder on Chirstmas morning.
My father had a Model 3 Smith 44 Russian (mine now). His grandfather gave it to his father (my grandfather) when he was 12 and left home to work the ranches in Colorado and New Mexico. I took the 44 shells to the basement, lined up some targets and tried to hit them by wacking the shells with a hammer ( I did get close, also got my ass beat).
Use to go squarl hunting with my uncle. Dogs would tree and we'd chop down the tree to shoot the squarl with a single shot 22.
I was in 7th grade when my AF Father was stationed in Eilson AFB. We rented a house on Badger (6 mile) road. There was a 55 gal drum in the basement half full of loose mil '06 ammo. My father went to Special Services on base and checked out a Model 70 Win in '06 and told me and my brother to get rid of the ammo,...........we did but the barrel wasn't worth much afterwards.
I can't remember not being interested in shooting.
