Too Young To Start Shooting

[Mills]

Harry was almost ruined by starting too early, but he came back. Don't give up, but don't force it and let it happen. That worked for Harry. When he was ready to try again, we started with a .22 and moved up from there and that proved a good system

[6pt-Sika]

I got a 22 at 7 and a 12 gauge single barrel at 8 . I never shot a shotgun smaller than a 12 until I was maybe 16 . That old H&R 12 32” full choke single barrel would thump the tar out of you but after awhile my pop and grand pop could not get a clay target out far enough where I couldn’t get it and that was by the time I was 10 . But in hindsight in the late 60’s early 70’s a kid had nowhere near the stuff to take his attention as they do now . This may sound absurd but I actually looked forward to the bruise that gun would give me after shooting 30-50 clay targets .