|
01-03-2023, 01:55 PM | #3 | ||||||
|
They all get ready on their own time. Some are ready at 8. Some are not ready at age 60 and after 50 years of miraculously accident free experience. I've seen both types.
__________________
Whoever said you can't buy happiness forgot little puppies. Gene Hill |
||||||
The Following 5 Users Say Thank You to Mills Morrison For Your Post: |
01-03-2023, 03:59 PM | #4 | ||||||
|
The sharpest kicking gun I ever shot was a Stevens 20ga with a Tenite stock. I second the semi-auto route to minimize recoil, although by age ten Webb should be able to handle your Trojan 20. My ten year old cut his teeth on an 0 frame 16 with light loads. Have fun!
|
||||||
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to Mike Poindexter For Your Post: |
01-03-2023, 04:04 PM | #5 | ||||||
|
I ruined my oldest daughter for shooting by starting her too young. Fortunately she took to fly fishing.
__________________
"Life is short and you're dead an awful long time." Destry L. Hoffard "Oh Christ, just shoot the damn thing." Destry L. Hoffard |
||||||
The Following 4 Users Say Thank You to John Davis For Your Post: |
01-03-2023, 04:07 PM | #6 | ||||||
|
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
__________________
Whoever said you can't buy happiness forgot little puppies. Gene Hill |
||||||
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to Mills Morrison For Your Post: |
01-03-2023, 04:16 PM | #7 | ||||||
|
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 .
__________________
Parker’s , 6.5mm’s , Mannlicher Schoenauer’s and my family in the Philippines ! |
||||||
The Following 3 Users Say Thank You to CraigThompson For Your Post: |
01-03-2023, 04:22 PM | #8 | ||||||
|
I started my son Edward on an H&R 410 at nine. He never looked back and is still shooting
|
||||||
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to Ed Blake For Your Post: |
01-03-2023, 04:47 PM | #9 | ||||||
|
I gave her a long break then after getting the gas gun let her shoot one or two rounds was all. After loading a dummy round the second time and not seeing a flinch when she pulled the trigger I quit again for a week. Then slowly got it to where she can now shoot 50 rounds of skeet before she gets tired. She's 14 years old and 65lbs so she's a waif.
__________________
Nothing ruins your Friday like finding out it's only Tuesday |
||||||
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to Andrew Sacco For Your Post: |
Young Shooter |
01-03-2023, 04:52 PM | #10 | ||||||
|
Young Shooter
I believe if I remember correctly,
I started Shane around 9 or 10 with a bolt action rifle in 17 Mach II, then shortly there after started him with an A grade 20 gauge Lefever. He dealt with some bruises on his shoulder, but I left him tell me when he had enough, never tried to push him further than he was comfortable. Of course he now enjoys shooting the 14 lb 8 gauge when we attend the shoots, but at 17 he's growing way faster than his dad was ready for |
||||||
The Following 4 Users Say Thank You to Stan Hoover For Your Post: |
|
|