So who started you shooting? Shout out...

[GeauxLSU]

Well? Who got you started?

Today would have been my dad's 95th birthday. God how I wish everyday he was still around...

My first and fondest memories are of he and I tromping through some woods chasing any number of critters or me scouring for spent brass at the range for him to reload. I will NEVER be half as good a shot as he was, nor half as good a father, but I certainly will always appreciate him instilling me a love and appreciation for firearms. The ones I have from him (the vast majority) are my most treasured physical possessions by several magnitudes over anything else.

Thanks Dad! RIP. I may make a little gunsmoke in your honor today.

 

[BNB]

Grand Paw and shoot with both eyes open.

 

[10thmountain]

My Grandfather in 1980-81 or so. He had lung cancer and he knew his time was short. SO he bought me a crossman 760 powermaster BB GUN. I still have it. He passed away in 1982.

 

[Hayata]

My dad took the whole family shooting back in the day.

Good times.

 

[inkandammo]

My Dad started me out. The good thing is I still get to shoot with him at least twice a month and we compete in the same match together. He's 70 and still shooting lights out in BR competition.

 

[MRH]

My Dad started me on a .22 at 5 years. Must've been around '79. By that point I had already been shooting a bb gun for a while.

 

[palmettomoon]

Dad and uncles, grandfather. Mostly hunting racoon, squirrels, rabbits, dove. I didn't start serious target shooting until I was 14 in ROTC. SGT. Raymond D. Ikner was my rifle coach and a big influence. He pushed me to accept a scholarship (competitive marksmanship) to college. I know he arranged the whole thing as I never asked for it, only applied to the school.

 

[sambo77]

My grandfather started me out on an air rifle at 6 years old, .22 and .410 at about 10. Now I have most of his guns and carry one of them regularly.

 

[letusbuyyourcar]

My uncle. ( Mom's big brother) Started out with the Marlin 60 and the Ruger Single Six then on to my all time childhood favorite and what I thought was THE tactical rifle of all time the M1 Carbine.

 

[Scorpius]

My grandfather and uncles during family get togethers like Christmas and thanksgiving.
I think I must have been about 7 or 8 my first time. As I got older I got to shoot larger calibers. Then post my military years I missed the smell and fun of the range, that and my love of ww2. I was a walking encyclopedia of ww2 when I was 12. I used to shock my grandads friends that I knew so much, even stuff not in books. Lots of which sadly I've forgotten over the years.


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