Your first memory of shooting as a kid.

[Arh75]

I figured that many if not all of us here,have a really special memory of our first time shooting. It might be with your grandad or dad or anyone really. Mine was with my dad who has passed away recently and I was 5 with his 12ga over under with him holding me and POW!! Lol I shot an old birds nest! I thought it was like fireworks and I was hooked! Please share any of your stories!

 

[B2Tall]

I would have been about 5 ('69-'70) and I'm sitting on dad's lap at the base range squeezing the trigger of some sort of military weapon (M-16, M-60, M2).

 

[The_Outlaw]

I was also around 5 years old.
My dad's 12 gauge Ithaca pump shotgun I believe it was.
My dad stood back to watch me aiming with the barrel resting over a tree stump.
I carefully took aim at a tin can...as I pulled the trigger...BOOM!
It knocked my onto my butt and scared the crap out of me!
I cried and cried.
I refused to go near that shotgun again until I was around 10 years old.
LOL!

 

[robstid]

I was probably around 8 when my father and grandfather introduced me to their 410/22 over and under. Was a great gun and I wish I had it. My grandfather lived right on the Wapsipinicon river, we would shoot things that floated by. Good times. I miss you Dad and Gramps.

 

[nraynes]

My first time shooting... sadly. I don't remember. I'm pretty sure it was between 5-10 years old with my dad. But sadly I don't remember those years to well. The.first time I remember was with my "girlfriend" and her step dad. I say "girlfriend" because I was 14-15 and it was innocent.
I shot his 30-06 and 308 and i out shot him every time. He didn't like me after that

 

[agrippakc]

6 years old with a M1 carbine. Loved that gun.

 

[ssgsimon]

My older brother and my cousin were sitting on our propane tank shootin my brothers 870 12GA. I was 7 at the time. I begged my brother to shoot the gun, so he helped me climb up to sit on the tank. Man I still remember how heavy the gun felt back then. I pulled the trigger, next thing I remember was coming too on the ground. Bobby was begging me not to tell my parents. my arm was so banged up, I was crying. My dad came outside, he was so mad. My dad bought me a .410 shortly there after. I guess he figured I was going to try to do it again.

 

[kevnrm]

I was about 9-10 when I shot my 1st 12 gauge, it's not my 1st memory ot shooting but it is my most memorable. It was a single shot and my dad topd me that it didn't kick that bad (yeh right), he said lean into it and pull it tight when. Needless to say they got a good laugh as I went back a few steps, but it taught me how to hold onto a gun real quick. That shotgun is still in my safe 25 yrs later and it's not going any where.

 

[towboater]

I must have been around 6? My dad, brother and I. First shot a ruger 10/22 then a .44 carbine. My brother (older) was shooting a bolt action .223, and an ar-15. Great times, all my childhood memories were range time with dad, and reloading.

 

[JohnL]

You guys were some tough youngsters. My first memory is at seven years old at my uncle's "farm", shooting a .410 at 7-up and Budweiser cans. It hurt. A lot.

I'm tougher now.

 

[BC1]

Began at about seven-years-old with my father. First taught with a BB gun and bow, then a .22 and by about ten-years-old I shot my first revolver. He took the mystery out of guns at a young age.

We never cared about guns. It was fun. And we were taught respect and rules. We shot with our fathers. No one had to lock-up the gun in the 1960's. Kids just didn't seem to flip-out like today.

 

[guardianfirearms]

My first time was at Mini Point Scout Camp in the Boy Scouts. It was a .22 bolt action rifle. Nothing like you guys who shot the shotguns but I'll never forget it. My troop was a bunch of misfits so we got kicked out of the camp. At least I made it to rifle day!

 

[Axeanda45]

I was really short when I was a kid,and the 1st time I shot a "real" gun was around age 6 or so. It was a single shot 20 gauge with birdshot. The gun was longer than I was tall!

My dad had me get down on one knee, so I could rest my elbow on it to help hold the gun up... Bang! Next thing I knew, I was lying on the ground with the shotgun lying on top of me and my dad and big brother laughing, it was awesome!

 

[ellwood45c]

I was 8 shooting for the first time the rifle my grandpa bought me the day i was born. Then my dads lever break open .410 that he still has have been hooked ever since

 

[Bozz]

My first shooting memories were of an Ithaca single shot .410, we had a clay pigeon thrower in our backyard. I remember feeling the difference when they snuck in a 3" magnum, felt much different but shootable still.

I must have been 6-8 years old. This gun is still in my safe, looking almost as good as it did back then.

 

[sdgw]

I don't remember the first time I shot, but i must have been very young. My dad gave me a .410 when I was 9, I still have it and you couldn't buy it for any price. BUT I do remember my first full auto (tommy gun). I was 12, I pulled the triger, the barrel climbed up as I landed on my glutious maximus. From that point forward I knew I had to have one. that dream came true about 20 years ago,(simi auto) love that weapon.

 

[Iam2Taz]

I was around 5 and we used to shoot tin cans off fence posts in the front yard. (On the farm.) I would sit with my grandfather for what seemed forever shooting with him. Like many of you, I miss my granddad and dad. Somewhere there is a picture of my sister doing the same thing at around 5. I was 8 years older. Those were good times!

 

[50SR9]

My dad, grandpa and I would go pheasant hunting. We had pheasant for all the holiday dinners when we went to that side of the family. We would hunt all day, I think I was used as a retriever. On the way back my dad would hand me his high standard 22 semi auto pistol and let me shoot at cans in the ditches, I think I was about 5-6. I remember it all like it was yesterday. God bless them both. I miss them both greatly.

 

[sigboy]

I was probably 10 went shooting with my brother who is 12 yrs older than me. He brought along his father in law. He had an old single shot 12 gauge. I was scared to shoot it but he told me to hang on to her tight and she would just give you a nudge and let you know she was there. I fell in live with shooting that day and have loved it every since.

 

[2u23]

I was maybe 5. It was a 12 Gage & I was shooting a rabbit. My dad didn't realise I was shooting a magnum load. He felt really bad and after talking to me for several minutes he convinced me to try again. I have been shooting ever since.

I did hit the rabbit.....one shot, one kill.