Took my son to the range

[bbeck]

Took my thirteen year old to the range to send a few down range on a .380 I have been working on. It was a bust but we had a great time shooting my edc Taurus Millennium pro 9mm. He did great for his first time shooting a pistol.

How old was your son/daughter when they started shooting with you?

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[Mike.357]

I started my grandson (Cameron) out at five years old. He is nine now. We lived in illinois when my son was growing up and while I had guns I was not into them so much. So the grandkids get the benefit of all the fun now.

I am just now letting Cam shoot handguns. If I am shooting and he wants to yank the trigger I let him.

When we started I bought him a single shot .22 bolt rifle. Put a bipod on it and made him shoot sitting down.

now, if I am going shooting he can come if he wants to. He can shoot any gun I brought if he wants. He prefers mag dumps with the Ruger MkIII though.

Gonna break in the midddle grandson next summer when he is five. Can't wait.

[Caster]

High five to both of you. If I had a kid, I'd let him shoot one at any age. My old man was a stingy jerk with handguns. I snuck out a time or two with his 357 as a teenager and shot a few rounds, but I was 21 before I really ever shot a handgun to any degree.

Seriously, good deal.

[gunrunner32]

I'm looking forward to my daughter turning 4 in April, she's getting a Ruger 10/22 with some add-ons for her 4th birthday and I'll spend the next year working on safety and general fundamentals with her. Laser boresights are good for that, shows her what the barrels pointed at atleast. I figure she won't get a pistol until her 9th or 10th birthday. I'm looking forward to teaching her and maybe taking her to the range with my wife so she can be around them so she's not scared the first time I let her pull the trigger...that might be the 5th birthday outting.

Here's her gift, picked it up from graycrait, a harris bipod to help her shoot:

http://www.tngunowners.com/forums/long-guns/55873-super-10-22-works-finally.html

Edited December 4, 2011 by gunrunner32

[Mike.357]

My old man was a stingy jerk with handguns. I snuck out a time or two with his 357 as a teenager .

thats exactly what I try to prevent. he can shoot anytime he wants to, Never told him no. I am lucky we can go out front in the woods and shoot. If he wants to, we do it. If he wants to see one or hold one I drop what i am doing and cover it.

i don't want any mystery about guns. And I don't want him to ever sneak around to handle them

[bbeck]

I had let him shoot a .410 my father gave him back a few years ago maybe at nine. We lived in the country then but moved around to the city and couldn't shoot. Now we are back in the country and he is showing an interest in guns and hunting.

He asked last week to shoot my pistol and again this morning so we loaded up and went to guns and leather.

Also Santa has a 12 gauge surprise under the Christmas tree this year. Of course now he has been looking through the shooting wish books telling me of all the different pistols he wants.

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