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What age do you think kids should start shooting?
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<blockquote data-quote="YZ-80" data-source="post: 1899595" data-attributes="member: 109229"><p>Lots of great insight here. Nate started at 6 and is now 13. I bought him a CZ 452 Scout the year he turned 6 for Christmas. I introduced him to guns when he was about 4 because he was always asking me what was in the safes. I told him he could see and handle my guns under supervision at any time as long as he followed the rules and understood that while guns were fun, they were never, ever toys. Over the years this quenched his curiosity and guns became a normal part of our family life. Always handled properly and always respected. Anyway, like others have said, I made it fun. He'd shoot that Scoped CZ from a field bench at reactive targets, usually soda cans filled with water hanging on tea cup hooks from a 2X4. Man would they explode! Then we'd follow range safety rules going down range to post new targets. I wanted to impress upon him the lethality of a 22lr and he has grasped the concept. He's since moved on to AR-15's, .243s and 6.5 Creedmoores and he is still supervised but each year I give him a little more autonomy in the woods. His little sister will start soon (10). We'll follow the same protocol and hopefully she will take to it like he has. Thank God we have the freedom to share this right with our kids![ATTACH=full]193034[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="YZ-80, post: 1899595, member: 109229"] Lots of great insight here. Nate started at 6 and is now 13. I bought him a CZ 452 Scout the year he turned 6 for Christmas. I introduced him to guns when he was about 4 because he was always asking me what was in the safes. I told him he could see and handle my guns under supervision at any time as long as he followed the rules and understood that while guns were fun, they were never, ever toys. Over the years this quenched his curiosity and guns became a normal part of our family life. Always handled properly and always respected. Anyway, like others have said, I made it fun. He’d shoot that Scoped CZ from a field bench at reactive targets, usually soda cans filled with water hanging on tea cup hooks from a 2X4. Man would they explode! Then we’d follow range safety rules going down range to post new targets. I wanted to impress upon him the lethality of a 22lr and he has grasped the concept. He’s since moved on to AR-15’s, .243s and 6.5 Creedmoores and he is still supervised but each year I give him a little more autonomy in the woods. His little sister will start soon (10). We’ll follow the same protocol and hopefully she will take to it like he has. Thank God we have the freedom to share this right with our kids![ATTACH type="full" alt="73E27CF7-3EEF-4FAA-8757-6601021A9B8C.jpeg"]193034[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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