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<blockquote data-quote="Hired Gun" data-source="post: 470854" data-attributes="member: 1290"><p>Hi Keith,</p><p>One way to have a friend is to be a friend. Walking is not a requirement to enjoy the shooting sports. If it was, I would have been out of business in 93 when I broke my back leaving me paralyzed. I started shooting again on my first visit home from the hospital. If you want to see him enjoy our sport I would offer him a bit of help. Where would our sport be if we all had to invent it by ourselves? I learned some from my father and anywhere I could. He has you. Reloading can be a safe and rewarding hobby. I also think we need as many people shooting and voting pro gun as possible. I am an NRA instructor and besides shooting I teach reloading. You could offer him professional instruction through <a href="http://www.nrainstructors.org" target="_blank">www.nrainstructors.org</a> to help him find a local instructor or you could offer him a demo using his gear. You could even do it over the phone if you are not mobile. I would try to get him to come by so you can be assured he knows how to read a scale and show him how to set up his dies on your stuff. To start you might offer to show him how to clean his rifle and start from there. Maybe he could practice cleaning some of yours too. A monkey can reload ammunition once you get it set up. You could supervise. I do this with students. Both of my kids were loading ammo for me as soon as they had the strength to pull the handle. I'm talking something like 6 years old. They were not soloing or working up loads by any means but you have to start somewhere. I would start him with brass prep. Do a step at a time until he knows as much as you do. I have done this with lots of people, and even a few who have taken the sport far beyond my abilities. </p><p></p><p>Good luck.</p><p>Shawn</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hired Gun, post: 470854, member: 1290"] Hi Keith, One way to have a friend is to be a friend. Walking is not a requirement to enjoy the shooting sports. If it was, I would have been out of business in 93 when I broke my back leaving me paralyzed. I started shooting again on my first visit home from the hospital. If you want to see him enjoy our sport I would offer him a bit of help. Where would our sport be if we all had to invent it by ourselves? I learned some from my father and anywhere I could. He has you. Reloading can be a safe and rewarding hobby. I also think we need as many people shooting and voting pro gun as possible. I am an NRA instructor and besides shooting I teach reloading. You could offer him professional instruction through [url]www.nrainstructors.org[/url] to help him find a local instructor or you could offer him a demo using his gear. You could even do it over the phone if you are not mobile. I would try to get him to come by so you can be assured he knows how to read a scale and show him how to set up his dies on your stuff. To start you might offer to show him how to clean his rifle and start from there. Maybe he could practice cleaning some of yours too. A monkey can reload ammunition once you get it set up. You could supervise. I do this with students. Both of my kids were loading ammo for me as soon as they had the strength to pull the handle. I'm talking something like 6 years old. They were not soloing or working up loads by any means but you have to start somewhere. I would start him with brass prep. Do a step at a time until he knows as much as you do. I have done this with lots of people, and even a few who have taken the sport far beyond my abilities. Good luck. Shawn [/QUOTE]
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