Who taught you to shoot?

Glaug-Eldare · Oct 28, 2011

I just got into shooting this year because all my out-of-state co-workers shoot, but I wonder how much of a disadvantage I'm really at being a first-generation shooter. How did you guys (and gals) learn to toss lead?

ThawMyTongue · Oct 28, 2011

Self taught... Student and teacher both suck...

fivepointstar · Oct 28, 2011

hate make things complicated but orginally myself but it was work who taught me to shoot well!!

joppaj · Oct 28, 2011

My job made me a pretty good pistol shooter.

rj1974 · Oct 28, 2011

Started when I was a kid with my uncles and father .Then lil bit in boyscouts . from there just picking up things myself anlong the way .

wolfejp · Oct 28, 2011

sixfivesavage · Oct 28, 2011

My father served in the Corps and taught me to be a rifleman. By the time I was 15 I shot better with irons than most people I knew did with an optic. Things have changed a little as my company became better and we all got into long range. So far I have been on my own with pistols.

herr.baer · Oct 28, 2011

Grandfather taught me when I was a wee one.

The military added to it.

Ed Shell refined it. :thumbsup:

haoleboy · Oct 28, 2011

My Father. No military or anything like that. He was/is an outdoorsman.

llkoolkeg · Oct 28, 2011

My pops taught me the basics, a misspent youth taught me the intermediates and experience got me to where I am today, wherever the Hell that is.

WeaponsCollector · Oct 28, 2011

My grandfather taught me how to shoot when I was about 8 years old, then when I was 12 my brother-in-law let me shoot his handguns and that was when I became completely addicted to guns.

BlueHeeler · Oct 28, 2011

You are not at a disadvantage. It just takes time, instruction on fundamentals, and practice. Natural talent does not hurt either.

I learned from my Dad.

molonlabe · Oct 28, 2011

Me, myself, and my assistant I
The military honed the skill and taught me not to shoot myself and other unintended people and objects.

monk · Oct 28, 2011

School,... back in CCP we have military class, every one must take target practice, then Army.

jcov79 · Oct 28, 2011

Grandfather, hunting mulies, elk, sheep, coyote, rodent vermin and goats. Haven't ever shot a pistol though! Am learning this year.

august1410 · Oct 28, 2011

Fivepointstar. :innocent0

GNLaFrance · Oct 28, 2011

Boy Scout summer camp and US Navy.

ProShooter · Oct 28, 2011

Although I have had alot of good instructors in the past in LE, I would say that I'm 90% self-taught.

When I was in LE, I had other instructors beg me not to teach the recruits to shoot the way I did, or to even let them see me shoot. My style is apparently somewhat unconventional in the eyes of your standard LE instructor.....I still shot 98 -100 though, every time. Making your shots count is all that matters.

Streetgang · Oct 28, 2011

Dad taught me how to pull a trigger and hit a target. Navy taught me how to really shoot.

BeltBuckle · Oct 28, 2011

llkoolkeg said:
My pops taught me the basics, a misspent youth taught me the intermediates and experience got me to where I am today, wherever the Hell that is.

LOL. Sounds just like my story, except it was my Mom who taught me the basics.

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