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| Family |
   
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132 | 46.81% |
| Friends |
  
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11 | 3.90% |
| Civilian instructor |
  
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8 | 2.84% |
| The gubmint (police/military) |
  
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36 | 12.77% |
| Me, myself, and my assistant I |
  
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81 | 28.72% |
| Somebody else (who?) |
  
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14 | 4.96% |
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October 28th, 2011, 12:20 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2011
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Who taught you to shoot?
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?
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October 28th, 2011, 12:26 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Baltimore
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Self taught... Student and teacher both suck...
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October 28th, 2011, 12:35 PM
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hate make things complicated but orginally myself but it was work who taught me to shoot well!!
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October 28th, 2011, 12:37 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Silver Spring
Posts: 22,539
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My job made me a pretty good pistol shooter.
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October 28th, 2011, 12:37 PM
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eating crayons and paste
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Edgemere , md.
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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 .
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October 28th, 2011, 12:37 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Waldorf
Posts: 205
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USMC
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October 28th, 2011, 12:37 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Jarrettsville
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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.
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October 28th, 2011, 12:39 PM
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Midnight Rider
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Grandfather taught me when I was a wee one.
The military added to it. Ed Shell refined it. 
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October 28th, 2011, 12:39 PM
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Whitey Will Pay!
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: MD
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My Father. No military or anything like that. He was/is an outdoorsman.
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October 28th, 2011, 12:42 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Fredneck
Posts: 1,201
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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.
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October 28th, 2011, 12:44 PM
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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.
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October 28th, 2011, 12:46 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Washington, DC
Posts: 5,408
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You are not at a disadvantage. It just takes time, instruction on fundamentals, and practice. Natural talent does not hurt either.
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October 28th, 2011, 12:51 PM
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Member
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Baltimore Co. Maryland
Posts: 835
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Me, myself, and my assistant I
The military honed the skill and taught me not to shoot myself and other unintended people and objects. __________________ The United States Constitution © 1791. All Rights Reserved. 
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October 28th, 2011, 01:14 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Owings Mills
Posts: 35
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School,... back in CCP we have military class, every one must take target practice, then Army.
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October 28th, 2011, 01:49 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Silver Spring
Posts: 46
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Grandfather, hunting mulies, elk, sheep, coyote, rodent vermin and goats. Haven't ever shot a pistol though! Am learning this year.
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October 28th, 2011, 01:51 PM
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Go and boil your bottoms!
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Dundalk, Hon!
Posts: 7,827
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Boy Scout summer camp and US Navy.
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October 28th, 2011, 01:55 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Richmond, Va
Posts: 3,119
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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. __________________  James Reynolds NRA Certified Firearms Instructor - Pistol, Home Firearms Safety, Refuse To Be A Victim NRA Certified Chief Range Safety Officer Concealed Firearms Instructor for Virginia, Utah, and Florida permits 12 year veteran - former law enforcement Instructor Bio - http://proactiveshooters.com/about-us/ "Make your gun go to work, and carry every day!" www.ProactiveShooters.com - The leader in concealed carry training in Central Virginia, and beyond. |
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October 28th, 2011, 02:03 PM
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OP4
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: St Mary's
Posts: 5,651
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Dad taught me how to pull a trigger and hit a target. Navy taught me how to really shoot.
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October 28th, 2011, 02:26 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: MoCo, MD
Posts: 2,389
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