What tips would you give a first time shooter?

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5 Tips for First Time Shooters: Preparing for the Unknown - Target Sports USA

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[eruby]

1) Do not stick gun in mouth, and pull trigger

 

[28Shooter]

1. Move out of Maryland.

2. Do not point weapon at anything you do not wish to destroy.

 

[Some Guy]

Aim low. They're riding Shetlands.

 

[dist1646]

Be sure you have deep pockets!

 

[Objee]

"Head shots!" (G. Gordon Liddy)

 

[trickg]

If a sportsman true you’d be
Listen carefully to me…

Never, never let your gun
Pointed be at anyone.
That it may unloaded be
Matters not the least to me.

When a hedge or fence you cross
Though of time it cause a loss
From your gun the cartridge take
For the greater safety’s sake.

If twixt you and neighbouring gun
Bird shall fly or beast may run
Let this maxim ere be thine
“Follow not across the line.”

Stops and beaters oft unseen
Lurk behind some leafy screen.
Calm and steady always be
“Never shoot where you can’t see.”

Keep your place and silent be;
Game can hear, and game can see;
Don’t be greedy, better spared
Is a pheasant, than one shared.

You may kill or you may miss
But at all times think this:
“All the pheasants ever bred
Won’t repay for one man dead.”

By Mark Hanbury Beaufoy

 

[eruby]

Aim low. They're riding Shetlands.

 

[TI-tick]

If you want it, buy it.

 

[thedutchtouch]

if they're asking someone like me for advice, that means they don't have a better resource to go to, so i'd advise them to take a class/ get training from a pro

 

[Some Guy]

Exactly!

 

[Brickman301]

Keep your booger hook off the bang switch until you’re ready to fire.

 

[AlBeight]

Shoot safely, shoot often, and keep them in the ten ring?

 

[Rockzilla]

In MD ...start packing...as in leave...
Buy big, the bigger the gun the better, if you
don't hit em, you'll sure scare em.
Think capacity, when one well placed shot
is not enuff, just point and shoot

-Rock

 

[Mike OTDP]

Honestly?
1. Start with .22 LR. It's relatively quiet, inexpensive, and the recoil is not objectionable. If you can get access to a good air rifle or air pistol, they are even better.

2. Take your time. Shoot ONE shot well. Then move to multiple shots. In the words of LCOL Melvin Johnson, "Firepower is bullets hitting people."

 

[Mike OTDP]

3. Formal training is good, but regular practice is essential.

4. Dry fire has important shooting vitamins. Plus it's cheap and requires no facilities.

 

[eruby]

1) never get less than twelve hours sleep

2) never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city

3) never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger on her body

 

[TheOriginalMexicanBob]

Payment in advance for services.

 

[outrider58]

Have you considered knitting?

 

[AlBeight]

Can you teach my 3 yr old and 5 yr old to shoot?