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How old were you when you first shot a gun...

_John_
_John_ Posts: 8,646 Member
edited November 2024 in Chit-Chat
Trying to carry a conversation IRL over to the internet.

I think I shot a .22 that was sized for me at like 6. I know I was squirrel hunting (and holding my rifle by myself) with my dad by 7.

For the sake of this discussion, let's not include air rifles.
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  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,786 Member
    About 8, it was a .22, I remember at 10 I took out a red bellied black snake that was going after out hen-house.
  • synchkat
    synchkat Posts: 37,368 Member
    Never
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    I was somewhere between 8 - 10....not sure exactly though.
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  • JustMissTracy
    JustMissTracy Posts: 6,338 Member
    Never shot one, but I did find one under my roommates pillow years ago; I moved out the following weekend ;)
  • Jruzer
    Jruzer Posts: 3,501 Member
    First shot a .22 when I was an adult. It's never been a thing in my family.

    My older boys have shot some firearms with Boy Scouts and both have earned the Rifle and Shotgun Merit Badges.
  • MiloBloom83
    MiloBloom83 Posts: 2,724 Member
    I was 9 or 10. Pretty sure it was a .22 single shot. That gun seems so small now. My kids all started "real" guns at 9-10 as well.
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  • lisa9805
    lisa9805 Posts: 303 Member
    never but going to a shooting range is on my bucket list
  • eric_sg61
    eric_sg61 Posts: 2,925 Member
    7 or 8, a 20 gauge
  • jkal1979
    jkal1979 Posts: 1,896 Member
    I was 16. The gun was a .22.
  • Meganthedogmom
    Meganthedogmom Posts: 1,639 Member
    28 :P
  • closetlibrarian
    closetlibrarian Posts: 2,207 Member
    Probably about 7 or 8. .22 pistol.
  • AllOutof_Bubblegum
    AllOutof_Bubblegum Posts: 3,646 Member
    I'm not sure, liiiike 9, maybe? Guns have always been around growing up, so I never thought much of my first time holding or shooting one, whenever that was.
  • Crimson_Fire
    Crimson_Fire Posts: 2,504 Member
    8
  • Smccabe8
    Smccabe8 Posts: 129 Member
    edited March 2016
    Nevermind, just saw BB Guns don't count. ;)
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    20 in the Marine Corps at boot camp
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  • sunnybeaches105
    sunnybeaches105 Posts: 2,831 Member
    I shot a .22 for the first time at 5 years old. I'm having the internal struggle right now about when to teach mine and that is way too young for me as a dad
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,055 Member
    I was 19. It was an M16.
  • sarahkanzalone
    sarahkanzalone Posts: 192 Member
    I think 11 it was some kind of riffle.... What I remember from the experience 1)that gun was to big for me 2)my shoulder hurt a lot 3) I'm a god awful shot
  • ladymuaythai
    ladymuaythai Posts: 1,298 Member
    edited March 2016
    I was 19. 9mm Beretta. Actual pic of my first shot :heart: jnzqq8oyww8k.jpeg
  • LINIA
    LINIA Posts: 1,159 Member
    i was around 20, glad i began young enough to not have others put "ridiculous " ideas in my head.
  • ValerieMartini2Olives
    ValerieMartini2Olives Posts: 3,024 Member
    I have never shot a gun.
  • WyldRoots
    WyldRoots Posts: 1,078 Member
    Never... and hopefully never. :|
  • strozman
    strozman Posts: 2,622 Member
    6
  • glassyo
    glassyo Posts: 7,801 Member
    My late 20s at a shooting range...where we quickly learned if I have to shoot someone, everything that's not the target will get hurt the most. :)
  • no_russian
    no_russian Posts: 893 Member
    Still haven't
  • knelson095
    knelson095 Posts: 254 Member
    11. Was left unsupervised for a moment during and managed to smack my forehead with the scope on the recoil. Giant goose egg, lol. I don't remember what kind it was, though. Not very high power.
  • Malenurse51
    Malenurse51 Posts: 181 Member
    I had my first shotgun in 1st grade (20ga), so whatever that age is.
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