Where did you learn to shoot?

[Zomgie]

An informal survey due to curiosity

I grew up in Mendocino County and shot at the hillside in my backyard (which was safe but I've recently learned not legal ) and was in Scouts for most of my childhood, which meant lots of camps with rifle/shotgun ranges.

Because of that, I'm pretty lousy with a pistol but can throw a tomahawk pretty well

So what about you?

[WaR_ClouD-VII]

Learned to shoot about a year ago from a friend. Haven't missed a week since.

[Turo]

I learned how to shoot in my back yard with my dad's .177 air gun. I think I was about 3 at the time. He held the gun for me and let me aim it and pull the trigger, and to the 3 year old me, it was Awesome!

[Johansenk]

when i was very young...maybe 4, 5? my dad's friend was a care taker of a private ranch in san ysabel. man i miss those days

[SCMA-1]

Self taught; starting shooting BB and pellet guns when I was a kid more than 3 decades ago.

[socalshooting]

US Army. Started out with rifles, picked up pistols along the way...pretty much transferred alot of the techniques shooting rifles over.

[r3plica]

Dad had me trap shooting with a .410 and 20GA as a preteen for a few years then kind of got interested in other things, now almost 20 years later I just bought my first handgun and am learning how to shoot it.

[Wing Nut]

I grew up in Upper Michigan. Shooting guns and bows and arrows are a way of life. I can't say for sure how old I was, but it seems like I've been shooting my entire life.

[Steyrlp10]

Sharp Park in Pacifica. It's been closed for years, so I'm showing my age - lol

[Scratch705]

video games, airsoft, and paintball.

and a whole lot of reading on the internet.

[professionalcoyotehunter]

In Missouri on our farm.

[Call_me_Tom]

Learned from my father as a youth. Then I joined the Marine Corps and learned some more.

[Timberwolf]

I grew up in rural South Carolina. I grew up shooting. Was shooting on the trap circuit as a sub jr in my pre and earlly teens, was on my HS rifle team for 4 years, etc etc etc.

[rp55]

Camp Wauwepex - Boy Scouts - 1968

[bombadillo]

Airgun that I always wanted when I was pretty young, then moved up to a .22lr single shot for the wabbits! That was all I had and I got really good with it for a lot of years, learning to clean and take care of it. At 18, I got my first "rifle" a Marlin 795 which I still have. I picked up another Marlin 60, and then started buying handguns, other rifles, and my latest stuff has been AR building for the last 3 years. I got into AR's because of this site and haven't looked back. Probably 10-15k later building, buying and selling...wrinse and repeat 10x, I am down to 2 rifles with a desire to buy a third which will be more of a spacegun this time.