Took my daughter shooting

[Rider1k]

Awesome!

[biorunner]

my oldest daughter just turned 15 and she has been wanting to go to the range.

the only thing is I only have Glock 22, 23 & 27.

Do you think these will be too much for her?

I also just bought a M&P 15-22

My son has been shooting my .40 since he was 12. He is fine with it. This is what a did, see if you could rent a .22 or even a 9mm while your at the range. Start small, Just put one round in the chamber. Make sure they know daddy tells them everything to do and what to expect. They will be excited and nervous. Once they get that first round and understand the kick they will be fine.

[Ron-Solo]

My grandson was 5 when I first took him, my granddaughter was 6. They are both excellent shots and have their own Crickett rifles. My grandson has shot my AR, G19, Mini-14, 10/22 but he likes his Crickett the best.

Photos here.....

http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?t=585570

[AlaskaGuy]

my oldest daughter just turned 15 and she has been wanting to go to the range.

the only thing is I only have Glock 22, 23 & 27.

Do you think these will be too much for her?

I also just bought a M&P 15-22

Steelers,

I took my 16 year old daughter for the first time about 4 months ago. She liked the Ruger 10/22 rifle with scope and the Ruger 22/45 pistol; but, when she got a chance to shoot her grandfather's 1917 S&W 45 revolver... Now she thought that was really cool. Said she felt like a cowboy. lol

In subsequent trips, she has pretty much stuck with the 10/22 with scope. That seems to be her favorite. She doesn't think she is very good with the 22/45, but I've encouraged her to keep practicing with it. She has also gotten much more comfortable with my new Beretta 9mm PX4 (very little kick) and our 10/22 w/o scope. She also got to go Saving Private Ryan with a rental Kimber 1911. That gave her a bit too much recoil, I think.

At the zombie hunt, our neighbors let us try their AR15. She thought that was awesome and asked how soon we could get one.

I recall when I was a young kid, my dad making me shoot large caliber hunting rifles and I didn't like it at the time. So, I've tried to start my daughter off with mostly 22s, and then given her some opportunities to try other calibers when she wants.

I watched Colion Noir's video that just came out on the M&P 15-22 today. I bet a kid would have a blast with that rifle.

[Martinez43]

Keep up the good work Dad!!! I rather go shooting with my daughter than play Barbies any day..

[MigNoche]

Taking kids shootings is perhaps one of the best investments in the future of the Second Amendment.

I have taken many of my nieces and nephews out shooting in the past. In the heat of the Second Amendment debate following the Sandy Hook shooting I spoke with each of them and asked if they thought we should ban guns. Not a single one thought that was a good idea. In fact, a few of them described how they felt safer knowing that a family member (me) owned firearms and taught them how to safely operate them.

The best way to counteract Eric "I want to brainwash your kids" Holder is to take kids shooting. I don't think I have ever met a kid that went shooting and didn't like it. In fact my 12 & 15 year old nephews already have a wish list of guns they would like to own once they are of legal age.

[Bongo Truck]

Thats awesome, what a great way for the two of you to bond. Cant wait to take my 5 year old out to get some trigger time.

[Target-Ed]

Daughter Shooting

Go out and find an old Colt Woodsman age unimportant, I like my prewar series 1 The grips are not overly large...it points naturally and will outlast the entire family because it is so well made. If not a newer Browning Buckmark or similar will do .
I also found a revolver for smaller hands.... High Standard Sentinel. I have an R-107 with a 4" barrel It is a 9 shot with a swing out cylinder single action trigger is OK double action not so much. It is NOT a Diamondback or a Smith k-22 by any means but it is an inexpensive start.
I like the idea of loading single rounds until the new shooter gets comfortable shooting. We want to create shooters NOT BLASTERS.
For rifles I like magazine fed Bolt Action that can be loaded single shot and later fed from the magazine...again slow aimed fire. Another rifle that is great for teaching is a Savage 6 or Stevens Springfield 87 tube fed semi auto. Use it as a single shot later manually cycle after each shot and eventually permit the full semi-auto....again building basic skills before shooting rapid fire.

All of the above are .22 rimfire feed them good quality ammo and you will get good results

Ed

[The sarge]

I think the 2 most important things about taking your kids shooting is teaching them all the proper saftey rules first, to include putting a gun in thier hands and making them demonstrate it to you. And second finding a rane that is comfortable for them to shoot at.

My 10 year old has shot a .410 with me at the clay range on base, but I havent let her shoot anything else because iron sights just isn't condusive to teaching a kid in my eyes. I want outdoors and less people. I will be checking out the base pistol range this weekend to see what the enviroment is like and if I am comfortable bringing her out there. My 8 year old son is kinda pissed he hasn't been able to shoot yet but he's just not there in my eyes yet.

[03fatboy]

Thanks for the post Op. I've been starting to think about taking mine to the range. Now it may be a little earlier than I planned.

[angrytroll]

ImageUploadedByTapatalk1375946787.001196.jpg took both my daughters to burro today. I'm on vacation and getting close to the end of theirs. I wish I had more time to take them regularly. They really like it and I am glad. They are 8 and 13. Hope to get them out to the next shoot n que.

[Jeep67cj5]

That's good. My kids are still too young but almost to the age where they can shoot