how long have you been shooting?

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Posted: 8/20/2006 1:30:12 PM EDT

just like the title says. lets see who's been shooting the longest. start from the very first time you shot a gun of anytype, excluding popguns, airguns, those cool guns that shoot a cork, and all other non-cordite using weapons (for all you smart asses

) me i've been shooting for 1 year now and i've still got alot of practicing to do

-blue

Posted: 8/20/2006 1:33:52 PM EDT

[#1]

I was born in 1948 and at age 6, in 1954, my Dad let me shoot his Remington Speedmaster .22 rifle.

That looks like 52 years to me.

And I have never tired of it.

Posted: 8/20/2006 1:34:57 PM EDT

[#2]

I just barely missed the 25+ option, and I'm 30....

Posted: 8/20/2006 1:35:56 PM EDT

[#3]

32 years.

Started when I was six.

Posted: 8/20/2006 1:36:05 PM EDT

[#4]

25+ years here.

Posted: 8/20/2006 1:36:48 PM EDT

[#5]

3-8

Posted: 8/20/2006 1:37:21 PM EDT

[#6]

About 34 years exactly.

HH

Posted: 8/20/2006 1:38:55 PM EDT

[#7]

1968

Posted: 8/20/2006 1:39:53 PM EDT

[#8]

17 years.

ETA: Of course dad did start me out with the 30-30 , bypassing the .22 phase completely.

Posted: 8/20/2006 1:40:12 PM EDT

[#9]

46 years shooting

24 years shooting in matches

20 years in IPSC type 3 gun

18 years AR15's in 3 gun

Bill

Posted: 8/20/2006 1:40:41 PM EDT

[#10]

About 3 years, so one of the 1st two options

Posted: 8/20/2006 1:47:40 PM EDT

[#11]

Been shooting since I was 4. So, I've been shooting longer than I've been completely potty trained. I'm still working on both.

Posted: 8/20/2006 1:48:18 PM EDT

[#12]

5 years.

Posted: 8/20/2006 1:49:25 PM EDT

[#13]

Just about 30 years now.
Long enough to have my eyes start to be a factor

Posted: 8/20/2006 1:49:28 PM EDT

[#14]

I'm 23 and I started shooting when Santa brought me a Daisy Red Ryder on my 6th Christmas.

Posted: 8/20/2006 1:53:42 PM EDT

[#15]

35 years here, started when I was 7! God I feel old.

Posted: 8/20/2006 1:55:32 PM EDT

[#16]

Is that poll the number of years you've been shooting or the age you were when you started?

If it's number of years, then 25+++

If it's age, then I'd fall somewhere between 1-3

Posted: 8/20/2006 1:59:02 PM EDT

[#17]

ever fire a real PeaceMaker that in 44-40 cal. and also a 1873 same cal.? How about a real Sharps in 45-70 cal.those were some day over 30 years ago

Posted: 8/20/2006 2:03:50 PM EDT

[#18]

Got my BB gun at 4 and my 22 at 5.....

Posted: 8/20/2006 2:03:51 PM EDT

[#19]

Since about 6 with a .22 pellet rifle....been a downhill slide ever since...except the caliber has gone up a tad

Posted: 8/20/2006 2:08:43 PM EDT

[#20]

45 years shooting.

Posted: 8/20/2006 2:11:18 PM EDT

[#21]

12 years, but I'm young so thats a siginificant portion of my life.

Posted: 8/20/2006 2:17:00 PM EDT

[#22]

More than 40 less than 45 years.

You really should have more choices beyond 25 years. Some of us are Old Farts. I'm not---
yet.

Dave.

Posted: 8/20/2006 2:19:45 PM EDT

[#23]

Got my first BB gun when I turned 2 years old ( my dad was excited to get me started shooting, I doubt if I actually started shooting that young though

). I remember my first "Kill" while hunting I was 8 years old and used a .410. (Im 19 yrs old now).

So I'd say I've been shooting guns for around 11-12 years. The more weapons I buy and the more I shoot, the more I like it

.

Posted: 8/20/2006 2:21:31 PM EDT

[#24]

3 years

Posted: 8/20/2006 2:24:22 PM EDT

[#25]

Starting shooting at the Boys Club Camp when I was 5. I'll be 46 in September. Looks like 41 years.

Bomber

Posted: 8/20/2006 2:44:21 PM EDT

[#26]

Quoted:
I was born in 1948 and at age 6, in 1954, my Dad let me shoot his Remington Speedmaster .22 rifle.

That looks like 52 years to me.

And I have never tired of it.

so it looks like oldpainless is winning so far with 52. thats some experience

first rounds on me

anyone beat that?

-blue

Posted: 8/20/2006 2:48:27 PM EDT

[#27]

<====== First shot fired in 1972

Posted: 8/20/2006 3:10:57 PM EDT

[#28]

I got my first gun ( BB Gun ) in 1968 and my first .22 a
couple of years later .

Posted: 8/20/2006 3:14:50 PM EDT

[#29]

Probably somewhere between 12 and 15 years.

Posted: 8/20/2006 3:25:07 PM EDT

[#30]

Quoted:
I was born in 1948 and at age 6, in 1954, my Dad let me shoot his Remington Speedmaster .22 rifle.

That looks like 52 years to me.

And I have never tired of it.

Born 1945, started at 6 also with my father's Speedmaster. Still have it.

Posted: 8/20/2006 3:31:38 PM EDT

[#31]

Quoted:

Quoted:
I was born in 1948 and at age 6, in 1954, my Dad let me shoot his Remington Speedmaster .22 rifle.

That looks like 52 years to me.

And I have never tired of it.

Born 1945, started at 6 also with my father's Speedmaster. Still have it.

Me too.

Actually, I'm only holding it until my grandson, Jace, is old enough to shoot it. It's now his.

Posted: 8/20/2006 3:51:05 PM EDT

[#32]

Either 19 or 20 years. I don't remember if I was 5 or 6 when I first shot Dad's .22.

Posted: 8/20/2006 3:55:22 PM EDT

[#33]

Well, started at age 4 or 5 I am 51 now so, 46 years... My folks tell me that I was walking around at age 2 with a stick making gun sounds.

Posted: 8/20/2006 3:57:35 PM EDT

[#34]

I'm almost 35 and have been shooting since I was 5.

Posted: 8/20/2006 4:16:50 PM EDT

[#35]

Born 1952, shot first .22 on grandaddy's farm with my cousins in 1957. Too lazy to count it up... uhhh 97 minus 57 is 40, then 2006 minus 1997 is uhhh... damn, where's that calclator?

Posted: 8/20/2006 4:26:02 PM EDT

[#36]

w00t! I've been shooting for OVER TWENTY- FIVE YEARS!

Oh shit... I'm old...

Posted: 8/20/2006 5:22:32 PM EDT

[#37]

bump...for the sunday night crew and some more answers

-blue

Posted: 8/20/2006 5:27:42 PM EDT

[#38]

Quoted:
w00t! I've been shooting for OVER TWENTY- FIVE YEARS!

Oh shit... I'm old...

2 rounds a year does not count

I have been shooting since I was 7 and am 36 now

[whispering] lets see 10 + 10 +1 [/whispering] crap I can't count that high

Posted: 8/20/2006 5:45:16 PM EDT

[#39]

300th I have been shooting for around 5 years now

Posted: 8/20/2006 5:50:19 PM EDT

[#40]

'Bout 48yr's now...

Posted: 8/20/2006 5:52:53 PM EDT

[#41]

Shooting since 12 so 32 yrs behinf the trigger. My son is 12 and starting off just like me.

Posted: 8/20/2006 5:53:12 PM EDT

[#42]

44

Posted: 8/20/2006 6:52:44 PM EDT

[#43]

I think I was about six when my dad let me shoot his Ruger MkII at a dump in the Pocono Mts. I really count my days shooting from my days in high school shooting a .22 in the rifle range at school.

I can't believe that all kids don't learn to shoot in high school. It was completely safe, nobody ever got hurt on the range in 50+ years, never a single accident. Adults were present and discipline was enforced. How hard is it?

So, I can stretch my answer and say 25+, but just to be safe I'll go with 20 years. I can't believe how the time flew.

Posted: 8/20/2006 6:57:17 PM EDT

[#44]

37 years.

Posted: 8/20/2006 7:01:40 PM EDT

[#45]

Started at 12, almost 28 years ago.

Posted: 8/20/2006 7:15:21 PM EDT

[#46]

My age minus 5.

Posted: 8/20/2006 7:18:10 PM EDT

[#47]

bout 30 years.

Posted: 8/20/2006 7:20:49 PM EDT

[#48]

Since 1993.

Posted: 8/20/2006 7:21:21 PM EDT

[#49]

Don't remember if I was 4 or 5 and I am 30. Had to go with the under 25 because I know it has been at least that long.

Posted: 8/20/2006 7:21:35 PM EDT

[#50]

Well I'm sure not going to try to make myself sound more experience than I am.

I shot my dad's 22 rifle a few times when I was 10, but I'm not going to count that. Sooooo, I guess I'll say just since I registered my first pistol of my own about 8 years ago... but even with that, I didn't really get interested, take classes and REALLY try to learn about them until the last couple years or so.

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