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Jmanwit · 05-11-2007, 07:30 PM

I learned to shoot with my dad's 9mm Model 59 Smith and Wesson.

Chewie146 · 05-11-2007, 07:32 PM

Contrary to Jeff Cooper's old advice, I'd start with a .22. That's how I learned to shoot. Don't linger as long as I did. Get him on new calibers soon, but keep going back to the .22. The .22 will give confidence. The bigger ones will give him something useful that he can shoot.

billbrasky · 05-11-2007, 08:06 PM

id like to think i am pretty decent at 50 ft with a bone stock .45 xd compact. I have less than 400 rounds and i think i am getting pretty good, i can really knock out a decent part of the bulleye in the target.

I had shot my dads 9mm as a kid, many shotguns, sks, ak47, 308, 30/30. , .357 and 44 mag, . 40 cal sigs, and stuff borrowed from uncles and friends when i was a teenager.

The .45 was my first gun i got it in january. I dont think i have any bad habits. If i do i am well on my way to becoming a crack shot if i have bad habits and i can shoot as well as i do.

If anythign i would assume his first shots might be crappy, but if he has decent sized hands, decent strength and size (I am 6'4 250 lbs) if i was 90 lbs 5th grader it might be to much to learn on .... learn as trying to be good, not to big to learn safety and some fun and respect for firearms. I shot .357 and .44 mags when i was a puny skinny teen.

Jedi XD · 05-11-2007, 08:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lazarus

Just for clarification I dont mean what caliber was the first gun you shot or what caliber was the first handgun you brought but what caliber did you really learn to shoot with?

I've heard about developing a flinch if you start with something too big and that you should ease your way in. I started with 9mm and I'm getting pretty good but after a my first couple of range trips I shot my friends .380 and enjoyed that better than my XD. I didnt get a .380 but I just stuck with my 9mm. When I take my son (turns 12 this year) shooting he likes to shoot my pistol. Last time we were out he wanted to shoot my .45 and I let him, just for fun as he was all over the target. Anyways I'm wondering if this would lead to bad habits such as a flinch, anticipating recoil? Or do you think that you can learn and become good with anything as long as you practice enough?

Btw, Harley learned with a .454 (can you guess the movie?)

.22 is the best to learn with, as most of us did.

And the movie was "Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man"

Beat me to it! One of my all time favorite "guy movies"

Back On Topic, I can't remember what the first caliber I shot was, but I do remember plinking with a buddy's .22LR's, "daddy's" 870 was the first shotgun I shot, and a little .22LR SA revolver was the first pistol.

when I hit 18 the first firearm I ever bought was a used Mossberg 500 persuader, first pistol I owned was a Ruger P89.

jdavionic · 05-11-2007, 08:57 PM

started with a ruger 10/22 (.22LR)

HS-HDM · 05-11-2007, 09:15 PM

I started with a .38 spl Full wadcutters when i was eight years old, My dad would kneel beside/behind me and help hold it up. He practiced for Police competition matches and always saved 5 or 10 rounds for me...When i was 15 i was allowed to purchase my first pistol with his help and encouragement that was a .22 cal Hi Standard Heavy duity Military. I still have it to this day and shoot it alot. I am now closer to 60 than 50 and Still shoot many calibers quite proficiently, I feel i learned from one of the BEST, (my Dad).

Lazarus · 05-11-2007, 09:19 PM

Yep. The movie was Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man. I could watch that movie once a week probably.

retired · 05-12-2007, 12:58 AM

50cal.

Actually a .38cal revolver when I joined my former dept. I didn't do any shooting before that.

empd3269 · 05-12-2007, 01:27 AM

Glock 21 .45 ACP baby! needless to say i couldnt hit the s word for about 300 rounds!

Paul · 05-12-2007, 05:00 AM

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Originally Posted by lobster_roboto

I started shooting with a 30-30 rifle. I was about 8-9 years old

+1 almost 50 years ago.

First pistol I shot was at Navy Boot Camp in 1970.

36 years later I started with a .40 S&W. Those first few (perhaps many) range visits were not pretty.

05-11-2007, 07:30 PM	#41
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05-11-2007, 07:32 PM	#42
Chewie146 XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Los Alamos Posts: 727	Contrary to Jeff Cooper's old advice, I'd start with a .22. That's how I learned to shoot. Don't linger as long as I did. Get him on new calibers soon, but keep going back to the .22. The .22 will give confidence. The bigger ones will give him something useful that he can shoot. __________________ ----------------------------------------------------------- "Beware the man with one gun..." Befriend the man with 30?

05-11-2007, 08:06 PM	#43
billbrasky XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: suburban detroit Posts: 3,335	id like to think i am pretty decent at 50 ft with a bone stock .45 xd compact. I have less than 400 rounds and i think i am getting pretty good, i can really knock out a decent part of the bulleye in the target. I had shot my dads 9mm as a kid, many shotguns, sks, ak47, 308, 30/30. , .357 and 44 mag, . 40 cal sigs, and stuff borrowed from uncles and friends when i was a teenager. The .45 was my first gun i got it in january. I dont think i have any bad habits. If i do i am well on my way to becoming a crack shot if i have bad habits and i can shoot as well as i do. If anythign i would assume his first shots might be crappy, but if he has decent sized hands, decent strength and size (I am 6'4 250 lbs) if i was 90 lbs 5th grader it might be to much to learn on .... learn as trying to be good, not to big to learn safety and some fun and respect for firearms. I shot .357 and .44 mags when i was a puny skinny teen. Last edited by billbrasky; 05-11-2007 at 08:10 PM.

05-11-2007, 09:19 PM	#47
Lazarus XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: New Jersey Posts: 5,037	Yep. The movie was Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man. I could watch that movie once a week probably. __________________ You never know what you'll miss until its gone.

05-12-2007, 01:27 AM	#49
empd3269 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: FLAGSTAFF, AZ Posts: 147	Glock 21 .45 ACP baby! needless to say i couldnt hit the s word for about 300 rounds! __________________ XD-.40, 4 INCH SERVICE KIMBER CUSTOM II GLOCK M-21 1ST GEN. GLOCK M-21 3RD GEN. GLOCK M-23 GLOCK M-27 BUSHMASTER M-4 SAVAGE ARMS 64F, PLINKER! MOSSBERG 590A-1 BENELLI M-1 SUPER 90 WALTHER P-22 REM. M-700 .30-06 SOMEONE ONCE ASKED ME "...HOW MANY GUNS MUST YOU OWN?" I THEN REPLIED, "MOM....I CAN ALWAYS USE ONE MORE!" The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his. --George Patton--

05-11-2007, 08:57 PM	#45
jdavionic XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: GA Posts: 5,105	started with a ruger 10/22 (.22LR)

05-11-2007, 09:15 PM	#46
HS-HDM XDTalk Newbie Join Date: May 2007 Location: Minnesota Posts: 8	I started with a .38 spl Full wadcutters when i was eight years old, My dad would kneel beside/behind me and help hold it up. He practiced for Police competition matches and always saved 5 or 10 rounds for me...When i was 15 i was allowed to purchase my first pistol with his help and encouragement that was a .22 cal Hi Standard Heavy duity Military. I still have it to this day and shoot it alot. I am now closer to 60 than 50 and Still shoot many calibers quite proficiently, I feel i learned from one of the BEST, (my Dad).

05-12-2007, 12:58 AM	#48
retired XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: S. Calif. Posts: 5,583	50cal. Actually a .38cal revolver when I joined my former dept. I didn't do any shooting before that.

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