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Just saw this thread and thought I'd like to contribute.
I'm 76 and started shooting at 6 or 7 so that's about 70 years.
BE STRONG IN THE LORD, AND IN HIS MIGHTY POWER. ~ Ephesians 6:10
Socialism is a philosophy of failure,
the creed of ignorance,
and the gospel of envy,
its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.
--Winston Churchill
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50 years. There was a fifteen year stretch where I didn't do a lot of shooting, kids and work travel.
Don't roll those bloodshot eyes at me.
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Campfire Outfitter
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Started with a Springfield single shot 22 around six, so about 62 years.
Ed
A person who asks a question is a fool for 5 minutes the person who never asks is a fool forever.
The worst slaves are those that put the chains on themselves.
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Campfire Ranger
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What's your experience with shooting firearms.....years-wise? 57 years now. Started at the ripe young age of three, shooting at seashells wedged into a driftwood log with my Dad's .22 revolver rested on another driftwood log on the beach outside of Juneau, AK. Started handloading 42 years ago. Ed
"Not in an open forum, where truth has less value than opinions, where all opinions are equally welcome regardless of their origins, rationale, inanity, or truth, where opinions are neither of equal value nor decisive." Ken Howell
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About 58 years, since Boy Scout camp. I always loved guns, but didn't have access to them until then since I lived in town and my father didn't shoot. I didn't own a gun until I was about 16, and bought my own.
My father grew up on a farm in the Texas panhandle when the country was overrun with jack rabbits and he learned how to shoot, for the bounty, but he would always rather play stick and ball games. After the Battle of the Bulge, he had had enough camping and shooting for a lifetime, and that was that. We had a baseball diamond in the back yard and a basketball goal over the garage door, but no guns, rods, or boats.
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