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<blockquote data-quote="Glock 40" data-source="post: 3319281" data-attributes="member: 32"><p>All good suggestions listed above. There are tons of different shooting disciplines. Just about all of them will probably have people that are excited to see a child and to help them. First and foremost make sure you have taught your child proper gun safety and make sure they know that is priority one no matter what they choose. </p><p></p><p>After that I would suggest taking your son to see multiple types of matches pistol, rifle, shotgun, cowboy action whatever is available in your area. Check out the ranges in your area and see what they offer. More than likely at most matches when people see new folks they will offer to let him try it out with their equipment. There are kids or junior divisions in all the stuff listed above along with NRL, SASS, NRA, CMP just about every organization wants to pull in youth shooters to try and keep the sports alive.</p><p></p><p>I shoot military combined matches and my 10 year old who will be 11 this week shoots them also with me. He enjoys any type of shooting but what he really enjoys doing is cowboy action shooting. I don't shoot SASS but take him to 1 or 2 matches a month. A couple suggestions one realize shooting isn't a cheap hobby but don't go overboard until you know what the kid likes and are sure they want to really stick with it. Once you find a discipline your child likes. There will more than likely be folks that know what they are doing that are willing to teach and mentor him. Let them do it and enjoy watching your child improve. Just focus on safety being priority number one. People routinely comment on how well my son handles weapons and how safe he is. That didn't happen by accident, no pun intended. That means more to me than if he is top 3 or not. For me time and money prevent him from being able to shoot other disciplines but I also don't want to be at the range both days every weekend. This is supposed to be fun not a second job.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Glock 40, post: 3319281, member: 32"] All good suggestions listed above. There are tons of different shooting disciplines. Just about all of them will probably have people that are excited to see a child and to help them. First and foremost make sure you have taught your child proper gun safety and make sure they know that is priority one no matter what they choose. After that I would suggest taking your son to see multiple types of matches pistol, rifle, shotgun, cowboy action whatever is available in your area. Check out the ranges in your area and see what they offer. More than likely at most matches when people see new folks they will offer to let him try it out with their equipment. There are kids or junior divisions in all the stuff listed above along with NRL, SASS, NRA, CMP just about every organization wants to pull in youth shooters to try and keep the sports alive. I shoot military combined matches and my 10 year old who will be 11 this week shoots them also with me. He enjoys any type of shooting but what he really enjoys doing is cowboy action shooting. I don't shoot SASS but take him to 1 or 2 matches a month. A couple suggestions one realize shooting isn't a cheap hobby but don't go overboard until you know what the kid likes and are sure they want to really stick with it. Once you find a discipline your child likes. There will more than likely be folks that know what they are doing that are willing to teach and mentor him. Let them do it and enjoy watching your child improve. Just focus on safety being priority number one. People routinely comment on how well my son handles weapons and how safe he is. That didn't happen by accident, no pun intended. That means more to me than if he is top 3 or not. For me time and money prevent him from being able to shoot other disciplines but I also don't want to be at the range both days every weekend. This is supposed to be fun not a second job. [/QUOTE]
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