Is 6 Too Young To Start

[Lelandsdad1 4]

Me my faience and our 2 kids will be moving out into the countryside in 3 weeks it has a massive garden and I have gained a few permissions but not got a rifle so I've just picked up a XTX Air Regulated BSA Ulta Multi Shot. 177. My son Leland is 6 and I wanted to teach him the safety and shooting of an air rifle. Is 6 too young or does it depend on there mind and if they listen and take everything in.

[robwelsh 354]

Don't take your eyes off them for second regardless if you think they listen lol I started when I was 8 , I listened and was pretty good. But then my partner's son I started him at ten, he's now 12 , an I still got to have eyes in back of my head, no thanks to bloody COD lol ...sooner they learn discipline the better though in my eyes. Good luck.

[Lelandsdad1 4]

Lol becky doesn't let him play those types of games anymore. I'm pretty sure he will understand the danger with an airgun he's very grown up for his age

[kb1065 0]

my boy is aged 6 and i let him shoot with a bipod fitted he knows the the dagers of guns and never to point a gun at anybody loaded or not in my opinoin you are never to young to learn

[Wxm 1,638]

my 2 are 4 and 7 and I take them out, they have a little go of the gun by resting it on my shoulder.

 

[Lelandsdad1 4]

Sweet cheers guys I'm sure if I go about it the right way it will be a great learning experience for him thanks again for your replys

[Wxm 1,638]

Sweet cheers guys I'm sure if I go about it the right way it will be a great learning experience for him thanks again for your replys

 

Make sure it's clean kills and don't show him a great deal of blood cause you could put him of like that

[georgenottingham 7]

I started when I was around 8, and the area I live now has a bad rep for the occassional shooting so my boy aged 5 thinks that's all guns are for. We sat down the other night watching some target shooting on youtube and had to explain they are for fun and some people use them in the wrong way. He hasn't yet touched my rifle or seen me shooting, he even thinks the rabbits stew comes from asda. It won't be long till I explain what I do and where his sunday lunch comes from. At this time he will be about 6 too, so imo 6 is a good age to start understanding what they are and what they can be used for. My son will never play COD! I won't give up that controller no matter what! Lol

 

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George

[paulus 26]

my youngest was shooting a single 410 shotgun from about 5 and an over and under 20 bore from roughly 8, a great way to install a little responsibility in youngsters

[ghillies 209]

younger the better but as said...eyes on at all times...kids have funny moments due to their brains growing basically, a bit that wasnt there 5 minutes ago suddenly wakes up lol.

[Craig Fosse 286]

I gradually introduced mine to my air rifles... It was an attachment to me in the marines... He comes out with me and sits in my hide and waits for the woodies to come, When I shoot something he holds it and helps pluck the feathers.... He's hooked and he's only 5, he comes back from school and goes.....did you get anything?. He has a shot every now and then at a tree trunk or something that he can hit with my guidance. I would rather teach him the right way than let him watch crap on tv. And best of all.... He knows where his food comes from, and that's it's not just in a supermarket. He knows the cycle of life and best of all respects animals because he sees them in a different light. It was astounding the other day when a wood pigeon landed in a tree while I was walking him to his classroom and he distinctly heard the coo coo and went ....pigeon.

 

It's exactly the same with lobster fishing. If you ask most children over here what colour a lobster is they will go red...because that's what they are used to seeing at the shops. But in fact they are blue (agreed not all are) and he has only learned this through me catching and showing him.

 

My s200 is waiting to be handed down as soon as he is old enough...plus it's an excuse for the misses to let me get another one

 

So I say..go for it, don't push it, let it develop, and in this day and age you will have a child that likes playing out doors in fields, rather than playing cod on tv.