Let’s not leave the girls out of this instruction.When my grand daughter was eight {she is now 16} I introduced her to target shooting with a scoped 22.
She was a natural and shot 8 out of ten bulls at 25 yards. She got so good that I convinced her dad to get her a good target 22 rifle and a real, professional instructor. He did.
She started shooting competition, and did very well and then discovered boys and her interest in competitive shooting has diminished.
When she comes to visit, we still go out and shoot a couple of hundred rounds, and she is very good, but she has lost the desire to go after it hard, and I'm OK with that.
I believe that she could excel in the sport but you've got to want it.
She loves to shoot my pistols, so I'm happy that I've got another shooter {and female member of the NRA} in my family.
Most excellent. You never know, she may pick up the sport again.
You meet the nicest/best people through shooting.
You have every reason to be very proud of her.
And CONGRATS to you too!
Our family comes from a long line of competition shooters and the shooting industry...it seems to be in the blood.
B/c of the local involvement in the industry, all the nearby schools have shooting clubs; kids get picked up after school, and go to the range for instruction, and have competitions most weekends.
FWIW, the sport takes a lot of skill, and practice. And when you get to the *bigs*, it gets very expensive.
