The Firearm Blog » beginner http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog Firearms not Politics Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:46:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Teaching people to shoot http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2008/09/11/teaching-people-to-shoot/ http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2008/09/11/teaching-people-to-shoot/#comments Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:21:35 +0000 Steve http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=2534 Xavier has written an excellent post about teaching people to shoot.

When a person asks me to teach a them how to shoot, the first step is that I require them to memorize the Four Rules. This request performs two functions. First, it gives them the minimum knowledge needed to be safe with a firearm. Second, it demonstrates that they are serious about learning

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Maybe your wife/husband/girlfried/boyfriend or just a friend also has a fear of guns. If so check out this thread @ Yahoo Answers.

If you are reading this and you have not yet fired a gun and would like to I highly recommend a training course for beginners. It is worth every dollar.

Read this is you are in the US and looking for a course.

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After my offhand comment the other day about how people should get into reloading, I’ve received over a dozen emails asking how a complete tenderfoot would get into it: with a low budget, modest reloading amounts, and so on.

I would appreciate advice from you all as the a “basic” set of equipment one would need, as well as some recommendations for stuff like powder and such.

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Hat Tip: Mr Completely 

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