How did you learn to shoot?

[Lilred]

My Pop taught me how to shoot. The fellas got it pegged just bout..start out with a 22 rifle and/or a 410.
Bein lil has it's aggravations but once you get used to shootin...you can graduate to a bigger/heavier gun. I was kinda thrown into a 12ga. but once you learn how to handle em..aint nuthin.
The first and foremost advice I'll give on recoil: dont be afraid of it. If yer afraid of the recoil and/or afraid of the gun...yer doomed. Respect it...but dont be afraid of it. As my Pop used to tell me..."unless you got the gun turned around and yer pointin it at yerself, it caint hurt you."
That helped me alot as a 6yr old and on up till i was a teenager shootin a 12ga. I had the confidence to pay more attention to the target than i did the pain on my shoulder. Once yer concentrated on that..you dont notice the kick. (unless yer shootin a 10 ga er somethin)
Start out plinkin with a 22...you would enjoy that.