[CR]

I started my 2 children shooting 22's when they were about 6. My son is now 22 and my daughter is 17. By the way, my daughter has always been the best shot in the family. A fact that has always driven my son up the wall.

[ExSoldier]

I started my stepdaughter with helping me clean my guns when I came back from the range. She was seven then. By age ten I was teaching her to shoot (I am a certified firearms instructor, after all) my Ruger 10/22 rifle, and from there to my Ruger Super Single Six SA revolver and finally (by age 12) to the Ruger SP101. I started her out on light 38sp reloads and moved her steadily until she can handle a full house .357 125gr SJHP. I tried to get her to try semiauto pistols, but she said there was too much moving at once for her to concentrate. So be it. She got married last July and I gave her the gun as hers forever. Plus a custom holster and a CCW permit. Now all I have to do is train her new hubby to be as good as she is....or at least close enough that she doesn't shatter his ego on the range.