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Where do you suggest a newbie start in air rifle?
* which rifle to buy?
* where to find matches?
* where to find clubs?
* which national organizations to join?
* other stuff?

Best thing is to find a local junior program. They will have equipment and instruction available at a pretty cheap price compared to other sports. This will help you save money as a good air rifle could run you as much as $3000 and that's a big investment for a kid trying a sport out.

Where are you located? Someone on here will likely know a junior club in your area.

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Tanktrek wrote:Soupy44

How do you know this guy is a junior? Some grownups like shooting Air Rifle too.

Ditto. I want to get started as well and I'm old :) I'm not sure I want to start with air pistol or rifle, but all info is appreciated regardless of age.

Joel

Sorry, skimmed the post and mixed it with an email I read this morning about someone with two boys looking to join our club. But, same still applies; best thing to do is put you in contact with the local minds.

More information for the new shooter

NRA Offers Adult 3-Position Air Rifle Shooting
The NRA encourages sponsors interested in holding air rifle 3-position tournaments to consider sanctioning Open NRA 3-Position Air Rifle tournaments for adults. Air rifle competitions are normally shot at 10 meters as Sporter or Precision events in the prone, standing, and kneeling positions. Two different NRA rule books outline the rules for the Sporter and Precision air rifle shooting disciplines. NRA Rules for these events cover adult shooters as well as junior shooters. Most of these matches are normally promoted for juniors and the
NRA wants tournament sponsors to know that adults can participate in an NRA Open or NRA Invitational position air rifle tournament.
The air rifle is an excellent training tool for all shooters to move from air guns to the powdered guns. While not very well known, adults have always been allowed to shoot 3-position air rifle and the NRA is interested in expanding the program.
This year for the first time there is a NRA Open National Precision and Sporter Air Rifle Championship. Adults and juniors can compete together for national awards. The NRA Rifle Department is taking bids for the Precision and Sporter Sectionals now.
The NRA recognizes the growth in the air rifle community and wishes to offer competitive shooting events to those who have the desire to compete. A shooter can use the air gun as a development tool to other styles of shooting. The air rifle is a great gun for adults and juniors alike to learn the basics of shooting and a great tool in learning how to shoot.
For more information on sponsoring an NRA Position Air Gun tournament or for information on the new course of fire, please call Dian Bullock at (703) 267-1482 or contact by email, DBullock@ nrahq.org.

[quote="Gary Carney"]Where do you suggest a newbie start in air rifle?


Georgia

Better Yet, Griffin Georgia.

Georgia
Better Yet, Griffin Georgia.

HA! Roy you have such a sense of humor!
Your team piled in there for the TAL 1st round this year, so congrats.
(wish I could retaliate, but Albuq, NM area is close)

Tell A.M good shootin'

Tanktrek wrote:Soupy44

How do you know this guy is a junior? Some grownups like shooting Air Rifle too.

That's right :) I am 66 and just getting started as well. Against all good advice I have a Daisy Avanti 753 Elite on the way and have found two local clubs that shoot 10M AG pistol and rifle. There are some more old guys there too. I hope that I really like it and that I wasted the $260 on the 753 finding out :)

- Mike

Glad to hear that. I am only 56 and have been involved with competitive shooting for the last 30 years. Some people think that when people reach a certain age that you should give up certain types of shooting because of the eyes and joints not being as good or as flexable as younger shooters.
But they are missing the point. Granted, we will more than likely not reach national levels but thats not why we like shooting.

Besides it helps with the junior shooters if they know that you can shoot well, and practice what you preach when trying to convey to them the fundamentals needed to shoot well. I am a Air & Smallbore Rifle coach with a small program in the Northeast portion of the US. Being able to instruct and than demonstrate the shot makes a world of difference.

Tanktrek

hi you can try 4-H clubs in your area. most have eqiupment for your kids and ammo, so your out nothing , My son hads been in shooting sports for three years with the 4-h. Beware though there are some in the air rifle and 22 rifle that shoot with olympic style equipment. You're allowed to buy your own equipment and use it, but I think they try to put too much pressure on younger kids just starting out. So, just beware of that situation.