Did a bit of shooting when I was younger, last time was rabbit shooting although that was about 2 years ago, will get my license & own gun one day but got other things to do/spend money on at the moment.
Lothian and Borders Police open day : (my dad and sister are cops) the public order team had a selection chained to a table and you could hold them and stuff..
Yeah.. at work experience, believe it or not. Was working with a National Trust landscape team and there was one guy who took care of the animals. One (animal) escaped out of the boundaries and because of that, it apparently had to be shot. He got the rifle out of his house, jumped in the car, threw it on my lap and I was like "wtf". It was way heavier than I expected. can't remember what it was. had a scope though.
Fired my first Gun when I was about 6, It was a .410 shotgun, soon after I used 12&20 bore over and under and automatic shotguns, .38 revolvers, .22LR autopistols, .22 rifles, .303 enfield MKIII, .223 remington 700, Cadet version of the LA80 assault rifle.
My dad used to be a cop... and then a bodyguard. One of our father-daughter bonding rituals was to go out to this empty field and shoot at empty beer cans. :woo: