Hi Rabbi, your question is a good one. Generally speaking starting age depends on the child and the instructor as far as maturity and competence are concerned. But there is another factor specific to children that needs to be considered, which is lead exposure. While researching our range, experts helped us understand that children metabolize lead differently than adults until about 8 years old. Lead is poisonous for everyone but especially for young children. So Extra care must be taken with respect to lead hygiene for kids, especially at an indoor range where the gases from lead styphnate primers can’t escape into the air like at an outdoor range. So that’s why at our range, children must be 10 years old (and accompanied by their parent/guardian) to shoot a rifle on our range. Hope that’s helpful.
At an indoor range I don't recommend any younger than 10.
??? I do not think there is an age limitation as soon as child supervised by an adult. 6 years old can shoot 22LR. For CCW it is 21 in ohio.
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