It appears that based on a lot of posts from young shootersthat I see that not a lot of mentoringis taking place these days. I come from a home where no one hunted or had interest in guns except my Grandfather who indulged in them when he was younger. Fortunately for me a family friend who was a hunting fanatic and gun enthusiast took me under his wing when I was in my teens and taught me the ropes. We would spend countless hours at gunshops and all the intricacies of action types and gun features where explained to me in detail .Numerous days afield hunting with my new guns or at the trap/skeet range are great memories and he was available every hunting season and made time to take me hunting. Not many days go by especially when I am huntingwhere I don't think about this guy and how much he taught me.I just wish everyone could have someone like that teach them the ropes.