An English Guns Story (Interview)

After an initial introduction, I carried out a phone interview with Expat English gun owner Jim Harrison, to hear his story about past firearm experiences in the UK and how he has embraced our 2A in the U.S.A. I wanted to compare and contrast gun ownership in the UK with our U.S. situation. We may have our own problems here of course but the UK 'gun control' is beyond draconian.
I will share a transcript with you.

G:  Jim, thank you for allowing me to ask you some questions and probe a bit. Let's start with matters concerning your shooting history - your introduction to firearms back in the UK and what you were eventually forced to give up etc.

J:  Well, not actual firearms of course but initially I had numerous air weapons in my teens - pistol and rifle. These certainly gave a useful introduction with regard to safety, trigger control and general accuracy control. Between ages of 15 thru 18 I was an army cadet (sort of ROTC) and became part of the squad shooting team, beginning with precision .22 target shooting at 25 yards. Then progressed to joining the fullbore team, which involved competing at Bisley Camp using a Lee Enfield Mk lV in .303 with Parker Hale peep sights. This was at 200 and 500 yards, which was satisfyingly challenging. After this, not much shooting other than air weapons for about ten years.

G:  Did you want to follow up though with rifle shooting?

J:  To a degree yes, but I was in the stage of life involving college and also marriage etc, so shooting went pretty much on the back burner despite no loss of interest.

G:  What was your next foray into firearms? …