No pictures and little detail (for various reasons), but I had a range trip today with another new female shooter. It was fantastic. She has had a bad experience in her only other hands on range trip. This was a very important range trip indeed. We started with .22 LR and some fun target shooting and breaking the ice. The ultimate goal was for her to shoot the full size Springfield XDm 9mm and really, truly enjoy it. The .22 was a hit and there were smiles. I spent a good deal of time working on proper fundamentals and in the end, we got our first round fired. It was dead on target. What was more important? The smile. It was enjoyable. She fired about 5 or 6 more rounds in a spectacular group and was happy and content. I had brought a lot more guns and ammunition, but she was very happy and wanted to end on a positive note. My advice when shooting is always take it slow. Usually I mean take it slow while working on your fundamentals. In this case, taking it slow meant this was a great first time and we have lots of time in the future to build on this experience. She was happy and I was thrilled.
The bonus on this trip was that we also had an unknown new shooter. Her husband and son had come along and the son told me he had never fired a handgun. Well, step right up. We had a blast. The husband had brought small oranges and grapefruit. I had brought balloons and high visibility targets. It was a fun time. By far the best was when I let the son shoot some fruit my Glock 23. I loaded it with some inexpensive Remington green and white box jacketed hollow points for a little more spectacular display. Vaporization of citrus is quite humorous.
I couldn't be happier. They are getting an XDm for her and we will be right back out to work on the next steps.
Excellent! Well done!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Keads. I don't get chances real often, but when I do I jump at the chance.
Deletethat's awesome 45er! good work indeed!
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kymber
Thanks, Kymber. If you and Jambaloney are ever in Texas, it would be an honor to show you guys some things. I know you can't have what you'd like up there, but it's still not a bad idea to know how to use the tools.
Delete45er...i was going to say in my previous comment how much i wished that we could come down and be taught by you. thank you so much for the offer as the honour would be all ours. and we are both of the mind that knowing how to use as many tools as possible is always the way to go. you Texans really are awesome people. thanks buddy, i really appreciate it!
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kymber
Thanks so much and you'll have a Canadian to talk to if you come down to make you feel at home. :)
Deletegood on you bud, last range trip i did i "intervined" in a jerkoff trying to get a young lady and a guy from the local university to shoot for the first time by handing them his 12ga w/ 3" magnum buck.... did i mention that it was a pistol grip equiped 18 1/2inch version w/ no stock? not a good idea for a new shooter.
ReplyDeleteshot those rounds myself while he got to shoot the mosin w/ some 180 grain heavy ball (he wasn't using the sling so it just about put him on his rear)
Ended up giving the two a simple but direct little class on gun use and safety, handing, and fundamentals.
then she got to shoot the .22 single shot (only gun i had that fit her short arms lol) and i worked with the guy using the mosin and 147gr light ball and w/in 20 rounds he was nailin the bull firing offhand every shot - gotta admit that felt good lol
she was kind of funny though, taught her how to hold the rifle and aim +propper trigger pull and breathing and she went to town hitting everything she aimed at and giggling during the reloads lol
made it interesting for him and i to shoot because she kept cracking us up
That is one of my hot-button issues, seeing these videos where morons put a heavy recoil firearm in the hands of a girlfriend so they can laugh when it knocks her back. Kind of makes me angry.
Deleteno kinda about it for me - flat out .... torks me off - not going to use the appropriate word on your blog lol - back before my collection was relocated (that's a story for another time via e-mail if your interested) i enjoyed "introducing" those kinds of fools to my magnums - especially the 500 when it came out. Basic point was how do you like it (well i do but most don't lol) and do you think you would have ever even considered picking up a firearm again if you had been started with something like this?
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