Went shooting today with several new shooters.

[kd7nqb]

So my GF and I regularly go shooting. But her family are certainly not shooters, her father was an avid hunter but has not really touched a gun for upwards of 20yrs. Her older sister served 4yrs in the National Guard but was in a job where other than basic training she had almost no weapons exposure.

So we headed out to Tacoma Sportsmen club today, it was my first visit there.

So the guns that we took were-

1. Mosin Nagent M44
2. Mossberg 151k .22lr- This is my GF's fathers he recieved it many years ago and it has not been out of the closet much at all in the last 30yrs and never fired in the last 20
3. Rossi .22lr break action matched pair .22lr/ .410 shotgun
4. Sig Mosquito .22lr
5. Ruger Mark II Government Target .22lr
6. M&P .40s&w

I have to say the look on her fathers face when he saw his "little girl" out shoot him was pretty priceless. He had a great time and loved to get back out to the range, we no sooner had finished than he was saying "make sure you bring your guns next time you visit"

Her older sister (Afganistan Vet) was a pretty interesting case, she was very worried that the range had less structure than a military firing line but she adapted quickly.

So here were the verdicts:

GF's Dad- LOVED TO GO TO THE RANGE CANT WAIT TO GO BACK AND IS NOW BEGGING HIS WIFE TO LET HIM BUY A MARK II BECAUSE HE REALLY LIKED MINE. He also found an old box of CCI minimags from at least 15yr's ago that was marked $.79 for 50/rnds. It shot perfectly.

GF's sister- much more confident now and loved the fact that she got to shoot a handgun for the first time. She liked the Mosquito a lot but did not really like the Mark II. She also thought my Mosin was quite a kick but really liked it after she got use to it.

GF- as usual had a great time. Thought it was great that she outshot her Dad but did not feel the need to rub it in, it was a personal victory.

Me- loved it but most of all loved teaching my GF's father about my guns it really made him light up, he has given me a lot over the past year so it was nice to give back a little.

I also want to mention that TSC was a great experience.

 

[hadmanysons]

I like introducing new people to firearms. I recently took my wife's friend to the range and had her shoot a array of guns, short of 12ga and 30-06 =). She had a good time and lost her fear of guns.

 

[alemonkey]

Good job! I think everyone needs to make a point to take at least one non-shooter to the range, whether that's a spouse, coworker, relative, etc. Getting new people into the sport is the best way to protect our rights.

 

[KarenTOC]

Last week I took the wife of my ex-boss to the range for her first shooting experience. I'm not yet at the point where I'm competent to teach anyone else, so I enlisted the aid of the coworker who took me to my first range visit. She had a great time, and did really well. My coworker brought a variety of guns and had her shooting .22lr, .38spl, and .357 magnum.

Shooting had come up in a dinner conversation with the couple. He was surprised I had an interest in guns, and, while he never said anything negative, his body language oozed "anti." The look on his face when his wife said "Can you take me to the range? I'd LOVE to try shooting" was priceless lol.

 

[dave from mesa]

kd7nqb
Glad everyone had a great time. It's real nice to take a new shooter out and have them want to do it again.
Good luck on you're next time.

 

[SGRAVESOK]

I recently went to the range with my son (experienced shooter), his wife (novice), and another couple. The guy had shot but his GF was new to guns. We shot at the skeet range and I told my son's friend that the girl was a keeper when she said that she liked the smell of burned gunpowder. Gottt love it.