Okay so it wasn't really a plan, just opportunities that weren't missed.
My longtime friend never was never much interested in guns. 15 years ago that wasn't a big deal (since it was in the middle of my 20 year hiatus from shooting). Since I enthusiastically renewed my appreciation for the sport (well sports really, you know, clay games, pistol plate matches, USBR, etc.) he laughingly regarded me as a gun nut. He went shooting with me twice because I asked him repeatedly.
A month or so ago he had a situation at his home late at night where he found himself surrounded by trespassing meth heads, he realized that the cell phone really wasn't much of a defensive weapon. He did call the Sheriffs Office, although they still haven't shown up yet.
He asked me to help find him a good inexpensive shotgun. I did.
I took him out for some practice, patterning and hand thrown clays. He loves it. But his wife was still an anti.
But it turns out that another friend has a clays course at his place and his wife is good friends with my buddies wife. She told buddies wife how fun clays are and invited her up for a shoot. Buddies wife is excited. So excited that she told my wife, who is a neutral ( doesn't mind the kids and I shootin' all the time and our involvement with different clubs etc. but she has no real desire to shoot). I hope my wife decides to join them. She said that it sounds fun.
Could it be that the whole Wheeler family will go shooting together? I don't know, but I am hopeful.
My longtime friend never was never much interested in guns. 15 years ago that wasn't a big deal (since it was in the middle of my 20 year hiatus from shooting). Since I enthusiastically renewed my appreciation for the sport (well sports really, you know, clay games, pistol plate matches, USBR, etc.) he laughingly regarded me as a gun nut. He went shooting with me twice because I asked him repeatedly.
A month or so ago he had a situation at his home late at night where he found himself surrounded by trespassing meth heads, he realized that the cell phone really wasn't much of a defensive weapon. He did call the Sheriffs Office, although they still haven't shown up yet.
He asked me to help find him a good inexpensive shotgun. I did.
I took him out for some practice, patterning and hand thrown clays. He loves it. But his wife was still an anti.
But it turns out that another friend has a clays course at his place and his wife is good friends with my buddies wife. She told buddies wife how fun clays are and invited her up for a shoot. Buddies wife is excited. So excited that she told my wife, who is a neutral ( doesn't mind the kids and I shootin' all the time and our involvement with different clubs etc. but she has no real desire to shoot). I hope my wife decides to join them. She said that it sounds fun.
Could it be that the whole Wheeler family will go shooting together? I don't know, but I am hopeful.
