stickhauler
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- Mar 22, 2009
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Maybe that's what annoys me the most about some sellers at gun stores. I can count on every time I hit the several local guns stores I go to seeing a lady in there shopping for a gun, and the idiot salesman (and even saleswomen) are pushing a LCP or snubby revolver as a perfect choice for a new shooter. And anyone who has even a bit of experience with shooting knows full well a short barreled firearm is a challenge for even an experienced shooter to shoot accurately. And the experience of shooting it isn't always a lot of fun either.
Putting such a firearm into a new shooters hand is effectively the same as introducing them to shooting with a .44 Magnum of larger handgun, the felt recoil for a shooter new to the sport, and not really prepared for it tends to make them want to put down the gun and never shoot again. That's hardly the way to cultivate a new customer.
We had basically two instructors for my CCW class, the firearms instructor for our county sheriff's department, a middle aged guy, and the bookkeeper for the gun shop I usually buy my stuff from. She's a quite accomplished instructor, and makes most guys look like rookies on the sporting clays course, shooting her 12 gauge shotty while the big bad guys are using 16 gauges or 20 gauge shottys. Damn it's fun to watch!
Putting such a firearm into a new shooters hand is effectively the same as introducing them to shooting with a .44 Magnum of larger handgun, the felt recoil for a shooter new to the sport, and not really prepared for it tends to make them want to put down the gun and never shoot again. That's hardly the way to cultivate a new customer.
We had basically two instructors for my CCW class, the firearms instructor for our county sheriff's department, a middle aged guy, and the bookkeeper for the gun shop I usually buy my stuff from. She's a quite accomplished instructor, and makes most guys look like rookies on the sporting clays course, shooting her 12 gauge shotty while the big bad guys are using 16 gauges or 20 gauge shottys. Damn it's fun to watch!