A young fellow I work with told me he and his girlfriend were interested in learning how to shoot a pistol. Both had previously fired a rifle, but never a pistol. We arranged for them to meet us at our favorite range in Raleigh, Personal Defense and Handgun Safety Center. They were both kind enough to sit through my safety lecture in addition to that of the range and to listen to me expound on the three aspects of pistol accuracy, grip, sight picture and trigger pull. The we four all went in to shoot.
We started with my wife's Walther P22. After 2 magazines each, we moved up to the Makarov. Again 2 magazines each and on to the Taurus 605 in .38 Special, with Crimson Trace grips. After they were comfortable with the revolver, we let them try our NAA Mini. They both laughed at it's size, but enjoyed touching it off.
Then, the Kel Tec in 380. Next, the CZ P01 in 9mm. Then on to the. Colt 1911 in .45. We finished off the familiarization with the Thompson 1927.
They both were so good on the safety aspects of the familiarization, I thought they did better than our neigbor who swept us with a very fancy stainless 1911. They never touched the trigger until they had a sight picture and when they had a problem (some limp wristing for the young lady) they maintained their calm and laid the pitol on the range table unti I could look at it.
We asked them what they liked to shoot the best. She liked the P22 and he liked the CZ, so we filled all the magazines and let them shoot all they liked. We were shooting at ten yards and they were both grouping at about 3 inches, sometimes less. I was so impressed with those kids, both of them grinning and excited, but acting like pros when they had a pistol in hand. I've never seen people take to it so quickly. We must have fired 400 to 500rounds in three hours.
They spent about an hour in the showroom talking to the staff and each other about which gun they'd rent and perhaps buy at their next trip.
I'm also so proud of my wife who worked with both of them also, for 3 hours on the range. She didn't get to shoot much, but she really added to the instruction and fun the young people got to have.
I'm still high from seeing new shooters have so much fun, so I thought I'd share it with everyone here.
Be Well,
Scarface
We started with my wife's Walther P22. After 2 magazines each, we moved up to the Makarov. Again 2 magazines each and on to the Taurus 605 in .38 Special, with Crimson Trace grips. After they were comfortable with the revolver, we let them try our NAA Mini. They both laughed at it's size, but enjoyed touching it off.
Then, the Kel Tec in 380. Next, the CZ P01 in 9mm. Then on to the. Colt 1911 in .45. We finished off the familiarization with the Thompson 1927.
They both were so good on the safety aspects of the familiarization, I thought they did better than our neigbor who swept us with a very fancy stainless 1911. They never touched the trigger until they had a sight picture and when they had a problem (some limp wristing for the young lady) they maintained their calm and laid the pitol on the range table unti I could look at it.
We asked them what they liked to shoot the best. She liked the P22 and he liked the CZ, so we filled all the magazines and let them shoot all they liked. We were shooting at ten yards and they were both grouping at about 3 inches, sometimes less. I was so impressed with those kids, both of them grinning and excited, but acting like pros when they had a pistol in hand. I've never seen people take to it so quickly. We must have fired 400 to 500rounds in three hours.
They spent about an hour in the showroom talking to the staff and each other about which gun they'd rent and perhaps buy at their next trip.
I'm also so proud of my wife who worked with both of them also, for 3 hours on the range. She didn't get to shoot much, but she really added to the instruction and fun the young people got to have.
I'm still high from seeing new shooters have so much fun, so I thought I'd share it with everyone here.
Be Well,
Scarface
