TheArchDuke
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My brother, my dad, and I took my girlfriend to the range last night. My dad rented an 9mm Glock and I brought my brother's mossberg in .22 and my marlin model 60. My girlfriend and I got to the range early so we sat out in the car and reviewed the 4 rules and all that. I was happy to discover that she already knew them!
So we went in and rented a few lanes. Now, she's a clean freak...borderline OCD sometimes. So she had me loading the guns so she wouldn't get lead on her fingers. Let's just say she had so much fun by the end of the night that she ended up loading them herself. That's a huge break through for her. I showed her the basic operations of the gun and then let her fire a few rounds in the general direction of the targets to show her that the recoil was absolutely nothing. She had been nervous about it because the only gun she's ever handled was a $15 bb gun. I told her that the recoil was comparable to that haha.
After trying it, she discovered that her fears were unfounded. Once she was comfortable with how the gun works, I slapped one of those target stickers on the target so that she could see where her shots were hitting more easily. That's when she really started having fun. Turns out she's way better than I am. She likes my brothers Mossberg better than my Marlin because it's lighter and she's on the smaller side. She was getting ten out of ten rounds in really tight groups at about 20 yards (it was a 25 yard range).
Here's the kicker: we discovered, after she was almost done impressing us with her skill, that the rear sight was down the whole time! We put it up for her and she didn't like it so she put it back down!
She wants to get a .22 rifle with a scope now. My brother suggested a 10/22.
That's another one for our team.
So we went in and rented a few lanes. Now, she's a clean freak...borderline OCD sometimes. So she had me loading the guns so she wouldn't get lead on her fingers. Let's just say she had so much fun by the end of the night that she ended up loading them herself. That's a huge break through for her. I showed her the basic operations of the gun and then let her fire a few rounds in the general direction of the targets to show her that the recoil was absolutely nothing. She had been nervous about it because the only gun she's ever handled was a $15 bb gun. I told her that the recoil was comparable to that haha.
After trying it, she discovered that her fears were unfounded. Once she was comfortable with how the gun works, I slapped one of those target stickers on the target so that she could see where her shots were hitting more easily. That's when she really started having fun. Turns out she's way better than I am. She likes my brothers Mossberg better than my Marlin because it's lighter and she's on the smaller side. She was getting ten out of ten rounds in really tight groups at about 20 yards (it was a 25 yard range).
Here's the kicker: we discovered, after she was almost done impressing us with her skill, that the rear sight was down the whole time! We put it up for her and she didn't like it so she put it back down!
She wants to get a .22 rifle with a scope now. My brother suggested a 10/22.
That's another one for our team.
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