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Recall the young lady I shared that was recovering from detached retina, shoulder and knee surgery?
She ran her first straight in skeet today and did so with a 1100 in .410!
This young lady wanted to learn shotguns, just with all the injuries, and restrictions due to injuries, we had to wait until she was cleared to shoot live ammunition by doctors, and respect the recoil limits.
This young lady was introduced to me/us and asked for assistance.
I suggested my lady friend be the primary ,and I would be the Mentor, assisting lady friend in Mentoring as she wanted to mentor a lady student, and I would be...
I done turned into the Mentors & Elders I had growing up/ all my life.
I like this, I can eat cookies , drink coffee and just holler out from time to time like they did.
For me, not the first person with physical limits.
Lady has shot mostly rim-fire rifles and pistols. She knew Four rules of Safety.
She learned correct basic fundamentals starting with a stock only.
Red Ryder BB gun...
She did repetitions, exercises like rolling up a string on a dowel, and other things along the way she was "cleared" to do by doctors, surgeons, and physical therapists.
Lots of dry fire with a real shotgun, shooting primer only hulls.
Getting the clearance to shoot a gas operated .410, the 1100, finally- this lady was already way ahead of many that first learn to shoot shotguns.
She had already shot ladies skeet with primer only hulls and we could assist with reading her "shots" as to hold points, lead, follow through...etc.
She was like a duck taking to water when she was able to finally shoot live shells.
This straight, I was not present. Lady friend and some other ladies were.
She shot the straight, had 3 more shells and went to low 7 and shot 3 more.
"Oh, just seems right to run 28 straight, and we can have a lot of fun with that number twenty-eight"
I wonder what the significance of 28 is...??
Aside:
She was using some reloads that the hulls have been reloaded a time or three too many times. I mean bees-wax and electrical tape to keep crimp "crimped" and the pellets from falling out.
She was also just out "piddling" not really serious, instead having fun, and just paying attention to correct basics.
It has been my experience, more "first straights" , straights in general are shot with reloads, and often hulls that were really not best to reload "one more time" and when the shooter is not being serious, and especially not taking themselves serious.
I like this Mentoring and getting credit for stuff when I am not present.
No wonder my Mentors grinned a lot.
Dang gal did it with a .410 - ain't that something!!
Steve
Recall the young lady I shared that was recovering from detached retina, shoulder and knee surgery?
She ran her first straight in skeet today and did so with a 1100 in .410!
This young lady wanted to learn shotguns, just with all the injuries, and restrictions due to injuries, we had to wait until she was cleared to shoot live ammunition by doctors, and respect the recoil limits.
This young lady was introduced to me/us and asked for assistance.
I suggested my lady friend be the primary ,and I would be the Mentor, assisting lady friend in Mentoring as she wanted to mentor a lady student, and I would be...
I done turned into the Mentors & Elders I had growing up/ all my life.
I like this, I can eat cookies , drink coffee and just holler out from time to time like they did.
For me, not the first person with physical limits.
Lady has shot mostly rim-fire rifles and pistols. She knew Four rules of Safety.
She learned correct basic fundamentals starting with a stock only.
Red Ryder BB gun...
She did repetitions, exercises like rolling up a string on a dowel, and other things along the way she was "cleared" to do by doctors, surgeons, and physical therapists.
Lots of dry fire with a real shotgun, shooting primer only hulls.
Getting the clearance to shoot a gas operated .410, the 1100, finally- this lady was already way ahead of many that first learn to shoot shotguns.
She had already shot ladies skeet with primer only hulls and we could assist with reading her "shots" as to hold points, lead, follow through...etc.
She was like a duck taking to water when she was able to finally shoot live shells.
This straight, I was not present. Lady friend and some other ladies were.
She shot the straight, had 3 more shells and went to low 7 and shot 3 more.
"Oh, just seems right to run 28 straight, and we can have a lot of fun with that number twenty-eight"
I wonder what the significance of 28 is...??
Aside:
She was using some reloads that the hulls have been reloaded a time or three too many times. I mean bees-wax and electrical tape to keep crimp "crimped" and the pellets from falling out.
She was also just out "piddling" not really serious, instead having fun, and just paying attention to correct basics.
It has been my experience, more "first straights" , straights in general are shot with reloads, and often hulls that were really not best to reload "one more time" and when the shooter is not being serious, and especially not taking themselves serious.
I like this Mentoring and getting credit for stuff when I am not present.
No wonder my Mentors grinned a lot.
Dang gal did it with a .410 - ain't that something!!
Steve
