MedGrl
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I had my first experience shooting on Sunday. My friend took me to a near by gun shop with an indoor range. We went over ear and eye protection, firing range etiquette, the 4 rules and proper hand placement and stance. We then discussed the two weapons we would use.
We used a 6" Smith and Wesson Model 27 revolver with 2 types of ammo. 38 special 158 grain SWC and 357 Magnum 147 grain JHP Handloaded (1175 fps). The second gun we used was a 6" STI Trojan Variant with 45 ACP 185 grain SWCHP Handloaded (800 fps) ammo.
After we went over the mechanics of both weapons and I dry fired the revolver (both single and double action), and learned how to operate the slide on the semi-auto we went down to the range.
In the range he showed me how to load the revolver and send the target out. We kept it at about 21 feet. He fired the first cylinder full of 38 special and then had me eject the spent casings and reload before trying it myself.
The first shot startled me a bit because the revolver moved more in my hands than it had looked like it did in his. The rest of the shots went pretty smoothly and I wound up with a nice little upwards marching of holes in my target. He told me that that probably meant that I was relaxing my grip a little. I reloaded and corrected. The nest set of six shots made a nice little cluster about 4 inches if you were to draw a circle around them. We took turns firing the 38 special ammo and after about 20 minutes he asked dif I wanted to try the 357. He warned me that it was still a mild load but that it was stronger than what we had been using.
I fired off a few cylinders of 357 and managed to keep them clustered though not as tightly and the first one missed low taking off the bottom corner of the target. We then witched over to the STI Trojan Variant.
I liked this pistol better than the revolver. It fit my hand a little better. My friend showed me how to load a clip and insert it and how to chamber the first round. I fired off the first clip full and managed to get two bullets through the same hole with just a little overlap. I had a few casings "stove pipe" and my friend showed me how to clear it before moving on to the next shot. I used about 5 clips worth of the 45 ACP ammo and by my 5th clip I had the holes in the target clustered together nicely in about 3 inches of space and even had three spots where two went through the same place.
We swept up the brass off the floor and put the guns away in their cases. I offered to help my friend clean the guns but he told me he would rather do it because he liked cleaning them.
I really enjoyed the 45 minutes we spent at the range and am going to stick with shooting. I am starting to look for a weapon of my own. A mutual friend of me and the guy who took me shooting on Sunday has a .22 and is going to let me try it out some time after Christmas.
If anyone has suggestions about what kind of gun I should look into I would appreciate the suggestions
We used a 6" Smith and Wesson Model 27 revolver with 2 types of ammo. 38 special 158 grain SWC and 357 Magnum 147 grain JHP Handloaded (1175 fps). The second gun we used was a 6" STI Trojan Variant with 45 ACP 185 grain SWCHP Handloaded (800 fps) ammo.
After we went over the mechanics of both weapons and I dry fired the revolver (both single and double action), and learned how to operate the slide on the semi-auto we went down to the range.
In the range he showed me how to load the revolver and send the target out. We kept it at about 21 feet. He fired the first cylinder full of 38 special and then had me eject the spent casings and reload before trying it myself.
The first shot startled me a bit because the revolver moved more in my hands than it had looked like it did in his. The rest of the shots went pretty smoothly and I wound up with a nice little upwards marching of holes in my target. He told me that that probably meant that I was relaxing my grip a little. I reloaded and corrected. The nest set of six shots made a nice little cluster about 4 inches if you were to draw a circle around them. We took turns firing the 38 special ammo and after about 20 minutes he asked dif I wanted to try the 357. He warned me that it was still a mild load but that it was stronger than what we had been using.
I fired off a few cylinders of 357 and managed to keep them clustered though not as tightly and the first one missed low taking off the bottom corner of the target. We then witched over to the STI Trojan Variant.
I liked this pistol better than the revolver. It fit my hand a little better. My friend showed me how to load a clip and insert it and how to chamber the first round. I fired off the first clip full and managed to get two bullets through the same hole with just a little overlap. I had a few casings "stove pipe" and my friend showed me how to clear it before moving on to the next shot. I used about 5 clips worth of the 45 ACP ammo and by my 5th clip I had the holes in the target clustered together nicely in about 3 inches of space and even had three spots where two went through the same place.
We swept up the brass off the floor and put the guns away in their cases. I offered to help my friend clean the guns but he told me he would rather do it because he liked cleaning them.
I really enjoyed the 45 minutes we spent at the range and am going to stick with shooting. I am starting to look for a weapon of my own. A mutual friend of me and the guy who took me shooting on Sunday has a .22 and is going to let me try it out some time after Christmas.
If anyone has suggestions about what kind of gun I should look into I would appreciate the suggestions
muuhahha!!!
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