I finally got a chance to take my mom shooting today! She's gone with me once before but didn't really shoot much. We've been having some nice weather so I made the drive to her house; her neighbor has a range in his backyard, how convenient!
She's been talking about getting a gun for SD since she moved further into the sticks back in November, so I thought this might be a good learning experience for us both.
We had a pretty good time, I think she enjoyed herself for her first time really handling guns (as far as I know, anyway). She got an empty casing from each caliber and I labeled and made copies of the pictures for her to show her friends at work.
Started with the Savage .22lr at 25yds. As you can see from the picture, she had some issues with the scope and her eyeglasses. I couldn't figure out what the problem was and she insisted she could see the crosshairs and the target so we went with what we had. The stock was also a little big for her so she only shot about 10 rounds. She put 5 into a 4-inch bull at 25 yards and rang a 12"x12" plate at 120yds 3 out of 5!
Then I let her pick and she wanted to try the Glock 19 next. I didn't get any pictures though, I was helping with the slide and showing sight alignment and grip. The slide was a little difficult for her to pull back and it took a little bit to get her grip situated since she has small hands. She shot 12 rounds, hitting the paper twice at 7 yards. Oddly, she was shooting high (don't most new glock shooters go low left?), I'm not sure she really understood how the sights worked, she said she did though.
Next up was the Taurus 856 with laser grips. I think this one was her favorite; it's the only one she asked me for a refill! Out of the first cylinder, the first 2 shots were single action (to get used to the recoil) and the other 4 were double action. She got them all in the 4-inch bull with one flyer, to which she immediately proclaimed that she "pulled the trigger too fast" and if she'd "have pulled it slower" that wouldn't have happened!
I saw the learning value of the Crimson Trace grips today. My mom (and I)could track the laser and see what was happening as she pulled the trigger. Interestingly, after a few shots I could see the dot start to quiver slightly. I think it was due to her anticipation of the shot breaking and tightening up on the gun.
Here's a pic of her with her group. Not bad for a first timer!
And a picture of her shooting. Pretty good stance!
We closed out the (too short) day with my AR15. We shot the conversion first which she seemed to like. I didn't get a picture of her rocking the 3 point sling though! We took it off, it didn't fit her too well. Target is at 25 yards but I forgot to change it so it was hard to tell who's was who's.
I put the .223 bolt back in and gave her a mag of M855 to try out. The first shot got a muttered "Damn!" and after the second shot she said "I'm done." She said the problem wasn't the recoil, she didn't like the "blast wave" that came back when she shot it.
I gave her my sunglasses for this picture and told her to look "bad-a#%".
She said that she'd like to get a gun "like the black rifle, but shoots the bullets from that one (the glock)." I told her it was possible, but would cost around $1k to get one. She said we'll look into other options. After a little talking, we're thinking a full size revolver would be good. 4" Model 10 or GP100, something like that; with a laser grip of course!
I asked her if she would want to go again sometime and was met with a fairly enthusiastic "Sure!". I'm gonna try and drag her to the next gunshow too.
One more picture. This one was just for fun. My mom keeps it gangsta!
She's been talking about getting a gun for SD since she moved further into the sticks back in November, so I thought this might be a good learning experience for us both.
We had a pretty good time, I think she enjoyed herself for her first time really handling guns (as far as I know, anyway). She got an empty casing from each caliber and I labeled and made copies of the pictures for her to show her friends at work.
Started with the Savage .22lr at 25yds. As you can see from the picture, she had some issues with the scope and her eyeglasses. I couldn't figure out what the problem was and she insisted she could see the crosshairs and the target so we went with what we had. The stock was also a little big for her so she only shot about 10 rounds. She put 5 into a 4-inch bull at 25 yards and rang a 12"x12" plate at 120yds 3 out of 5!
Then I let her pick and she wanted to try the Glock 19 next. I didn't get any pictures though, I was helping with the slide and showing sight alignment and grip. The slide was a little difficult for her to pull back and it took a little bit to get her grip situated since she has small hands. She shot 12 rounds, hitting the paper twice at 7 yards. Oddly, she was shooting high (don't most new glock shooters go low left?), I'm not sure she really understood how the sights worked, she said she did though.
Next up was the Taurus 856 with laser grips. I think this one was her favorite; it's the only one she asked me for a refill! Out of the first cylinder, the first 2 shots were single action (to get used to the recoil) and the other 4 were double action. She got them all in the 4-inch bull with one flyer, to which she immediately proclaimed that she "pulled the trigger too fast" and if she'd "have pulled it slower" that wouldn't have happened!
I saw the learning value of the Crimson Trace grips today. My mom (and I)could track the laser and see what was happening as she pulled the trigger. Interestingly, after a few shots I could see the dot start to quiver slightly. I think it was due to her anticipation of the shot breaking and tightening up on the gun. Here's a pic of her with her group. Not bad for a first timer!
And a picture of her shooting. Pretty good stance!
We closed out the (too short) day with my AR15. We shot the conversion first which she seemed to like. I didn't get a picture of her rocking the 3 point sling though! We took it off, it didn't fit her too well. Target is at 25 yards but I forgot to change it so it was hard to tell who's was who's.
I put the .223 bolt back in and gave her a mag of M855 to try out. The first shot got a muttered "Damn!" and after the second shot she said "I'm done." She said the problem wasn't the recoil, she didn't like the "blast wave" that came back when she shot it.
I gave her my sunglasses for this picture and told her to look "bad-a#%".
She said that she'd like to get a gun "like the black rifle, but shoots the bullets from that one (the glock)." I told her it was possible, but would cost around $1k to get one. She said we'll look into other options. After a little talking, we're thinking a full size revolver would be good. 4" Model 10 or GP100, something like that; with a laser grip of course!
I asked her if she would want to go again sometime and was met with a fairly enthusiastic "Sure!". I'm gonna try and drag her to the next gunshow too.
One more picture. This one was just for fun. My mom keeps it gangsta!
