flatlander937
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This last weekend was my sister's wedding, and since her now-husband didn't have any real plans for a bachelor party, I brought along my 1911 and 22/45 to take him(Chad) and his brother(Jason) shooting the day of the wedding(the night before wasn't going to happen... range closed too early).
We were in VA Beach and went to Lynnhaven A+P Arms. Their rules were a bit different than the ones I'm used to at my local range, but they seemed very concerned about safety which is great. They have a short list of rules that you need to know, and they gave the entire group a short verbal "safety quiz" to make sure everyone knows what they're doing.
Before we went to the range, when I showed them my guns, I also went over the "4 rules" with them as well and made sure they were aware of them at all times.
Anyways, I let them warm up first with my 22/45, which they were both really good with at 21ft... then moved them up to shooting the rented Ruger SR9... which they both really liked as well.
We had 2 lanes so we were able to jump between the two of them and I could keep an eye on them to give Chad an occasional "finger off the trigger!" which took just a couple reminders to drill it into his head
The range was really nice as well because they let us exchange the rented gun for any other 9mm as much as we wanted without charging more... Chad was really eager to try out the Glock 19... so he shot it some and decided he didn't like it... it malfunctioned like 3 times, all stovepipes so I got to at least teach them how to clear a jam.
I thought Glocks didn't malfunction? I kid I kid... I know it was more likely than not a super worn out range gun and if I liked the way it felt, I would still consider getting one. I just disliked the trigger and grip angle and blockiness-personal preference.
Jason was itching to shoot my 1911(Colt 1991 Commander)... which he liked a lot... he is big into American history so knew a few facts about them and did really well with it overall... he was shooting 5" groups at 30ft(albeit 6" low because my front sight needs filed down) Chad also got a really stupid grin after shooting a magazine through it
At some point they took the G19 back for a Beretta 92 in 9mm... this was the one that they both shot the best with... it had a smoother trigger than the Glock, and a bit less "stacking" than the SR9 had. This was the gun they consistently shot the best groups with(approx 4" at 30ft).
After finishing up the 9mm ammo and the rest of my .45 ammo, we resorted back to the 22/45 at multiple small targets to see who could do get the best scores... this went back and forth until it starting failing to fire due to light strikes from being so incredibly gunked up with ~300rds of WWB crap Walmart ammo going through it without a cleaning
All in all it was a super good time, and now Jason is trying to convince his wife to buy a handgun... I think Chad will be too, but I'm sure other things are on his mind since he's on the honeymoon now I told them both to just go back to the range and rent anything and everything they can before deciding.... something I'm glad I did myself before buying mine.
Anyone else have some stories of introducing others to shooting?
We were in VA Beach and went to Lynnhaven A+P Arms. Their rules were a bit different than the ones I'm used to at my local range, but they seemed very concerned about safety which is great. They have a short list of rules that you need to know, and they gave the entire group a short verbal "safety quiz" to make sure everyone knows what they're doing.
Before we went to the range, when I showed them my guns, I also went over the "4 rules" with them as well and made sure they were aware of them at all times.
Anyways, I let them warm up first with my 22/45, which they were both really good with at 21ft... then moved them up to shooting the rented Ruger SR9... which they both really liked as well.
We had 2 lanes so we were able to jump between the two of them and I could keep an eye on them to give Chad an occasional "finger off the trigger!" which took just a couple reminders to drill it into his head
The range was really nice as well because they let us exchange the rented gun for any other 9mm as much as we wanted without charging more... Chad was really eager to try out the Glock 19... so he shot it some and decided he didn't like it... it malfunctioned like 3 times, all stovepipes so I got to at least teach them how to clear a jam.
I thought Glocks didn't malfunction? I kid I kid... I know it was more likely than not a super worn out range gun and if I liked the way it felt, I would still consider getting one. I just disliked the trigger and grip angle and blockiness-personal preference.
Jason was itching to shoot my 1911(Colt 1991 Commander)... which he liked a lot... he is big into American history so knew a few facts about them and did really well with it overall... he was shooting 5" groups at 30ft(albeit 6" low because my front sight needs filed down) Chad also got a really stupid grin after shooting a magazine through it
At some point they took the G19 back for a Beretta 92 in 9mm... this was the one that they both shot the best with... it had a smoother trigger than the Glock, and a bit less "stacking" than the SR9 had. This was the gun they consistently shot the best groups with(approx 4" at 30ft).
After finishing up the 9mm ammo and the rest of my .45 ammo, we resorted back to the 22/45 at multiple small targets to see who could do get the best scores... this went back and forth until it starting failing to fire due to light strikes from being so incredibly gunked up with ~300rds of WWB crap Walmart ammo going through it without a cleaning
All in all it was a super good time, and now Jason is trying to convince his wife to buy a handgun... I think Chad will be too, but I'm sure other things are on his mind since he's on the honeymoon now I told them both to just go back to the range and rent anything and everything they can before deciding.... something I'm glad I did myself before buying mine.
Anyone else have some stories of introducing others to shooting?