so earlier today my buddies and i went to a range i don't normally go to, mainly to break up routine and because i took an extra day off to shoot.
headed onto the shotgun range, to get into our routine of warming up with popping a couple boxes of clays. only other people at the shotgun range were some guy trying to teach his (presumably) girlfriend how to shoot. now this is where the fun begins:
so, the guy starts by loading the gun and handing it to her, getting the muzzle pointed at each other in the process. thankfully, that's enough of an indication to me to be careful.
next, he goes on by weakly throwing a clay for her. not sure quite what the logic is, as i'd assume the longer the clay is in the air, the easier it is to shoot. maybe the idea was close range or anything. it didn't go any more than 10 ft out, literally.
best part is, he throws in a manner such that it crosses her (he's on her left, and we're a few tables to the right) and she chases it down to almost a 90 degree angle! her shot was close enough that i feel the blast, and i'm pissed, but luckily nobody hurt. guy realizes what happened and LAUGHS and says sorry, but in a way that it seemed like it was no big deal. so naturally the expletives stream outta me and my group's mouth, at least until the range officer comes over. to his credit he kicks 'em out of the place after the situation gets explained.
i'm all for new shooters, but not when it means new shooters with no sense of control.
headed onto the shotgun range, to get into our routine of warming up with popping a couple boxes of clays. only other people at the shotgun range were some guy trying to teach his (presumably) girlfriend how to shoot. now this is where the fun begins:
so, the guy starts by loading the gun and handing it to her, getting the muzzle pointed at each other in the process. thankfully, that's enough of an indication to me to be careful.
next, he goes on by weakly throwing a clay for her. not sure quite what the logic is, as i'd assume the longer the clay is in the air, the easier it is to shoot. maybe the idea was close range or anything. it didn't go any more than 10 ft out, literally.
best part is, he throws in a manner such that it crosses her (he's on her left, and we're a few tables to the right) and she chases it down to almost a 90 degree angle! her shot was close enough that i feel the blast, and i'm pissed, but luckily nobody hurt. guy realizes what happened and LAUGHS and says sorry, but in a way that it seemed like it was no big deal. so naturally the expletives stream outta me and my group's mouth, at least until the range officer comes over. to his credit he kicks 'em out of the place after the situation gets explained.
i'm all for new shooters, but not when it means new shooters with no sense of control.