Had five students in an NRA Basic Pistol class today.
It lasted the whole 10 hours. Started at 8:30 AM, finished about 6:35 PM.
Classroom part was good. No one scored less than 90% on the written test, and I did not let them use their books at all.
Very impressive.
Although, two of the students were university faculty members, one was a hospital psychologist, and another was an professional hospital administration type.
The fifth was the 13 year-old stepson of the one of the university faculty members.
Had a great time at the range. Started them off on .22 Ruger MK II from the benchrest position, ala the textbook.
Worked them up to two-handed standing, and then one-handed standing.
After shooting all the official stuff over and over and over, I brought out some fun targets.
First was a steel plate swinging target--the ram from a silhouette set I've got.
That was a big hit. Lots of smiles from the satisfying CLANGS!
Then, since I was on my own private property and on my own range, out came the plastic 2-liters and milk jugs full of water.
Bigger hit. Especially when one student got a milk jug center hit with a .357 mag. Splatter-orama. That thing flew at least seven feet into the air.
We started at the range at about 12:45 and by 4:15, we were still at it. That's the longest I have ever had any class at a range. And we quit only because a few rain drops actually fell out of the very dark clouds above.
Took them back to the classroom to cover Cleaning and Storage. I flipped the order of the class because the forecast was for afternoon thunderstorms, and I wanted to get the shooting done before the storms came.
But no storms came. It just got dark and windy with a few huge raindrops.
So, today, I introduced two complete newbies who had never fired a handgun of any kind to handguns.
I got a stepfather who hadn't shot in about 15 years to shoot with his stepson.
I helped a woman overcome her flinch with her Glock 19, and got another guy to seriously think about getting his girlfriend (same flincher with the Glock) a .22 target pistol to practice her fundamentals on.
And, the 13-year old now wants step-dad to get him a .45 1911 when he turns 18. In fact, 13-year-old had never fired any gun before, and only knew them through a video game. He kept talking about the .50 Desert Eagle before the class.
But I worked him from the .22 and benchrest up to a 9mm, and then to a .38 Special and a .357 magnum, and finally the .45 (I provided the guns, they brought their own ammo)
Good Lord, I love being a handgun instructor...............Now, if I could just make enough to quit my real job......................
hillbilly
It lasted the whole 10 hours. Started at 8:30 AM, finished about 6:35 PM.
Classroom part was good. No one scored less than 90% on the written test, and I did not let them use their books at all.
Very impressive.
Although, two of the students were university faculty members, one was a hospital psychologist, and another was an professional hospital administration type.
The fifth was the 13 year-old stepson of the one of the university faculty members.
Had a great time at the range. Started them off on .22 Ruger MK II from the benchrest position, ala the textbook.
Worked them up to two-handed standing, and then one-handed standing.
After shooting all the official stuff over and over and over, I brought out some fun targets.
First was a steel plate swinging target--the ram from a silhouette set I've got.
That was a big hit. Lots of smiles from the satisfying CLANGS!
Then, since I was on my own private property and on my own range, out came the plastic 2-liters and milk jugs full of water.
Bigger hit. Especially when one student got a milk jug center hit with a .357 mag. Splatter-orama. That thing flew at least seven feet into the air.
We started at the range at about 12:45 and by 4:15, we were still at it. That's the longest I have ever had any class at a range. And we quit only because a few rain drops actually fell out of the very dark clouds above.
Took them back to the classroom to cover Cleaning and Storage. I flipped the order of the class because the forecast was for afternoon thunderstorms, and I wanted to get the shooting done before the storms came.
But no storms came. It just got dark and windy with a few huge raindrops.
So, today, I introduced two complete newbies who had never fired a handgun of any kind to handguns.
I got a stepfather who hadn't shot in about 15 years to shoot with his stepson.
I helped a woman overcome her flinch with her Glock 19, and got another guy to seriously think about getting his girlfriend (same flincher with the Glock) a .22 target pistol to practice her fundamentals on.
And, the 13-year old now wants step-dad to get him a .45 1911 when he turns 18. In fact, 13-year-old had never fired any gun before, and only knew them through a video game. He kept talking about the .50 Desert Eagle before the class.
But I worked him from the .22 and benchrest up to a 9mm, and then to a .38 Special and a .357 magnum, and finally the .45 (I provided the guns, they brought their own ammo)
Good Lord, I love being a handgun instructor...............Now, if I could just make enough to quit my real job......................
hillbilly
