PPQ - Such a girl's gun...

[gglass]

I took my 11-year old daughter to the range today, and I wanted to show off her PPQ shooting skills. Even though she has been shooting various .22 rifles since she was 5-years old, this is the first time that I was able to interest her in shooting a larger caliber handgun. She has been asking about my custom PPQ M2 for a while, and I think that the reduced recoil of the ported barrel finally convinced her to try it.

She tried it, and she loved it!

I have to say that even with the reduced recoil, her wrists are still not developed enough to manage large caliber recoil, but her sight picture management and trigger control are quite good for a first timer.

http://youtu.be/WUvZTHCg7wY

Happy little shooter!

Here is a video capture of a fireball that erupted from the barrel ports. It can be seen a few inches above and left of the barrel... Very cool!



For JWH321: Closeup of locked back Walther. No finger, just ground debris.

Proud Dad!

 

[TarDevil]

Awesome! Way to go, Dad.

 

[AustinTX]

Looks like you two had an awesome time!

 

[bannockburn]

gglass

Nice shooting there by your daughter. I think you're probably.going to need to get another Walther PPQ for yourself.

 

[dusty14u]

Looks like a great way to spend the day.

Whats the white stuff on the ground?

 

[Officers'Wife]

Yes, I remember. I was 12 and the handgun was a Colt revolver in 32-20 built sometime after the turn of the last century. It was mid April and it had rained so Dad couldn't get in the field so he took me to the range instead.

The sky was blue with high cirrus clouds and the air was warm. The handgun smelled faintly of gun oil and the 32-20 had a much louder report than the .22 I was used to. The first five shots were all over the map then 3 rounds into the second string the boiler plate hanging behind the "X" on the target rang like the bell at Saint Augustine. While I wanted to turn Dad gave me his stern parental voice #6 telling me to maintain my sight picture.

Gglass, 16 years from now, she's going to remember the day with just as much detail as I do that day. Nicely done, Dad.

 

[beamon]

Oh my gosh, G Glass. How's that girl going to go back to Barbie Dolls, now? Well
done to both of you!

 

[gglass]

Officer's Wife,

Thank you for that story. It was touching, and for me it speaks to the most important aspect of being a father. The skills, knowledge and fond memories that I can pass to my children is what being a dad means to me.

 

[CleanHarry]

Training and teaching

You rock

 

[Mr.Revolverguy]

Awesome day, It is hard to beat a day on the range with family. Like Officers Wife I still remember the first day I fired my Grand Dads model 10 with 38special full wadcutter.

Great job dad!

 

[dds51968]

A couple of weeks ago I went and shot with my daughter at my gun club (who is estranged from my wife, and not welcome at our home) I enjoyed being able to spend time with her, sharing a hobby, and hopefully teaching her a little about handguns.

Good for her and good for you.

BTW just picked up my PPQ Thursday, test drive tomorrow

David

 

[AirForceShooter]

You're going to need a new gun.

That PPQ is hers

AFS

 

[Officers'Wife]

Oh my gosh, G Glass. How's that girl going to go back to Barbie Dolls, now? Well
done to both of you!

Never assume, my Barbie had an M-16 and her own uniform. (They were stolen from my brother's old GI Joe.)

 

[JWH321]

OK -- someone has to say it. She's posing for a picture with her finger on the trigger. I can see the slide is locked back, but, it might still be a good time to remind her about firearm safety.

 

[glove]

WOW, what a fun time you had with your Daughter. To bad more Fathers do not spend the time teaching their kids to shoot.

 

[Hardtarget]

I remember taking my sons shooting when they were about your daughters age. Great fun!

Now I have a grand daughter old enough to shoot. She likes it OK we just haven't had very many range trips...yet. Two more little girls in the wings. Just a few more years!

Keep it up! She looked to me like she was having FUN!

Mark

 

[gglass]

I remember taking my sons shooting when they were about your daughters age. Great fun!

Now I have a grand daughter old enough to shoot. She likes it OK we just haven't had very many range trips...yet. Two more little girls in the wings. Just a few more years!

Keep it up! She looked to me like she was having FUN!

Mark

My daughter in the above video is my youngest of four and like you, I have great memories of taking them all to the range many times. My other three are much older, and they all learned to shoot the same way. I am proud to day that I taught them well in what it means to be safe and responsible gun owners.

My oldest son has two sons of his own, and I have taken my grandsons to the range a few times. How great is it to keep passing skills and knowledge along? I love it!

 

[Manny]

This is one of the reasons why I've become such a big 9mm fan. A serious cartridge that even newbies can shoot well in a quality gun. Great way to spend some quality time with your girl. Way to go Dad!

 

[zerobarrier]

That's great. I can't wait until I can do that with my daughter, she is only 4 now. I have introduced her to guns and gun safety already and let her shoot some. Well more me holding then with her and letting her pull the trigger.

 

[gglass]

zerobarrier,
That's great. I can't wait until I can do that with my daughter, she is only 4 now. I have introduced her to guns and gun safety already and let her shoot some. Well more me holding then with her and letting her pull the trigger.

My daughter started the shooting at the youngest age of all my kids. The others were shooting by age 7, but my youngest started at age 5 when I bought her a single shot Cricket rifle. My criteria for a starting age for shooting has to do with how mature the child and how well can they listen/behave at the range.

You can never start too young when it comes to teaching gun handling rules and the essentials of firearms safety. It freaks me out to see parents with firearms in the home and they NEVER even talk about guns or gun safety to their kids.

Have fun and be safe.