Soon to Add Two More to the List of "Those Who Carry"

[Kramer Krazy]

My wife and I took the CWP course for concealment carry on Saturday. My wife has only been shooting handguns since about late Oct, so she was a bit nervous. We both passed, but now need to get all of our paperwork squared away and send it into SLED. We figure we should have our permits in 90-100 days, depending on if we get our paperwork out this week.

I think my wife did quite well, considering her experience, but she doesn't feel like she did. She got a 94% on the written test and an 80% on the shooting (needed a 70% on both to pass). We both shot, as the instructor wanted us to, which was with a certain stance and by pointing. He wanted fairly rapid firing and did NOT want us to aim. Vicki did well, as she was usually the first to fire a shot and the first to complete her number of rounds in her group. Some of the guys were taking their time, and aiming, so, naturally, their groups and scores were a bit better than hers. As an example, when I shot, I fired five rounds, dropped my mag, and holstered my Colt Officer's ACP into a side holster, and had to wait up to FIVE seconds before the last guy finished his last rounds. Vicki was often waiting 2-3 seconds for the others to finish. I was quite proud of her scores, but she's still not too thrilled with them (she is always comparing herself to me, and I scored a 100% on the written and 96% on the firing). I just keep reminding her that, in a "fire fight" she'd had probably dropped everyone else in the class because of her speed and accuracy.

Now, I've got plenty of different guns for carry purposes, depending on what I'd be wearing. Surprisingly, on the way home from the class, Vicki said she may have to find a smaller gun than her S&W 5903 if she plans on carrying on her instead of in her purse or the diaper bag. I was glad to hear this. Now, we have an "excuse" to start looking at more guns.

Maybe we will look into some IDPA shooting.

 

[MICHAEL T]

Glad you passed. Up here in Ky all we need to do is hit target at 21' no score other did you put at least 11 out of 20 in target and our test is open book.

 

[Standing Wolf]

Good for both of you! I predict your wife will feel entirely comfortable with her carry gun a year from now. These things typically take awhile, and are well worth the bother.

 

[Big Gay Al]

The course for Michigan is the NRA Basic Home Defense course (or something like that) There is no scoring, since your target is an 8.5" by 11" piece of paper. They don't really score anything, it's taught as a pass or fail type of test. At least it was where I took it, and I highly doubt anyone ever fails unless they're really lame.

 

[Kramer Krazy]

I spoke with a few of my friends that already had their CWPs, and they each had a different instructor, and they each had a different variation of the test. For our written, we had a pre-made "student notes" that we could use, but it only had the info for about 5 questions. As for the shooting portion, we shot at B-27 sized targets from 3, 5, 7, 10, 12, and 15 yards, and we were only supposed to point, not aim, and do fairly rapid firing. We shot a total of 50 rounds for that portion of the CWP. My wife would have shot about a 92%, but six of her shots were low....they'd hit thighs and the crotch of the target, had it been longer. I think all of her practice, crotch-shots got the best of her during the class.