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So, on Friday a buddy of mine and I ventured to our favorite gun store and he got a new Kel-Tec P3AT. So of course this morning we had to go put some rounds through it. His GF is also looking for a new gun since she is now applying for her CHL and we figured we should take her along. Well this turned out to be one of the best trips ever with some noted draw backs. It also prompted questions.
1. When we first arrived there were two guys who had .454C carbine out and they were letting it rip for what seemed like forever. Reminder this is an indoor 25yd range so even one gun of that magnitude effects everyone. It actually made it so the new shooter we had with us couldn't get good instruction from either of us because she could not concentrate.
2. I wandered down to where the guys with the .454C were and tried to explain to them the new situation and asked if they could just go grab a soda or something (or shoot a different gun) for like 5min so we could get her all set up and then the could go back to whatever they were accomplishing they rejected the idea, not in a rude or obnoxious way but certainly were going to do us any favors either.
Do you guys ever encounter these situations? How do you handle them
3. The new P3AT shot like a charm, we held off on having my buddies GF shoot it until she had shot the Mark II a bunch so she could get down pistol basics before adding the challenge of a tiny pocket pistol. The recoil off that thing was much different than I expected. My father has an Astra A-60 in .380 so I expected the Kel-Tec to be comparable and frankly it was not that kel-tec shot great but had much more recoil and took some getting use to.
4. Everybody at the range (including people we didnt know) seemed very interested in us. Some because we had the cool little microgun and others because we had the cute 90lb girl shooting. This actually did encourage her at first but she quickly got tired of 6-8 old white men telling her all the things she was doing wrong.
5. At the point where we had been at the range about an hour a family of 5 showed up in the 2 lanes next to us and they had a pretty good selection of firearms one of which was a .45acp glock (not a glock guy so I could not ID the model) and I made them the deal to let them all shoot the .380 for a few rounds if they would give us a little bit of .45free time so we could show his GF the specific differences of the pocket pistol. They very much agree and the mother who was also of small statue was very helpful in showing her some of the tricks that let small framed women shoot easier.
6. When we left in all the congratulations and focus on our new shooter we left one of the .22lr rifles at the range, we noticed it later and picked it up on my way to work. I had never done that and felt like a moron but I guess we just got excited about adding one more small framed woman to the shooters club.
7. FINALLY AND BEST OF ALL. As we were about ready to pack up the girl we had taken with us said, wait cant we shoot one more box and went and got another box of .380 and ripped through it like a champ. It was really satisfying to see that moment. She also moved her CCW class from next week to NEXT SATURDAY. Because she was really excited about the whole idea of being responsible for her own safety.
1. When we first arrived there were two guys who had .454C carbine out and they were letting it rip for what seemed like forever. Reminder this is an indoor 25yd range so even one gun of that magnitude effects everyone. It actually made it so the new shooter we had with us couldn't get good instruction from either of us because she could not concentrate.
2. I wandered down to where the guys with the .454C were and tried to explain to them the new situation and asked if they could just go grab a soda or something (or shoot a different gun) for like 5min so we could get her all set up and then the could go back to whatever they were accomplishing they rejected the idea, not in a rude or obnoxious way but certainly were going to do us any favors either.
Do you guys ever encounter these situations? How do you handle them
3. The new P3AT shot like a charm, we held off on having my buddies GF shoot it until she had shot the Mark II a bunch so she could get down pistol basics before adding the challenge of a tiny pocket pistol. The recoil off that thing was much different than I expected. My father has an Astra A-60 in .380 so I expected the Kel-Tec to be comparable and frankly it was not that kel-tec shot great but had much more recoil and took some getting use to.
4. Everybody at the range (including people we didnt know) seemed very interested in us. Some because we had the cool little microgun and others because we had the cute 90lb girl shooting. This actually did encourage her at first but she quickly got tired of 6-8 old white men telling her all the things she was doing wrong.
5. At the point where we had been at the range about an hour a family of 5 showed up in the 2 lanes next to us and they had a pretty good selection of firearms one of which was a .45acp glock (not a glock guy so I could not ID the model) and I made them the deal to let them all shoot the .380 for a few rounds if they would give us a little bit of .45free time so we could show his GF the specific differences of the pocket pistol. They very much agree and the mother who was also of small statue was very helpful in showing her some of the tricks that let small framed women shoot easier.
6. When we left in all the congratulations and focus on our new shooter we left one of the .22lr rifles at the range, we noticed it later and picked it up on my way to work. I had never done that and felt like a moron but I guess we just got excited about adding one more small framed woman to the shooters club.
7. FINALLY AND BEST OF ALL. As we were about ready to pack up the girl we had taken with us said, wait cant we shoot one more box and went and got another box of .380 and ripped through it like a champ. It was really satisfying to see that moment. She also moved her CCW class from next week to NEXT SATURDAY. Because she was really excited about the whole idea of being responsible for her own safety.
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