Riomouse911
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We had a family week up at my Dads house in Northern Nevada over the Thanksgiving holiday. While we were up there my sister, son, brother in law and nephew went shooting. My 23 year old niece, who was born and raised in the Peoples Republik of Berkeley, hit me up and said that she realizes now that her prior stances about guns wasn’t very realistic. She said being a woman alone is getting scarier as society is changing for the worse, and she is pretty much on her own to take care of herself. She ultimately said she hasn’t ever touched a gun, but she wanted me to teach her gun stuff and how to shoot when she heads down to visit friends who live in SoCal. 
She came over today and we started with 60 minutes of safe gun handling, nomenclature, grip, stance, sight picture, malfunctions, etc. I used my “red gun” and a matching airsoft Glock 17, for the beginning lessons.
Once she got those lessons under her belt, I also used my S&W Models 15 and 642 .38’s, Ruger SP-101 .327, and 9mm SA Ronin 1911, Glock 19, and a CZ 75 D Compact to show various defensive guns; full-size and compact revolvers, DA auto, striker auto and SA auto.
Another 60+ minutes with these guns, and she was ready for the range. I added my Glock 44 .22 LR to start with, and CZ 75 SP-01 (because I wanted to shoot it).
She listened!! Guns stayed pointed downrange, her finger didn’t touch the trigger until she was ready to shoot, she loaded magazines or cylinders as required, and operated control levers, cylinder releases, thumb safeties, etc. with minimal apprehension or questions, her grip was good, stance was good, confirmed the gun was unloaded when it was empty, etc. (Man, teaching women to shoot is sooooo much easier than men/boys!)
Ammo was Rem 115 gr fmj 9mm, .32 H&R hand load with a 115 gr RNFP over 4.0 gr Unique, .38 loads with 148 gr WC over 2.9 gr Bullseye, and CCI Blazer 40 gr .22 LR.
We shot silhouettes at 5 yards, and she fired every gun I brought. She loved the Glock 44 and the 19, liked the 1911 and the SP-101, was so-so on the CZ compact and Model 15, and HATED the 642. That was, “Too small and it smacked my hands” when she fired it. (Best part is her first, and only, 642 shot was dead-center in the silhouettes head!)
Shooting the 1911:
She put roughly 150-ish shots through all the guns. Most were .22’s but about 50 were 9mm. She was very happy with her results, which is why we started out with a doable shot distance and a nice, easy to see silhouette target.
I was very happy to see how enthusiastic she was to start and even more enthused when we were done. Fairly soon she said she will be buying a Glock 19, and I will be steering her to some training classes to give her a good foundation to build on.
One down, 25,000,000 other non-gun types out here to go.
Stay safe.
She came over today and we started with 60 minutes of safe gun handling, nomenclature, grip, stance, sight picture, malfunctions, etc. I used my “red gun” and a matching airsoft Glock 17, for the beginning lessons.
Once she got those lessons under her belt, I also used my S&W Models 15 and 642 .38’s, Ruger SP-101 .327, and 9mm SA Ronin 1911, Glock 19, and a CZ 75 D Compact to show various defensive guns; full-size and compact revolvers, DA auto, striker auto and SA auto.
Another 60+ minutes with these guns, and she was ready for the range. I added my Glock 44 .22 LR to start with, and CZ 75 SP-01 (because I wanted to shoot it).
She listened!! Guns stayed pointed downrange, her finger didn’t touch the trigger until she was ready to shoot, she loaded magazines or cylinders as required, and operated control levers, cylinder releases, thumb safeties, etc. with minimal apprehension or questions, her grip was good, stance was good, confirmed the gun was unloaded when it was empty, etc. (Man, teaching women to shoot is sooooo much easier than men/boys!)
Ammo was Rem 115 gr fmj 9mm, .32 H&R hand load with a 115 gr RNFP over 4.0 gr Unique, .38 loads with 148 gr WC over 2.9 gr Bullseye, and CCI Blazer 40 gr .22 LR.
We shot silhouettes at 5 yards, and she fired every gun I brought. She loved the Glock 44 and the 19, liked the 1911 and the SP-101, was so-so on the CZ compact and Model 15, and HATED the 642. That was, “Too small and it smacked my hands” when she fired it. (Best part is her first, and only, 642 shot was dead-center in the silhouettes head!)
Shooting the 1911:
She put roughly 150-ish shots through all the guns. Most were .22’s but about 50 were 9mm. She was very happy with her results, which is why we started out with a doable shot distance and a nice, easy to see silhouette target.
I was very happy to see how enthusiastic she was to start and even more enthused when we were done. Fairly soon she said she will be buying a Glock 19, and I will be steering her to some training classes to give her a good foundation to build on.
One down, 25,000,000 other non-gun types out here to go.
Stay safe.
