MedGrl
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I took a friend of mine to the range today. She has never realy ahd any interest in guns one way or another as far as I can tell but after I mentioned having 2 shotguns she started asking me questions about guns and why I own one. She was fascinated that me a "normal person" (meaning I am not some redneck hick or member of the tinfoil hat brigade) would own guns. She's been asking me for about a month now about guns and such. Well today we both happened to get done with some finals at the same time so I offered to take her to the range and teach her. On the way to the range I went over the 4 rules, the parts of my shotguns, range saftey rules and answered her questions as she came up with them.
When we got to the range we pulled my Remington 870 and mossberg 500 (both 20 guage) out of my trunk along with the ammo I had left over from my last range trip. I showed her the guns and explained how they worked. She held them and played with the pumps and safteys just getting a feel for them. Then I showed her how to mount the gun and correced her stance a bit.
I shot at a cardboard box we scavenged as a target then gave her a chance. She shot a couple rounds of 7/8 oz Remington Gun club #8 shot through each of the guns. She realy enjoyed it though she missed the box on her first shot but hit it the other 3 times. We then took some empty soada bottles she had brought with us and filled them from a nearby creek.
I think this picture can show more eloquently than anything else how much fun she had after she hit the 2 liter the first time.
here she is before her first shot
and here she is after
She says she would love to come with me some other time when I go to the range and would like to learn hand guns after I get one of my own. Though she doesn't think she is going to buy a gun any time soon...But she said she would concider it after she graduates.
well folks...that is one who is quite firmly left of the middle who is on her way to becoming a gunny.
When we got to the range we pulled my Remington 870 and mossberg 500 (both 20 guage) out of my trunk along with the ammo I had left over from my last range trip. I showed her the guns and explained how they worked. She held them and played with the pumps and safteys just getting a feel for them. Then I showed her how to mount the gun and correced her stance a bit.
I shot at a cardboard box we scavenged as a target then gave her a chance. She shot a couple rounds of 7/8 oz Remington Gun club #8 shot through each of the guns. She realy enjoyed it though she missed the box on her first shot but hit it the other 3 times. We then took some empty soada bottles she had brought with us and filled them from a nearby creek.
I think this picture can show more eloquently than anything else how much fun she had after she hit the 2 liter the first time.
here she is before her first shot
and here she is after
She says she would love to come with me some other time when I go to the range and would like to learn hand guns after I get one of my own. Though she doesn't think she is going to buy a gun any time soon...But she said she would concider it after she graduates.
well folks...that is one who is quite firmly left of the middle who is on her way to becoming a gunny.