NIGHTLORD40K
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My boss is from CA, and wasn't raised in a shooting household, so he had NEVER fired a handgun and only a rifle during USAF Basic Training in the early '90s.
Recently he decided to buy a M&P .40 for home defense and wanted to get some practice/training, so I offered to help him out.
After going over basic range and safety rules, and characteristics and operation of the weapon, we jumped right in. He did exceptionally well at first, placing all 15 rounds on the roundel at 7 Yds the very first time!
He started to get discouraged, however when his second and third magazines started going all over the place. After confirming he was using correct stance, grip, and sight picture, I gave the M&P a go and quickly realized it had an issue- the trigger started to fail to reset and sometimes it wouldn't break until it was actually in contact with the gripframe!
So, putting his gun aside for a minute, I let him try a few of my mine to see how he liked them. He did really well with the Beretta M92, and awesome with my 686 (shooting Specials)-
That zombie didn't stand a chance- he put all 6 right between the eyes.
He also got a chance to revisit his Basic days with my Colt A2-
He remembered they trained on early triangle-handguard M16s without FBAs back then.
I couldn't talk him into the trying my M1903A3 though......baby steps.
Overall, I was pleasantly surprised how quickly he picked up on a fair degree of handgun competency and a good time was had by all!
Recently he decided to buy a M&P .40 for home defense and wanted to get some practice/training, so I offered to help him out.
After going over basic range and safety rules, and characteristics and operation of the weapon, we jumped right in. He did exceptionally well at first, placing all 15 rounds on the roundel at 7 Yds the very first time!
He started to get discouraged, however when his second and third magazines started going all over the place. After confirming he was using correct stance, grip, and sight picture, I gave the M&P a go and quickly realized it had an issue- the trigger started to fail to reset and sometimes it wouldn't break until it was actually in contact with the gripframe!
So, putting his gun aside for a minute, I let him try a few of my mine to see how he liked them. He did really well with the Beretta M92, and awesome with my 686 (shooting Specials)-
That zombie didn't stand a chance- he put all 6 right between the eyes.
He also got a chance to revisit his Basic days with my Colt A2-
He remembered they trained on early triangle-handguard M16s without FBAs back then.
I couldn't talk him into the trying my M1903A3 though......baby steps.
Overall, I was pleasantly surprised how quickly he picked up on a fair degree of handgun competency and a good time was had by all!
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