She tried four guns:
- Ruger Mk. II Target
- Charles Daly Hi-Power (9 mm)
- Sig P365 (9 mm)
- Marlin 60
I gave her some instruction; it took her awhile to realize what I meant by “flinching” and “anticipating the recoil”.
When the HP was empty, I cocked it and asked her to dry fire it. She did, and I could see she was jerking it down severely. She didn’t get it. I showed her what she was doing, then showed her what it was supposed to look like. THEN she got it.
Immediately, she went from shooting every time down in the dirt or blasting the poor wooden target stand to getting all shots on an 8x8” Target paper at 7 yards.
She has a couple other things we need to think about:
- Her hands aren’t strong enough to hold onto the slide of a 9 mm with having her hands all over the ejection port too.
- Her arms aren’t strong enough to rack the slide properly. I tried showing her the technique of using the chest muscles to rack it, but she could get the hang of it.
With the Hi-Power, it was iffy. With the P365, there was No chance.
aside from an old Beretta Tomcat or something, she’s starting to look like s revolver girl. Per thing though: she’s right handed and left eye dominant. Tough break.
She’s looking forward to visiting every day.
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