Puncha
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At a recent public affairs exhibition at my country's police academy, they allowed members of the public to have a go at firing a police issue Taurus Model 85 3" barrel revolver at a standard "perp" target at 20 meters. Each person was allowed 10 rounds of 158gr LRN to be fired under the watchful eye of the range officer. As gun control over here in Asia makes California look like an NRA paradise, quite a few curious people turned up.
Anyway, I was there to visit my nephew who is a trainee constable and it so happenned that a local catholic girl's school had decided to take a class there on a field trip (must be some "careers week" kinda thing). I observed that most of the giggling teenaged girls (none of them could have been above 15) were making disgusted faces and declined the chance to shoot the revolver. EXCEPT for this one Eurasian girl who confidently walked up to the range officer, patiently listened to his safety instructions, put on hearning protection (she already wore glasses) and when he started to load the cartridges for her, she smiled sweetly at him and said that she could do it herself.
As I was at the lane immediately to her left, I could see that she held the cylinder open with right hand and held the 5 loose rounds in her left hand, EXPERTLY loading them one at a time with practiced ease. She then closed the cylinder, smoothly adopted a weaver stance and proceeded to quickly crank out one failure drill and one double tap. When the target was reeled in, it showed two COM shots about 3"s apart, one shot to the forehead and two shots within 2"s where the target's nose would be.
In what sounded to me like a faint American accent, she then told the range officer that she would not be needing the other five shots. She then proceeded to open the cylinder, extract the spent casings into a nearby ammo can and hand the revolver back to the instructor with the cylinder open and the grips towards him.
When asked if she had fired handguns before, she smiles innocently and said, "nah....this is my first time, I learnt everything I know from the internet." Frankly, speaking I don't believe her.
So guys.....have you ever had any personal experiences of encountering a teenager or child who exhibited safety, gun handling and accuracy skills far in excess of their ages?
Anyway, I was there to visit my nephew who is a trainee constable and it so happenned that a local catholic girl's school had decided to take a class there on a field trip (must be some "careers week" kinda thing). I observed that most of the giggling teenaged girls (none of them could have been above 15) were making disgusted faces and declined the chance to shoot the revolver. EXCEPT for this one Eurasian girl who confidently walked up to the range officer, patiently listened to his safety instructions, put on hearning protection (she already wore glasses) and when he started to load the cartridges for her, she smiled sweetly at him and said that she could do it herself.
As I was at the lane immediately to her left, I could see that she held the cylinder open with right hand and held the 5 loose rounds in her left hand, EXPERTLY loading them one at a time with practiced ease. She then closed the cylinder, smoothly adopted a weaver stance and proceeded to quickly crank out one failure drill and one double tap. When the target was reeled in, it showed two COM shots about 3"s apart, one shot to the forehead and two shots within 2"s where the target's nose would be.
In what sounded to me like a faint American accent, she then told the range officer that she would not be needing the other five shots. She then proceeded to open the cylinder, extract the spent casings into a nearby ammo can and hand the revolver back to the instructor with the cylinder open and the grips towards him.
When asked if she had fired handguns before, she smiles innocently and said, "nah....this is my first time, I learnt everything I know from the internet." Frankly, speaking I don't believe her.
So guys.....have you ever had any personal experiences of encountering a teenager or child who exhibited safety, gun handling and accuracy skills far in excess of their ages?