Great Day at the Range...
Posted: Sat May 19, 2007 8:00 pm
First, I must set up this story. Earlier in the week I set a range date for today with two friends of mine as they are anxious to learn to shoot. Long story short, yesterday they both cancelled on me for different reasons so I was left with having to go by myself.
This is not my most favorite way to shoot so this morning but I was going anyway as I just acquired a Kimber and really needed to test it out. I got up, got everything together and was just waiting until 8:45 so I could get to the range when it opened. My wife woke up while I was moving around so I figured, why not ask her. Now understand my wife has only shot a handgun once that I know of but no more than twice. She is very intimidated by handguns, by her own admission, but has stated she wants to learn to shoot. However, she has declined to go on my previous trips to the range. So I asked anyway, and she initially declined, but changed her mind when I told her I really wanted her to go.
We get to the range, set up on the 7 yard line, the closest my range has. I loaded the XD and ask if she was ready. She says OK and steps up to the bench. I reminded her of grip, sight alignment, sight picture, and stance. She said she remembered so I gave her the pistol and she took aim. There was silence, and I mean nothing. So I stepped up took the pistol and told her that I would shoot first and I wanted her to shoot exactly the way I did. I let all 12 rounds go as fast as I could. I handed it back to her and told her to aim at the center then just pull the trigger.
She did...and that's all it took. We spent the next 3.5 hours shooting and having a blast. At 7 yards, she pretty much stayed within a 6 inch circle by the end of the day. She had the occasional dropped shot; she has the bad habit of dropping the barrel right before the shot goes off, but that became less and less as the day went on as well. She even shot the Kimber at the end of the day. The only problem with that is she said she liked the way it felt in her hand better than the XD. I told her I would buy her one but she wasn't claiming that one.
I guess this story really isn't that short but any of you that know me knew that was going to happen anyway.
But it was a very productive and fun day at the range.
This is not my most favorite way to shoot so this morning but I was going anyway as I just acquired a Kimber and really needed to test it out. I got up, got everything together and was just waiting until 8:45 so I could get to the range when it opened. My wife woke up while I was moving around so I figured, why not ask her. Now understand my wife has only shot a handgun once that I know of but no more than twice. She is very intimidated by handguns, by her own admission, but has stated she wants to learn to shoot. However, she has declined to go on my previous trips to the range. So I asked anyway, and she initially declined, but changed her mind when I told her I really wanted her to go.
We get to the range, set up on the 7 yard line, the closest my range has. I loaded the XD and ask if she was ready. She says OK and steps up to the bench. I reminded her of grip, sight alignment, sight picture, and stance. She said she remembered so I gave her the pistol and she took aim. There was silence, and I mean nothing. So I stepped up took the pistol and told her that I would shoot first and I wanted her to shoot exactly the way I did. I let all 12 rounds go as fast as I could. I handed it back to her and told her to aim at the center then just pull the trigger.
She did...and that's all it took. We spent the next 3.5 hours shooting and having a blast. At 7 yards, she pretty much stayed within a 6 inch circle by the end of the day. She had the occasional dropped shot; she has the bad habit of dropping the barrel right before the shot goes off, but that became less and less as the day went on as well. She even shot the Kimber at the end of the day. The only problem with that is she said she liked the way it felt in her hand better than the XD. I told her I would buy her one but she wasn't claiming that one.
I guess this story really isn't that short but any of you that know me knew that was going to happen anyway.
But it was a very productive and fun day at the range.
