My wife just recently got her LTC after taking the class back in December. Today was a nice day and I asked her if she wanted to go to the range and try her first day of shooting. She has shot my pellet guns including an old Daisy 1911 which she really mastered her trigger pull with as that gun has a notoriously long trigger pull.
My wife, son, and myself went with .22, .45, 9mm handguns, .22 AR 15 and a .223 AR 15. I have to say going over the rules of the range with her and how each gun worked she showed that her class instructor did a great job. She also really paid attention as she knew the rules, minded her trigger finger, and pretty much remembered how the 1911 type pistols worked.
I went over the .22 Beretta I have (larger 101 model) and she took her first shots ever with a cartridge firearm. After about 4-5 shots at 12yds her shot group went from 4" to 1 1/2". She continued to shoot that way the rest of her time with the Beretta. My son then shot the 9mm which she quickly disliked because of the report. Turns out she has really sensitive ears and will need both plugs and muffs. The felt concussion also bothered her but after a while she got used to it.
I shot my .45 and asked her if she wanted to try a round. I told her I did not expect her to shoot it nor to like shooting it and it was her choice to. She wanted to try shooting it and I loaded one round in the mag (in case of her losing her grip or something of the sort) giving it to her. She closed the slide, aimed, and pulled the trigger not really aiming it that good as I'm sure she expected the recoil. She did a great job controlling it and thought it wasn't that bad but wanted to go back to the Beretta.
She fired about 125rds through the Beretta, tried my .22 AR which she really liked and even shot my son's AR .223. My son's AR is lightly scoped and she shot 5 rounds at a 12"x12" plate @ 150yds hitting it 3 out of the 5!
She has now asked when are we going again.
My wife, son, and myself went with .22, .45, 9mm handguns, .22 AR 15 and a .223 AR 15. I have to say going over the rules of the range with her and how each gun worked she showed that her class instructor did a great job. She also really paid attention as she knew the rules, minded her trigger finger, and pretty much remembered how the 1911 type pistols worked.
I went over the .22 Beretta I have (larger 101 model) and she took her first shots ever with a cartridge firearm. After about 4-5 shots at 12yds her shot group went from 4" to 1 1/2". She continued to shoot that way the rest of her time with the Beretta. My son then shot the 9mm which she quickly disliked because of the report. Turns out she has really sensitive ears and will need both plugs and muffs. The felt concussion also bothered her but after a while she got used to it.
I shot my .45 and asked her if she wanted to try a round. I told her I did not expect her to shoot it nor to like shooting it and it was her choice to. She wanted to try shooting it and I loaded one round in the mag (in case of her losing her grip or something of the sort) giving it to her. She closed the slide, aimed, and pulled the trigger not really aiming it that good as I'm sure she expected the recoil. She did a great job controlling it and thought it wasn't that bad but wanted to go back to the Beretta.
She fired about 125rds through the Beretta, tried my .22 AR which she really liked and even shot my son's AR .223. My son's AR is lightly scoped and she shot 5 rounds at a 12"x12" plate @ 150yds hitting it 3 out of the 5!
She has now asked when are we going again.
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