Taking a noob shooting......
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2021 2:41 pm
With company in town, one of them wanted me take her out and teach her to shoot. Other family members had taken her out and were overbearing in all aspects, and she do one or two shots then stop.
Day prior to the outing we went through safety, range etiquette, firearm handling, firearm familiarization. The next day before we left another safety brief and again at the range. Brought three "Women" friendly firearms, Taurus PT111 G2 (9 mm), CZ83 (380), SCCY CPX-1 (9 mm).
Used a splatter target for her introduction to the guns, then individual targets for each gun, then another target with her two favorite guns. While on the first and second rounds of shooting I had her use the sights, on the last 2 gun round, it was pick it up, point at the target and shoot, no sighting aloud.
Well she's hooked.......
All targets were placed at 25 feet.
Target 1, with sights, getting use to the guns, and some rapid fire shots also, evident by the string of shots
Target 2, SCCY CPX-1, with sights, level and to the right but good groupings for a novice.
Target 3, Taurus PT111 G2, with sights, first shots high, plus a flier, then she settled down, and had a decent grouping, centered but low.
Target 4, CZ83, with sights, two distinct groupings, center and upper right, still not bad.
Target 5, CZ83 and Taurus PT111 G2, 5 shots each, rapid fire with no sight usage, just point and shoot. There's a flier from the Taurus. With the exception of the flier the rest of the shots ended up in the 9 ring.
Both fliers from the Taurus were due to her flinching on the first shot, it has a slightly bigger kick than the CZ.
Told her, to not let anyone tell her she has to stand a certain way, she's already found her stance. She needs to practice with the sights, and her groupings will tighten up. What is scary is she did better with the no sights, just point and shot, then she did with aiming.
Regardless for a newbie she did pretty damn good, and with practice she'll get better, more so when she finds a gun that fits her per se.
Day prior to the outing we went through safety, range etiquette, firearm handling, firearm familiarization. The next day before we left another safety brief and again at the range. Brought three "Women" friendly firearms, Taurus PT111 G2 (9 mm), CZ83 (380), SCCY CPX-1 (9 mm).
Used a splatter target for her introduction to the guns, then individual targets for each gun, then another target with her two favorite guns. While on the first and second rounds of shooting I had her use the sights, on the last 2 gun round, it was pick it up, point at the target and shoot, no sighting aloud.
Well she's hooked.......
All targets were placed at 25 feet.
Target 1, with sights, getting use to the guns, and some rapid fire shots also, evident by the string of shots
Target 2, SCCY CPX-1, with sights, level and to the right but good groupings for a novice.
Target 3, Taurus PT111 G2, with sights, first shots high, plus a flier, then she settled down, and had a decent grouping, centered but low.
Target 4, CZ83, with sights, two distinct groupings, center and upper right, still not bad.
Target 5, CZ83 and Taurus PT111 G2, 5 shots each, rapid fire with no sight usage, just point and shoot. There's a flier from the Taurus. With the exception of the flier the rest of the shots ended up in the 9 ring.
Both fliers from the Taurus were due to her flinching on the first shot, it has a slightly bigger kick than the CZ.
Told her, to not let anyone tell her she has to stand a certain way, she's already found her stance. She needs to practice with the sights, and her groupings will tighten up. What is scary is she did better with the no sights, just point and shot, then she did with aiming.
Regardless for a newbie she did pretty damn good, and with practice she'll get better, more so when she finds a gun that fits her per se.