The other day at a buddy's birthday party one of my co-workers mentioned that he would like to go shooting and his wife also expressed interest. The fact that the wife had interest did surprise the coworker since his wife asked him to get rid of his one firearm after they got married years ago. The woman said that she thought the kids are old enough now and that she wanted to try shooting.
We exchanged some emails trying to nail down a day when everyone had time, today was that day. during the email exchanges I also sent my buddy several NRA safety links and the link to the MD online training site and asked that they take the course. Yes, it isn't that good, but it is better than nothing.
After a brief explanation of how the 9mm S&W M&P works we sent a target to 4 yards and I loaded a mag with one round. Sheri slowly and carefully picked the empty pistol up and dry fired it once and then she loaded with the one round mag. She put the round dead center of one of the IDPA targets. The look on her face was priceless. The look on her husband was also priceless. My buddy's fiance insisted that we take that target down so Sheri could take it home. We did and replaced the target and then I gave Sheri a mag with five rounds. Her groups were consistently better than her husband's. She fired probably 45 rounds out of two handguns and she did like the sights on my SIG P2022 better than the sights on the M&P.
Mike, my buddy, really liked shooting the AR and the two handguns as well. Sheri wasn't all that keen on trying the AR and I need to check which eye is her dominant eye. She is left handed but I think she may be right eye dominant.
I did suggest that they take a formal training class but at least the ice is broken.
We exchanged some emails trying to nail down a day when everyone had time, today was that day. during the email exchanges I also sent my buddy several NRA safety links and the link to the MD online training site and asked that they take the course. Yes, it isn't that good, but it is better than nothing.
After a brief explanation of how the 9mm S&W M&P works we sent a target to 4 yards and I loaded a mag with one round. Sheri slowly and carefully picked the empty pistol up and dry fired it once and then she loaded with the one round mag. She put the round dead center of one of the IDPA targets. The look on her face was priceless. The look on her husband was also priceless. My buddy's fiance insisted that we take that target down so Sheri could take it home. We did and replaced the target and then I gave Sheri a mag with five rounds. Her groups were consistently better than her husband's. She fired probably 45 rounds out of two handguns and she did like the sights on my SIG P2022 better than the sights on the M&P.
Mike, my buddy, really liked shooting the AR and the two handguns as well. Sheri wasn't all that keen on trying the AR and I need to check which eye is her dominant eye. She is left handed but I think she may be right eye dominant.
I did suggest that they take a formal training class but at least the ice is broken.
