My son and daugher went with me to my parents house this last weekend to work on our shooting range that we are going to build. We had planned on working a bit and then shooting a little. But after an hour or so of working my son remembered that he had a meeting so he had to leave.
I wanted him to be a able to shoot a little bit first so we suspended the work and did a little shooting. Once he left I worked with my youngest daughter a bit since this would be only her second time shooting.
I started her with my Beretta because I decided to load it one round at a time so I could instruct her with each shot. So we were back about 12 yards and I loaded one round up for her. I showed her how to stand and how to aim the sights. The gun was really large for her so we had to work on her grip, as well as, disengaging the safety and pulling back the hammer.
Once we had this to the point that she was ready to go I said "okay, aim and shoot". The hole she is pointing at below is her first shot! The ones to the left and right are her 2nd and third shots (yes, the target is upside down so don't worry - your not upside down)
As you can see from the picture of my Beretta, the grip is really large. So she had her difficulties keeping a firm enough grip for the gun to function. In fact, it would FTE, SP and FTF with each round. So the only way she could fire it was one round loaded at a time and then manually eject the spent casing. But she did great!
Next she shot my sons M&P 9c and that functioned excellent for her but the front sight is drifting. So that one has a call tag on it's way from S&W for repair.
Then just for something different - so she would see how the revolver would not have the same feed issues - we tried my S&W 642. Her reaction... - Ouch, that hurts my hand! Well, I knew it would so she only fired 5 rounds and she was done with that.
Later that night in front of my wife I tried saying to my daughter "so you think you need a smaller thinner gun huh?" (I am trying to break it to my wife that I want to buy an M&P Shield and I am using my daughter as a "shield") So far my wife is ignoring my attempts...
Anyway... We had a good father/daughter time and she did great.
Oh, and my son got to learn to drive the John Deere 5210 and do some bush hogging... Good day.
I wanted him to be a able to shoot a little bit first so we suspended the work and did a little shooting. Once he left I worked with my youngest daughter a bit since this would be only her second time shooting.
I started her with my Beretta because I decided to load it one round at a time so I could instruct her with each shot. So we were back about 12 yards and I loaded one round up for her. I showed her how to stand and how to aim the sights. The gun was really large for her so we had to work on her grip, as well as, disengaging the safety and pulling back the hammer.
Once we had this to the point that she was ready to go I said "okay, aim and shoot". The hole she is pointing at below is her first shot! The ones to the left and right are her 2nd and third shots (yes, the target is upside down so don't worry - your not upside down)
As you can see from the picture of my Beretta, the grip is really large. So she had her difficulties keeping a firm enough grip for the gun to function. In fact, it would FTE, SP and FTF with each round. So the only way she could fire it was one round loaded at a time and then manually eject the spent casing. But she did great!
Next she shot my sons M&P 9c and that functioned excellent for her but the front sight is drifting. So that one has a call tag on it's way from S&W for repair.
Then just for something different - so she would see how the revolver would not have the same feed issues - we tried my S&W 642. Her reaction... - Ouch, that hurts my hand! Well, I knew it would so she only fired 5 rounds and she was done with that.
Later that night in front of my wife I tried saying to my daughter "so you think you need a smaller thinner gun huh?" (I am trying to break it to my wife that I want to buy an M&P Shield and I am using my daughter as a "shield") So far my wife is ignoring my attempts...
Anyway... We had a good father/daughter time and she did great.
Oh, and my son got to learn to drive the John Deere 5210 and do some bush hogging... Good day.
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