My friends had their nephew visiting from college in Chicago with his girlfriend. He has shot a little and she never held a firearm before. They asked if it would be alright to head out to my property in the country and take everyone shooting.
Who could say no?
I picked up some targets, some target holders, a steel spinning target, and some tannerite. Ya know, for instant feedback on the accuracy of the shot.
We went over firearms safety, reviewed the four (4) rules several times, and proceeded with the .22 rifle and the spinning target. Everyone had a lot of fun with that.
I also brought a K-98 Mauser if any of the older folks wanted to have fun, and to show the kids how a larger caliber rifle would perform. I must say that everyone wanted to try it and had fun, although the girlfriend did complain about her shoulder. We didn't push her, and after a while she wanted to shoot it again.
Finally, my CR-15 was used to target the tannerite. We all had a blast. I hit the target with my first shot from a standing position. I looked cool. In reality I was lucky as hell but I didn't tell them that. Afterwards it kindof morphed into everyone wanting to set off a blast so that's what we did.
After blowing up 2/3's of a stump we broke for dinner. I supplied steaks and sausage along with potato and macaroni salad. My friend brought dessert.
After dinner they wanted to try a pistol and we broke out my CZ-82. This was the same one that cause me to have a crooked bird. This time I learned from my mistake and did much better. We had fun there as well. What really made me happy was that my goddaughter wanted to try again and this time I loaded one (1) shot at a time. She wasn't afraid and had fun with her one shot. I reloaded after each one for her.
We ended on good cigars and a nice conversation. The nephews girlfriend was born and raised in Chicago and I was glad she had a fun time. As she had never been around firearms before I think I made a good impression for gun owners both having fun and being responsible. As she wanted a souvenir of the day I gave her one (1) round each of every weapon she had fired. She was thrilled with those.
I believe I had more fun watching them enjoy themselves than I did shooting myself. The weather wasn't the best but it didn't rain and the temperature was good right up until the last of our cigars, then it got pretty chilly and we called it a day.
We all need to have days like today was for me.
Regards,
Doug
Who could say no?
I picked up some targets, some target holders, a steel spinning target, and some tannerite. Ya know, for instant feedback on the accuracy of the shot.
We went over firearms safety, reviewed the four (4) rules several times, and proceeded with the .22 rifle and the spinning target. Everyone had a lot of fun with that.
I also brought a K-98 Mauser if any of the older folks wanted to have fun, and to show the kids how a larger caliber rifle would perform. I must say that everyone wanted to try it and had fun, although the girlfriend did complain about her shoulder. We didn't push her, and after a while she wanted to shoot it again.
Finally, my CR-15 was used to target the tannerite. We all had a blast. I hit the target with my first shot from a standing position. I looked cool. In reality I was lucky as hell but I didn't tell them that. Afterwards it kindof morphed into everyone wanting to set off a blast so that's what we did.
After blowing up 2/3's of a stump we broke for dinner. I supplied steaks and sausage along with potato and macaroni salad. My friend brought dessert.
After dinner they wanted to try a pistol and we broke out my CZ-82. This was the same one that cause me to have a crooked bird. This time I learned from my mistake and did much better. We had fun there as well. What really made me happy was that my goddaughter wanted to try again and this time I loaded one (1) shot at a time. She wasn't afraid and had fun with her one shot. I reloaded after each one for her.
We ended on good cigars and a nice conversation. The nephews girlfriend was born and raised in Chicago and I was glad she had a fun time. As she had never been around firearms before I think I made a good impression for gun owners both having fun and being responsible. As she wanted a souvenir of the day I gave her one (1) round each of every weapon she had fired. She was thrilled with those.
I believe I had more fun watching them enjoy themselves than I did shooting myself. The weather wasn't the best but it didn't rain and the temperature was good right up until the last of our cigars, then it got pretty chilly and we called it a day.
We all need to have days like today was for me.
Regards,
Doug
Maybe next time.
