My Daughter shooting

[Newbomb92]

Her 6 week early bday present

2011-09-28_17-58-10_912.mp4 video by Newbombz - Photobucket

Still need to work on muzzle control and lose the gangsta lean...

 

[Jerrek]

Very Cool!!! How old is she? I have 2 girls 9 and 11. If I can ever get back to working I'll buy them .22's. My youngest is the most enthused about it. She wants to shot everything but she is very small ( bottom 3 percentile of her age) She can't really hold up a gun on her own. We have used shooting rests in the past.

 

[Newbomb92]

She will be turning 10 soon. I can't get her into rifles. All she wants to shoot is pistols.

 

[DialTone301]

The only thing my 10 yr old daughter has asked us to get her for Christmas is her own pistol. She enjoys shooting steel and is hoping to shoot steel challenge matches at Riley next season. She is getting a Ruger Marklll in stainless with a red tactical solutions barrel and red grips (her choices).

 

[GBuck]

Awesome! Anyone notice that most smaller framed girls (women) shoot leaning so far back? I think they think it will help, but leaning more forward would help handle the recoil better... It's the next thing I plan on working with the Mrs. on.

 

[marine2f3]

I think most people who havnt had any training lean back. It takes practice and training to beat that out of people.

 

[the1kidd03]

yeah, my wife does the lean back thing HORRIBLY....she looks like she's going to fall over or do a back flip....even when just handling a gun at a store...lol

 

[chandler10r1]

I love this. What is the pistol? Way cool. Rock on Dad

 

[Newbomb92]

HP22a

 

[marine2f3]

Try getting her to practice dry firing the correct way before your next shooting event. It might help out.

 

[dead2rights]

despite a few form issues I bet she still has tighter groupings than half the forum!

 

[Newbomb92]

despite a few form issues I bet she still has tighter groupings than half the forum!

At 7-8 yards she hit 8/10 at a gallon water jug

Also, we had this laser zombie shooting game at a haunted house. You had a zombie head that appeared when a door opened and a "real" zombie walking around dodging behind obstacles. It was an AR style laser gun. She hit 4 head shots which won her a t-shirt. I, did not.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Way to go, dad!

Anyone notice that most smaller framed girls (women) shoot leaning so far back?

It is the "girl canatilever". To compensate for the weight of the weapon the torso is leaned away from the weapon.

A minimum of instruction will clear it right up. It is caused by boyfriends handing weapons to women too soon as they do not teach them proper stance or technique (or by watching youtube proper gun handling). If you see it, a man is to blame.

 

[RH822-A]

Very cool, don't worry too much about the lean, both of my nieces do the same thing.

 

[Sylvain]

Way to go, dad!



It is the "girl canatilever". To compensate for the weight of the weapon the torso is leaned away from the weapon.

A minimum of instruction will clear it right up. It is caused by boyfriends handing weapons to women too soon as they do not teach them proper stance or technique (or by watching youtube proper gun handling). If you see it, a man is to blame.

I noticed that stance too that many women have, im not sure it's actually just to compensate for the weight of the gun.
Usually they do it even when they hold small handguns.
I think it may have to do with the noise and flash produced by the gun, they want to have their head as far away as possible from the gun when they shoot.

That's why ears and eyes protection are important, you want the first time shooter to know that she/he is safe behind that gun.

+1 to the dad for both ear and eye protection btw, im surprised Kirk didn't say anything about that, even though im sure he would have if she didn't wear any protection.

Lot's of guys who "teach" women to use guns dont know proper stance or technique themselves.

 

[led4thehed2]

Yep, people tend to lean backwards away from the pistol. Maybe the controlled explosion in their hands is alarming so leaning back takes them further away and they feel safer? I dunno, but every newbie I take shooting does it too. It's just a posturing problem and can easily be fixed.

 

[under32hurts]

my 12 year old still does the "lean back" thing if I don't remind her every now and again. ....She's getting it, but it's just taking some time.....

 

[Jay]

It's the weight. Men do it too. Leaning back quite often occurs BEFORE the first shot. Using the body as a support structure in a "new" way, takes a bit of getting used to. Folks new to shooting, that are gently introduced to stance, grip, and trigger squeeze, in the classroom have much less inclination to lean back when they move to the range.