Ok, the wife finally decided it was time to get to the range. Seems every since I got her pistol awhile back, something has come up every weekend. Well, last night she said, "it's time, I want to shoot tomorrow!".
So I packed up her Ruger SR22 pistol, the Cbob and all the necessities and we headed out to the range this morning.
Not just because she's my wife, but I think she did a great job for a rookie on her first trip. We kept the target at 5 yds, so that she would feel more comfortable and accomplished since this was her first time. Nothing like feeling frustrated because you can't hit anywhere near center mass 'cause the targets to far away!
Now I'm no instructor, I just gave her the very basics of shooting 101....Keep the "booger hook" off the "bang switch" until you're ready to shoot, keep the muzzle up and down range, relax and have fun. And boy did she.
After she warmed up with a quite few mags through her Ruger SR22, I handed her my Dan Wesson Cbob .45 cal. She loved it! I gotta admit, I afraid she was gonna drop it after she felt the recoil of the first round, but she didn't, she was like, "WOW"...that's awesome! She then joked, " I don't like mine anymore, I like yours better...". Yep, there's something about a .45 that just brings a smile to your face! Hmmm, might have to look into a 1911 for her now, woo hoo. She did say it felt a little heavy, so maybe an alloy frame for her with some thin grips.
She ended up shooting around 250 rds through the SR22 and around 40 through the Cbob.
And for all you S/A's out there, yes each one went BOOM!
The only mishap she had was a couple of hot shell casings to the boobs...hehehehe.
I didn't think about it before we left the house and she was wearing a low cut, loose fitting t-shirt under the grey shirt. OOPS...
But I was proud of her, she calmly set the pistol down before jumping around little a mexican jumping bean trying to dislodge the spent brass! She was like, "why didn't you tell me about this?" and I responded, I don't wear low cut shirts and I ain't got boobs for shell casings to get stuck in! Live and learn.
With her Ruger SR 22
One of her many targets..
With the Cbob ( yes, her hand placement needs work, I had to keep reminding her not to hold it like they do in the movies. )
Her first 7 rounds of .45 ( there's 2 holes right on top of each other at the bottom off the pic..look close )
