My best friend and his wife came down from NY and spent a long weekend with us. They have never been to NC and It was great seeing them and catching up. My buddy is a newish Gun owner and he was chomping at the bit to go shoot a few of my toys. He had never shot an AR so we fixed that. He was easily able to put rounds on target at 85 yards using a Red dot.
We transferred to handguns and this is where things got interesting. He is used to shooting 5-7 yards at his indoor range but we were at 10.5 Yards. He started to shoot at his target and no hits. I grabbed his gun thinking something was wrong and fired one shot which hit right next to bullseye. We talked for a few minutes as I tried to figure out why he couldn’t hit his target. I asked about his sight picture and this is when he tells me that his buddy told him to just put the front sight on target and shoot. His buddy has been in the military so I am not sure if he heard wrong or if his buddy is an idiot. We were able to move up to 7 yards and he started getting hits as he practiced his sight picture.
On the way Home he asked me ”so you don’t need a gun license to shoot at a range?” I guess he thought that I could only take people who have a gun license to shoot with me. I said hell no, we actually have freedom here unlike NY. He asked me if I would take his wife the next day if she would go. said Yup.
In NY because of the SAFE act the only people who can shoot at a gun range are those who have a license to do so. So his wife who has never shot a gun has to go through the class, get printed and then apply and wait for her license before she can even shoot a gun to see if she is interested in owning one.
I took her sunday and started her off on my Ruger Mark 3 . Her hands were shaking she was so scared. She shot 10 rounds but didn’t hit her target. Had her switch to a full size silhouette and told her to relax and concentrate on sight picture. She put 10 in the middle of the chest. She switched to my buddy’s Glock 48 and put 10 more rounds in the chest. She was no longer shaking and my buddy was now hitting his target consistently.
Buddy said his wife started Filling out the permit papers when she got home. Guess I was a good teacher and hopefully I put her fears of guns behind her.
sorry this was long and if you want to bash Yankees you can just move on. These are the good ones that vote our way and appreciate our freedoms and our Country.
We transferred to handguns and this is where things got interesting. He is used to shooting 5-7 yards at his indoor range but we were at 10.5 Yards. He started to shoot at his target and no hits. I grabbed his gun thinking something was wrong and fired one shot which hit right next to bullseye. We talked for a few minutes as I tried to figure out why he couldn’t hit his target. I asked about his sight picture and this is when he tells me that his buddy told him to just put the front sight on target and shoot. His buddy has been in the military so I am not sure if he heard wrong or if his buddy is an idiot. We were able to move up to 7 yards and he started getting hits as he practiced his sight picture.
On the way Home he asked me ”so you don’t need a gun license to shoot at a range?” I guess he thought that I could only take people who have a gun license to shoot with me. I said hell no, we actually have freedom here unlike NY. He asked me if I would take his wife the next day if she would go. said Yup.
In NY because of the SAFE act the only people who can shoot at a gun range are those who have a license to do so. So his wife who has never shot a gun has to go through the class, get printed and then apply and wait for her license before she can even shoot a gun to see if she is interested in owning one.
I took her sunday and started her off on my Ruger Mark 3 . Her hands were shaking she was so scared. She shot 10 rounds but didn’t hit her target. Had her switch to a full size silhouette and told her to relax and concentrate on sight picture. She put 10 in the middle of the chest. She switched to my buddy’s Glock 48 and put 10 more rounds in the chest. She was no longer shaking and my buddy was now hitting his target consistently.
Buddy said his wife started Filling out the permit papers when she got home. Guess I was a good teacher and hopefully I put her fears of guns behind her.
sorry this was long and if you want to bash Yankees you can just move on. These are the good ones that vote our way and appreciate our freedoms and our Country.
You did a good thing, spreading knowledge and bringing more people into it.
