atek3
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So one of my friends is a member of a "non-hierarchically, autonomously and cooperatively organized" collective. One of their "things" is DIY and mutual instruction (I teach what I know, and learn what you know), so they host a "Freeskool". Well I know guns, so I taught a bunch of left leaning freethinkers a little about guns.
I taught the class in two parts. The first was a little class room where I went over the history of gun control laws, their present status, and how to still do what you want with guns, legally, aka the dreaded "loopholes". So I went over a lot, black powder, antiques, 80% construction, obtaining carry permits, you name it. That class was small, but fun.
Today, however, I brought out the hardware. We met at Richmond Rod and Gun, a local gun club. I spent the first 30 min going over basic safety (the four rules), familiarity, and safe operation. The I let each of them fire my 22lr pistol until they felt comfortable with that. Then I let each of them try out either a Glock 19, SigPro, or an XD40. Then I showed the scoped Mossberg 44, that and the ruger mk II were definatly the most popular.
Here's one liking the mossberg:
While everyone was shooting I gave pointers on grip, stance, sight alignment, trigger control, and dealing with the dreaded "flinch". The group was 7 people who had either never shot, or had very limited experience shooting. New people are the best to shoot, because they pick up safety much better than people that "already know that". I explained finger outside the trigger guard, and I think I mentioned it once the rest of the day. No unsafe gun handling or muzzle sweeping, it was great.
This is them checking targets:
After people were all comfortable with those I showed them the "big stuff", a mosin nagant in 7.62x54R as well as a Cali-fied FAL.
Here's one shooting the mosin:
Here's a masochist liking the mosin:
One of the highlights of the day was showing them how friendly some people at the range are. I say some people because there was this russian ??????? who got all manner of pissy when someone in our group shot at what we thought was our target. I say "we thought" because he MOVED our target and put his in its place... and gets crazy angry when we shot his target twice
Jerk:
Back to the friendly person. I'd explained the legal advantages of blackpowder guns on thursday, namely they "aren't guns" and can be owned by prohibited possessors. The discussion was largely theoretical because I'd never actually used or owned a cap and ball revolver. One the range attendees was shooting his 1860 Colt Army Replica, and was more than willing to let us shoot it and teach us how to load and operate it... Very Cool. The revolver shot a 45 cal roundball, quite accurate too... it hit the black at 25 yards. It could be a good tool for self defense by who can't own a conventional firearm.
Everyone including me had a great time. They burned through a lot of ammo though, ~300 rounds of 22 lr, 100 9mm, ~250 40S&W, and a smattering of 308 and 7.62X54R. Fortunately for me they were nice enough to kick down some money for ammo.
Another newbie day at the range went off without a hitch and no one went home with excess holes.
Props
My friends R and D for lending me a sig, glock, and mossberg 44, as well as giving me 100 rounds of 9mm free.
The class attendee's for being very safe and quick learners
The freeskool organisers, for providing me with a venue to teach skills most lefties won't ordinarily pick up.
Scott, the guy with a blackpowder pistol, very nice for teaching them (and me) a new skill.
Slops
Russian guy... What a Jerk.
Range rules, I brought a shotgun for them to try, but the range rules prohibit shotguns. They do it because shotguns cut the wire which holds targets up. I see the reason for the rule, but I wish they had a patterning board so they could have at least felt what a 12 ga feels like.
atek3
I taught the class in two parts. The first was a little class room where I went over the history of gun control laws, their present status, and how to still do what you want with guns, legally, aka the dreaded "loopholes". So I went over a lot, black powder, antiques, 80% construction, obtaining carry permits, you name it. That class was small, but fun.
Today, however, I brought out the hardware. We met at Richmond Rod and Gun, a local gun club. I spent the first 30 min going over basic safety (the four rules), familiarity, and safe operation. The I let each of them fire my 22lr pistol until they felt comfortable with that. Then I let each of them try out either a Glock 19, SigPro, or an XD40. Then I showed the scoped Mossberg 44, that and the ruger mk II were definatly the most popular.
Here's one liking the mossberg:
While everyone was shooting I gave pointers on grip, stance, sight alignment, trigger control, and dealing with the dreaded "flinch". The group was 7 people who had either never shot, or had very limited experience shooting. New people are the best to shoot, because they pick up safety much better than people that "already know that". I explained finger outside the trigger guard, and I think I mentioned it once the rest of the day. No unsafe gun handling or muzzle sweeping, it was great.
This is them checking targets:
After people were all comfortable with those I showed them the "big stuff", a mosin nagant in 7.62x54R as well as a Cali-fied FAL.
Here's one shooting the mosin:
Here's a masochist liking the mosin:
One of the highlights of the day was showing them how friendly some people at the range are. I say some people because there was this russian ??????? who got all manner of pissy when someone in our group shot at what we thought was our target. I say "we thought" because he MOVED our target and put his in its place... and gets crazy angry when we shot his target twice
Jerk:
Back to the friendly person. I'd explained the legal advantages of blackpowder guns on thursday, namely they "aren't guns" and can be owned by prohibited possessors. The discussion was largely theoretical because I'd never actually used or owned a cap and ball revolver. One the range attendees was shooting his 1860 Colt Army Replica, and was more than willing to let us shoot it and teach us how to load and operate it... Very Cool. The revolver shot a 45 cal roundball, quite accurate too... it hit the black at 25 yards. It could be a good tool for self defense by who can't own a conventional firearm.
Everyone including me had a great time. They burned through a lot of ammo though, ~300 rounds of 22 lr, 100 9mm, ~250 40S&W, and a smattering of 308 and 7.62X54R. Fortunately for me they were nice enough to kick down some money for ammo.
Another newbie day at the range went off without a hitch and no one went home with excess holes.
Props
My friends R and D for lending me a sig, glock, and mossberg 44, as well as giving me 100 rounds of 9mm free.
The class attendee's for being very safe and quick learners
The freeskool organisers, for providing me with a venue to teach skills most lefties won't ordinarily pick up.
Scott, the guy with a blackpowder pistol, very nice for teaching them (and me) a new skill.
Slops
Russian guy... What a Jerk.
Range rules, I brought a shotgun for them to try, but the range rules prohibit shotguns. They do it because shotguns cut the wire which holds targets up. I see the reason for the rule, but I wish they had a patterning board so they could have at least felt what a 12 ga feels like.
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