I have this Cuban freind at work that has been wanting to learn to shoot. He just became an American citizen about 1 1/2 years ago.Since then hes been asking me what gun would be good for him,what caliber,ect.
Well today we finally got to go to the range.Now i've helped a few people learn about shooting,mainly family,But this was different.His english isn't great, but he can understand and be understod pretty good. I did not realize how hard it was to explain "flinch" to someone.
We were shooting the GP100 with .38 spls. What i did was put 1 live round in and 5 spent cases(didn't let him see it), and handed him the gun.At the first click,the gun went way off target, i said"that is flinch". The lightbulb went off.Then i told him there was one live round and the rest blank,squeez slowly(he was jerking the triger too) untill it shoots.3 more clicks then BANG..in the 10 ring. I haven't seen him smile that big since he became a citizen.
We spent 2 more hours with the GP100 and then the SR9,just had a great time.When we got out to the cars,he told me to wait a minute,went to his van and brought me 2 Cohiba cigars and said "thank you my freind, that was fun,when can we go again" I think i might have a new range buddy.
Well today we finally got to go to the range.Now i've helped a few people learn about shooting,mainly family,But this was different.His english isn't great, but he can understand and be understod pretty good. I did not realize how hard it was to explain "flinch" to someone.
We were shooting the GP100 with .38 spls. What i did was put 1 live round in and 5 spent cases(didn't let him see it), and handed him the gun.At the first click,the gun went way off target, i said"that is flinch". The lightbulb went off.Then i told him there was one live round and the rest blank,squeez slowly(he was jerking the triger too) untill it shoots.3 more clicks then BANG..in the 10 ring. I haven't seen him smile that big since he became a citizen.
We spent 2 more hours with the GP100 and then the SR9,just had a great time.When we got out to the cars,he told me to wait a minute,went to his van and brought me 2 Cohiba cigars and said "thank you my freind, that was fun,when can we go again" I think i might have a new range buddy.