New shooter, first target...

[Japle]

When she was a 19-year-old professional ballerina, my daughter asked me to take her to the range. I started to pack up a .22 and she said no.
"Those things are boring," she said. "I want some action!" So. I packed a couple of .45s with full-power ammo. At the range, she loaded my light-weight Commander and zeroed in on a target at 10 yds.
Bang! 8. Bang! 10. Bang! 9. Bang! 9. She turned to me with a big grin. "This is fun!"
When I was a firearms instructor in the Army, I lost count of the 250 lb soldiers who claimed the 1911 kicked too much and you couldn't hit anything with one. If they could have watched my 95 lb daughter punching holes in the middle of the bullseye, they'd have slunk off with their heads down.

 

[d2wing]

Great job dad. I think it is great to start with a pistol. It teaches sight alignment and trigger control. I used to start shooters, and still do on occasion with an air pistol. As a certified instructor I found that girls are generally easier to teach and often do better than boys. They follow instructions rather than what someone else told them.

 

[MrBorland]

School’s out, so I played a little hookie & took our 15 year to the range again. Recall I took her for the first time earlier this year, and with my MkIII, she managed to print very respectable groups, even for a seasoned shooter. She also shot her grandfather’s iron-sighted .22 rifle and did well, but this time out, she was hankerin’ to try my scoped CZ452 she spied in the safe. Below is her 2nd target . After this, she fell into the shooter’s trap of “trying”, so the rest weren’t as good. Wisely, she stopped, saying she didn’t want to practice shooting poorly. Wise beyond her years!


CZ452 Varmint, 5 rounds, 50 yards, CCI SV, front bag:

 

[tightgroup tiger]

That's really good. I had a simular experience with my Grandaughter. I did the same thing with her a couple years ago, had a couple shooting and gun handling classes before we went to the range. She did really well also.
I didn't tell her about the mistakes most people make. I didn't want that getting into her head.
Instead I just told her the correct way to shoot.

That gun had a problem with the Red Dot to. I had to take it back off and go back to the iron sights. All and all she did really well for the first time she had a gun in her hand. I want to get her back there and let her try my Q5.

Good job, Mr Borland