Saw Something at the Range I'd Never Seen Before...

[DMK]

Hey at least they are fellow gun owners and are out actually shooting.

 

[RPCVYemen]

I figure it this way, at least they're having fun.

You nailed it for me. If they are having fun and are not causing safety issues on the range, more power to them.

Maybe I'm also a little envious of some of the equipment that I see because I have kid in a private college and another not far away from college.

If I could afford to get all kinds of fancy gunsmithing done on my Blackhawk, I probably would. Right now, I am just glad that I can afford to shoot.

Mike

 

[Im283]

sounds like new shooters. Shouting , maybe they were wearing less than top of the line tacticool voice amplifier loud noise muffling suppressors.

Maybe you should have taken a minute and asked if you could help her sight it in.

 

[motorheadjohn]

At the indoor range recently, a guy was watching me and asking about my SiG and Kimber. He was an obvious newbie but it wasn't that long ago I was too. I was happy to talk to him.

He noticed my snapcaps and asked what they were. I let him shoot a couple magazines through the Kimber with some interspersed with ammo. It exposed a pretty bad flinch but it was getting better each time he went through one and me telling him to relax and squeeze the trigger slow and smooth. His accuracy improved a lot too.

A glock isn't the most expensive handgun out there, but the vest and hat were probably a little funny. Seems to me the people you saw at that range just needed some coaching or instruction. Our local range offers very affordable instruction. Doesn't hurt to suggest they start there.

 

[Ohio Rifleman]

I agree, they probably needed some guidance. But do keep in mind, I'm a 20 year old kid. I doubt they'd be very interested in my suggestions. And I really don't know anything about sighting in a pistol, so I don't know how much help I would have been.

 

[Feanaro]

I find that people who want help will ask for it. Some won't. The rest are incensed at the suggestion that they need help, however polite and true.

out actually shooting.

Bad practice is worse than none, IMO. But if it floats their boat, have at it.

 

[never_retreat]

If this was her first time shooting she should have started smaller 22 comes to mind. I see it happen all the time at my range, they buy there first gun usually a 45 or 40 or 9. they join the club than start banging away with the hand cannon. Shooting a larger caliber gun to start with develops all kinds of bad habits. Jerking the trigger, anticipating the recoil and healing the gun, and a whole host of other problems. The fact that the gun is a glock and is particularly light doesn't help either. Her husband probably bought the gun on the sher fact that is was small and light (and thinks glocks are the best) without her even picking it up. When my brother and I took our mother shooting we started with the 22 for a while then progressed to other things. Of the 12 different guns she shot she like the 1911 the best. Granted she shot the 45 with my reloads, they are all a little on the light side soo. You should have made small talk and let her shoot your 22. If she sees that she can hit the target at least it will improve moral. Hopefully they will go home and buy a 22. [/END RANT}

 

[ar10]

It's a "fashion statement". If you've lived with a woman for 30 yrs you'll understand they absolutely have to wear the appropriate garb to fit function they are attending. For example, I very comfortable wearing shorts and a dirty t-shirt to a classical concert, however my wife is decked out in her best outfit. I still haven't quite figured out why I have to take a shower and "clean-up" before I go.

 

[10-Ring]

For some, it's better to look good than to shoot good Maybe, if you see them again & they're still not shooting well, be the good samaritan & show them the error in their ways...I know I'd appreciate it, they probably would too