PlayboyPenguin
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I got to take my second newbie in a month to the range today. It was a nurse friend of my partner. He is a little guy and has had a problem with being targeted for "gay bashing " in the past because of his small size.
He found out that I like to go to the range during an open house we had this weekend and expresed that he thought about getting a gun for defense but was scared of them. I told him the best way to get over that was to go shooting. So today I took him to the range.
I started him out on a 9mm Taurus 92SS and then let him shoot my Ruger GP100 6" and my SP101 2.25". I wanted to let him experience both a revolver and an auto to see what he prefered and not push my love of revolvers on him. He seemed to prefer the GP100 since the SP101 had a little too much bite for a guy his size (he is like 5'6, 135lbs). he did like the Taurus 92SS alot but thought it was harder to load and was afraid he could not get it apart to clean it. I told him I could easily teach him to disassemble and clean it in no time so that should not be a concern. I also told himm they come smaller in case he wanted to be able to carry it.
He seemed to really enjoy himself and when I asked if he was still afraid of guns he said "not as much" and then proceded to ask me where to buy and pricing. He also made me promise to take him again and let him shoot a smaller auto and he also wants to shoot my .44mag which was with me but I felt it might scare him off at first.
He found out that I like to go to the range during an open house we had this weekend and expresed that he thought about getting a gun for defense but was scared of them. I told him the best way to get over that was to go shooting. So today I took him to the range.
I started him out on a 9mm Taurus 92SS and then let him shoot my Ruger GP100 6" and my SP101 2.25". I wanted to let him experience both a revolver and an auto to see what he prefered and not push my love of revolvers on him. He seemed to prefer the GP100 since the SP101 had a little too much bite for a guy his size (he is like 5'6, 135lbs). he did like the Taurus 92SS alot but thought it was harder to load and was afraid he could not get it apart to clean it. I told him I could easily teach him to disassemble and clean it in no time so that should not be a concern. I also told himm they come smaller in case he wanted to be able to carry it.
He seemed to really enjoy himself and when I asked if he was still afraid of guns he said "not as much" and then proceded to ask me where to buy and pricing. He also made me promise to take him again and let him shoot a smaller auto and he also wants to shoot my .44mag which was with me but I felt it might scare him off at first.