Orion8472
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Well, the title IS a bit misleading....maybe a bit bait-ish.
So my niece is a very new shooter. Her technique is fairly poor, especially when shooting her Henry rifle. She's okay with it. She has a bit better technique with pistols. A bit of training is still needed.
So on Friday, I took her to the range. We brought two Henry rifles [22lr]. Her mother's Walther P-22. A Browning 1911-22, and my Taurus TX-22 with the competition slide and micro red dot sight.
All at 7 yards. Targets were 2 inch circles [9 of them on a sheet of paper].
She first shot the Walther. Did not do well with it at all initially. Makes sense. That gun is very hard to shoot well, especially for beginners.
Next she shot the Browning. Did a bit better, but still most of them off the targets and around 3-4 inches grouping.
For both of those, I'll have her work with them more to get better. Both can be shot well. I can get ~ an inch at 7 yards with them.
But then she shot my Taurus. Consistently, she was hitting the target right on, and only a few that didn't hit those 2" targets. I'm certain that the micro red dot makes it easier to get good groups. It also could be that the Taurus trigger is actually very good! She nearly shoots this pistol as I can. Of course, I can do a bit better with it because I've been shooting for some time. But she definitely impressed me with it though.
Comments?
So my niece is a very new shooter. Her technique is fairly poor, especially when shooting her Henry rifle. She's okay with it. She has a bit better technique with pistols. A bit of training is still needed.
So on Friday, I took her to the range. We brought two Henry rifles [22lr]. Her mother's Walther P-22. A Browning 1911-22, and my Taurus TX-22 with the competition slide and micro red dot sight.
All at 7 yards. Targets were 2 inch circles [9 of them on a sheet of paper].
She first shot the Walther. Did not do well with it at all initially. Makes sense. That gun is very hard to shoot well, especially for beginners.
Next she shot the Browning. Did a bit better, but still most of them off the targets and around 3-4 inches grouping.
For both of those, I'll have her work with them more to get better. Both can be shot well. I can get ~ an inch at 7 yards with them.
But then she shot my Taurus. Consistently, she was hitting the target right on, and only a few that didn't hit those 2" targets. I'm certain that the micro red dot makes it easier to get good groups. It also could be that the Taurus trigger is actually very good! She nearly shoots this pistol as I can. Of course, I can do a bit better with it because I've been shooting for some time. But she definitely impressed me with it though.
Comments?