aarondhgraham
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Saturday morning I took another of my Watering Hole friends shooting,,,
Jessica is 28 and had never fired a gun of any type.
So, after a safety lesson we got down to it.
The first gun she fired was my Model 18,,,
She sent 6 shots downrange at 7 yards,,,
Missed a 24" by 30" target altogether.
So we kept with that pistol for a while,,,
It wasn't long before she was hitting an 8.5" by 11" paper.
Jessica sort of liked the Model 18 but wasn't enamored with it,,,
So I hauled out my Model 63 thinking she might like it,,,
She has small hands so I thought J-frame would fit.
She did like it a bit better so we stayed with it for a while.
I had brought several guns for her to try,,,
I loaded and handed her my Bersa Thunder 22,,,
She thought it was pretty but didn't fall in love with it.
Same with the Bersa Thunder 380,,,
Same with the Beretta Model 87 Cheetah in .22,,,
Same with the Beretta Model 85 Cheetah in .380 ACP,,,
She thought they were nice guns but got no love from any of the three.
We discovered that even though she's a girly girl,,,
The girly handguns did nothing for her.
So I handed her a 4" Model 67 in .38 Special,,,
She liked the feel of it so I shot a cylinder for her to watch,,,
She then fired 12 rounds through it and was happier with it than the others.
"Hhmmm" I said.
I loaded and fired my 6" Model 686 with 158 grain loads,,,
She fired six rounds and was grinning hugely,,,
She put 12 more rounds downrange,,,
She was smiling the entire time.
I fired 6 rounds through my 6" Model 629,,,
She didn't hesitate at all to pick this gun up from the table,,,
But after three rounds she decided the recoil was just a bit too much for comfort.
So I asked her, "Which gun do you like best?",,,
I expected her to choose the Model 63,,,
She grinned and picked up the 686,,,
"Can I shoot this some more?"
"Sure." I said.
She ended up putting almost two boxes of 158 grain downrange,,,
Her last six rounds she hit a 4" spinner 5 out of 6 shots,,,
Granted this was only at 21 feet distance,,,
But personally, I think she did great!
She said she liked the Model 63 because it was small and quick,,,
But she liked the Model 686 because in her words "it meant business".
On the way back to town she couldn't stop talking about the shoot,,,
I do believe I've created another new shooter in Oklahoma.
Aarond
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Jessica is 28 and had never fired a gun of any type.
So, after a safety lesson we got down to it.
The first gun she fired was my Model 18,,,
She sent 6 shots downrange at 7 yards,,,
Missed a 24" by 30" target altogether.
So we kept with that pistol for a while,,,
It wasn't long before she was hitting an 8.5" by 11" paper.
Jessica sort of liked the Model 18 but wasn't enamored with it,,,
So I hauled out my Model 63 thinking she might like it,,,
She has small hands so I thought J-frame would fit.
She did like it a bit better so we stayed with it for a while.
I had brought several guns for her to try,,,
I loaded and handed her my Bersa Thunder 22,,,
She thought it was pretty but didn't fall in love with it.
Same with the Bersa Thunder 380,,,
Same with the Beretta Model 87 Cheetah in .22,,,
Same with the Beretta Model 85 Cheetah in .380 ACP,,,
She thought they were nice guns but got no love from any of the three.
We discovered that even though she's a girly girl,,,
The girly handguns did nothing for her.
So I handed her a 4" Model 67 in .38 Special,,,
She liked the feel of it so I shot a cylinder for her to watch,,,
She then fired 12 rounds through it and was happier with it than the others.
"Hhmmm" I said.
I loaded and fired my 6" Model 686 with 158 grain loads,,,
She fired six rounds and was grinning hugely,,,
She put 12 more rounds downrange,,,
She was smiling the entire time.
I fired 6 rounds through my 6" Model 629,,,
She didn't hesitate at all to pick this gun up from the table,,,
But after three rounds she decided the recoil was just a bit too much for comfort.
So I asked her, "Which gun do you like best?",,,
I expected her to choose the Model 63,,,
She grinned and picked up the 686,,,
"Can I shoot this some more?"
"Sure." I said.
She ended up putting almost two boxes of 158 grain downrange,,,
Her last six rounds she hit a 4" spinner 5 out of 6 shots,,,
Granted this was only at 21 feet distance,,,
But personally, I think she did great!
She said she liked the Model 63 because it was small and quick,,,
But she liked the Model 686 because in her words "it meant business".
On the way back to town she couldn't stop talking about the shoot,,,
I do believe I've created another new shooter in Oklahoma.
Aarond
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