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May 11, 2008
A Little Firing
Last Saturday I was here earning this
by going thru about 6 hours of training on safety and assembly/disassembly. Then I got to go out to the indoor range and figure out how best to use my non-traditional eyesight to do this:
Not bad for the first time ever handling one of these (. 25 shots - 25 hits; all the ones in the black were my first shots.
I took a women's only class, where once again (as in the motorcycle class) I was the only one who didn't own a the equipment already. Once again, I'm thinking that some people are doing things bas-ackwards! However, I was surprised by the spread in age; there were two mother-daughter teams (daughters were under 18), several my age and a couple of ladies in their 60's or 70's. Out of a class of 12, that is quite the diversity.
Some time in the future I will attend a mixed 102 class (Orientation was 101), where the time is spent mostly on the range.
And a good time was had by all.
Posted by Bogie on May 11, 2008 at 05:53 AM in Classes | Permalink
Comments
Nice pattern. Black shots would still be good hits in a day to day setting. Not like you were going for sniper training.
Still, good job. Question though, 25 yard mark?
Might have to pull out the hardware again and brush up.
Posted by: Wichi Dude at May 11, 2008 8:42:07 PM
As I recall, you and Dudette were pretty dead-eye back in the days when you took Shooter's Safety from the Jaycees. Nice shooting!
Posted by: Cop Car at May 11, 2008 8:47:37 PM
Neat! I may check out a Sigarms handgun course for this summer. Thanks for the inspiration.
Posted by: Amy at May 14, 2008 7:29:49 AM
Should've dropped me a line. I'd have invited you over for a cold PBR to celebrate. We can sit on our back deck and listen to the sounds of gunfire from SigArms come wafting through the trees.
Posted by: Bruce at May 14, 2008 1:35:24 PM
That shooters safety was with BB-guns, just to let everyone else know what it was. I seem to recall I did alright back then, but I didn't have the vision challenges I have now, and everything was steadier when lying on the ground.
WD - Not quite so long as 25 yards - more like 7 paces.
Bruce - if the class wasn't so darn long (I left the house at 6 AM and finally got home 6:30 PM, I might have looked you up. Maybe next time!
Posted by: bogie at May 17, 2008 6:17:40 AM
