My Fiancee Wants to Learn How to Shoot

[BuffCyclist]

I havn't read any replys or much of the original post by BuffCyclist,
but the pics of his fiancee are not loading to prove he actually has a significant other

Really? You need PROOF that I'm engaged?! Okay okay fine. I'll post a picture of us. Was going to upload a different one, but facebook wouldn't let me download the original so it was like 200x250pixels. This one is better, but not the best picture of us.

[O2HeN2]

You like caves? You've gone up three notches in my book!

O2

[BuffCyclist]

You like caves? You've gone up three notches in my book!

O2

Oh yea? Am I at notch 1 now?

That was our first trip to Carlsbad (its 3hrs from where we live). We had a ton of fun, but didn't get to spend that much time inside the cave. We showed up a little late to our paid tour and only had about 35min to see the rest of the cave, so we went to the natural entrance and basically ran down to the bottom for our tour. We really want to go back and do the other paid tours, just to be able to see all of the cave.

The boy scout troop I was in (Troop 381) growing up LOVED caving, we probably went on weekend camping trips to go caving about 3 times a year. Went on monthly camping trips, but caving usually had the highest turnout.

We even produced 2 videos to caving "A Scouting Approach to Wild Caves" and "A Scouting Approach to Advanced Caving". I LOVED caving (and still do), because of our videos, we were able to get permits to a lot of caves in Missouri and Arkansas that were off limits to the public. But all of the caves we went into were completely undeveloped, so no stairs or railings like in Carlsbad (though a couple of the paid tours are wild). My fondest memory was having to chimney down roughly 50ft to get to the main floor where we could explore.

[Byte Stryke]

I am going to say something some might not like, but I see some have already mentioned

Do not teach her yourself.
less emotional attachment and distraction.

I do practice what I preach as when Mrs. Byte went for her handgun classes she went to RW Firearms training

Highly recommended as he uses MANY different calibers and types of guns during his class.
His classroom is a private range... not a section of a big box sporting goods store.

[Great-Kazoo]

I am going to say something some might not like, but I see some have already mentioned

Do not teach her yourself.
less emotional attachment and distraction.

I do practice what I preach as when Mrs. Byte went for her handgun classes she went to RW Firearms training

Highly recommended as he uses MANY different calibers and types of guns during his class.
His classroom is a private range... not a section of a big box sporting goods store.

I second this. Even though i am a firearms instructor, i sent the wife to someone else for her hand gun class.
ANYTHING YOU SAY is not a suggestion but CRITICAL OF HER, BECAUSE YOU NEVER SUPPORT ANYTHING SHE DOES. Sound familiar ??

There are numerous instructors here,unfortunately you're in NM. Cover my fuel expenses and i'll come down there.

[DD977GM2]

Really? You need PROOF that I'm engaged?! Okay okay fine. I'll post a picture of us. Was going to upload a different one, but facebook wouldn't let me download the original so it was like 200x250pixels. This one is better, but not the best picture of us.

Hey your a great sport so I will post a pic of my Hot Lil Hole in appreciation!!!!!

[BuffCyclist]

We were scheduled to have our engagement photo shoot Saturday morning, but the plans changed to later that afternoon so we went to the shooting range early. Friday night, I went over the full operation of my Glock with her, explained how it worked and she took it all in and got her hands on it too.

When we showed up at the range, we got a 45yd general purpose lane just for us with very tall berms (she said she felt much better with it being only the two of us in there). I offered to shoot first so she could watch me, she said she'd rather just jump right in and do it.

I loaded one 9mm round into a mag, handed her the pistol (with 9mm conversion barrel) and slide locked back, then the mag. She put the mag in, slowly pulled the trigger then jerked it at the last minute and missed the target. She was shocked at the recoil, but eagerly asked me to load another round. Second time, at about 5yds, she put the round 1in below the bullseye. Next shot, 0.25" next to that one. Her groupings were awesome! After I loaded the mag up a few times with just 1 round, she grabbed the mag and started loading it on her own, the most she would load at a time was 4rds though. She REALLY picked it up fast, she wanted to move further back, so I moved her back to 7yds and she kept getting excellent groupings.

She took a break, so I broke out my new Remington 870 Tactical with Ghost Ring sights shotgun (YAY!) and blasted a target apart in about 3 shots with #7.5 birdshot. After I shot the third shell, she told me to move aside so she could keep shooting. Naturally, I moved out of the way as fast as possible, she WANTED to keep shooting and I wasn't going to stand in the way of that!

There was a huge grin on her face the entire time we were there, and she said she definitely wants to learn more about it and keep shooting. We talked about a class and will sign her up for one soon, and then we'll be looking for a pistol for her.

Her facebook status when we got home: "Bucket List--shot a gun for the first time today, and loved it! "

Gotta say, all in all, it was a very successful experience for the both of us! I'm happy that I now have a new shooting partner! And she's excited to take a class, we've already gone over a few of the class descriptions but will probably email the instructor to figure out what would really be best for her. She's already even talking about getting her own pistol someday! We'll make sure we get her to test out A TON of pistols first though. My Glock was way too big for her small hands, she had to use her left hand to press the magazine release, and she couldn't operate the slide stop lever with either hand.

[dwalker460]

Excellent!

[Holger Danske]

Awesome shooting by the GF!!! Good job for you getting her over her fears.

[ChadAmberg]

That's wonderful that she did so well! Glad she loved it..