My Fiancee Wants to Learn How to Shoot

[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.