First, I should say that my girlfriend comes from an anti-gun mentality. Probably because she was born in Brazil and lived there until 12 years old before the family moved to Miami.
About a month ago I took her shooting for the first time ever. I started her out with a single action Ruger SingleSix 22LR revolver and then also had her shoot a Ruger 10/22 rifle. Before we left the shooting range I let her shoot a Beretta 9mm just to give her the feel of something more powerful than a 22LR. She had a blast and looked forward to shooting again. She actually was a pretty good shot at 25 yards.
Yesterday, I decided it was time to seal the deal with regards to how much fun plinking can be. I took her back out to the shooting range but this time we went with blackpowder cap-N-ball. I broke out the 1851 (yes, the one that had the wedge from hell). Here are the pics:
I showed her how to load it by shooting a couple of cylinders myself first. She said "gosh, it takes forever to load that thing...I'm getting kind of antsy sitting around". I turned it over to her and watched her load it...just looking over her shoulder. She's actually a VERY good student. You don't have to repeat anything twice. She loaded it up and I told her to go over to the 15 yard line and shoot it. Her first shot she killed a tin can dead center. After she was done I told her to load it up and do it again. She said "ya know, its actually pretty fun to load these things up yourself". I think she's hooked now.
About a month ago I took her shooting for the first time ever. I started her out with a single action Ruger SingleSix 22LR revolver and then also had her shoot a Ruger 10/22 rifle. Before we left the shooting range I let her shoot a Beretta 9mm just to give her the feel of something more powerful than a 22LR. She had a blast and looked forward to shooting again. She actually was a pretty good shot at 25 yards.
Yesterday, I decided it was time to seal the deal with regards to how much fun plinking can be. I took her back out to the shooting range but this time we went with blackpowder cap-N-ball. I broke out the 1851 (yes, the one that had the wedge from hell). Here are the pics:
I showed her how to load it by shooting a couple of cylinders myself first. She said "gosh, it takes forever to load that thing...I'm getting kind of antsy sitting around". I turned it over to her and watched her load it...just looking over her shoulder. She's actually a VERY good student. You don't have to repeat anything twice. She loaded it up and I told her to go over to the 15 yard line and shoot it. Her first shot she killed a tin can dead center. After she was done I told her to load it up and do it again. She said "ya know, its actually pretty fun to load these things up yourself". I think she's hooked now.