After many invitations, she finally accepted to go try it.
I asked her before hand if she would going to shoot the 45, sure she said, I'll try it once. My son, whose 21, said, no way Mom, that thing will knock you down. Dad, there's no way she should shoot that "thing".
So we go shooting, I start her out with the Ruger Mark 111 with a red dot. She does fine, showed her how to load the mags, load the gun etc. etc. After a few clips I move her over to my 617, which is scoped. Did ok, but didn't like the cocking part so much. She goes back to the Ruger. After a hundred rounds or so I pull out the 45 and shoot it. She watches. I ask, wanna try it. Sure , she says, all 125 pounds of her.
I show her how the gun works, load a mag, and get her set up. She fires, (I'm standing right behind her) and she is still standing. She finishes the clip, hitting just below where she's aiming, a 1-2 foot group at 15 yds. She asks, can I load a magazine. Ok.......I say. And about 75 rounds later, I've created a monster.. ........................ck
I asked her before hand if she would going to shoot the 45, sure she said, I'll try it once. My son, whose 21, said, no way Mom, that thing will knock you down. Dad, there's no way she should shoot that "thing".So we go shooting, I start her out with the Ruger Mark 111 with a red dot. She does fine, showed her how to load the mags, load the gun etc. etc. After a few clips I move her over to my 617, which is scoped. Did ok, but didn't like the cocking part so much. She goes back to the Ruger. After a hundred rounds or so I pull out the 45 and shoot it. She watches. I ask, wanna try it. Sure , she says, all 125 pounds of her.
I show her how the gun works, load a mag, and get her set up. She fires, (I'm standing right behind her) and she is still standing. She finishes the clip, hitting just below where she's aiming, a 1-2 foot group at 15 yds. She asks, can I load a magazine. Ok.......I say. And about 75 rounds later, I've created a monster..
........................ck