The wife went shooting. 2nd time on permit.

[Deplorable Me]

Major gain in confidence. Loaded mags, cleared malfunctions, loved semi auto.....

Lots of independent understanding of the machine.

About 200 rounds through the Ruger 22/45 Mark IV.

Damn near erotic.

 

[Deplorable Me]

Introduced her to the G19 later in the day. Recoil shy from the little 9 but learning fast.

 

[Carlos Hathcock]

Well done, well done.

 

[Deplorable Me]

It was a learning experience for me. How to not discourage and set the student up for the next session.

 

[Edwardteach72]

Rock on. Nice

 

[BMF JK]

That’s fantastic !

 

[BDinPutnam]

It was a learning experience for me. How to not discourage and set the student up for the next session.

Mentoring is hard.

Mentoring someone you LIVE WITH is even harder. Heh heh. Good job!

 

[knuts]

Awesome! I bet its easier to buy ammo now that your wife is hooked lol.

 

[repete]

It was a learning experience for me. How to not discourage and set the student up for the next session.

I learned the hard way when teaching my wife how to shoot, I made the mistake of taking her out and using the same methods I had been taught and used on basic trainees, big, BIG mistake! Oh well I was young and dumb!

 

[Deplorable Me]

She wears bifocals like me. I've learned to work with it. My wife on the other hand, it drove her crazy. The red dot was the solution. This is a 3 MOA dot, I want to get a 6 MOA model, it'll show up better on cloudless days. With all the add on items the 22/45 reminds me of Marvin Martian's gun. Sig and Glock make a few 9mm's that easily adapt to a red dot.

 

[Deplorable Me]

I learned the hard way when teaching my wife how to shoot, I made the mistake of taking her out and using the same methods I had been taught and used on basic trainees, big, BIG mistake! Oh well I was young and dumb!

Couple of RSOs at my other club made recommendations for the older eye generation. Just putting it on paper at 15' was an accomplishment. I do remember my first handgun shots back in 1990 and the times I took home unharmed targets. I am looking forward to January next year when her business slows down. Inside range time.

 

[Criticalt]

When Imet my GF 20 years ago, she had never even held a gun.
About 10 years ago she watched as a bobcat killed one of our cats.
The next day she asked to learn how to shoot a shotgun....she never showed intrest before.
For the next several years she always had a shotgun with her when outside.
Fast forward to 2015......
She was the last person leaving her workplace one night at 11pm.
There was a guy standing next to her car.
She just watched him from the open doir of the building. He yelled out, "damn, just looking for a light".
She told him she didnt have one.
He just leaned against her car.
She called me, I called our friend who lived nearby. He walked over there and dealt with it.
So, the next day, she says she needed her carry permit.
Now......
I was at home the other day when the delivery guy stopped by and dropped off a case of 38 SP addressed to her.
Its a slippery slope.

 

[spat]

Shortly after getting her permit I took my wife to the Rochester Personal Defense basic handgun class. She thoroughly appreciated it. We went to their concealed carry 1 and concealed carry 2 classes later that year.

I have to say, even if you know what you're doing, it doesn't mean you're going to be anywhere near as good at training someone else as someone who does that professionally.

We don't get to the range anywhere near as often as I would like, but she does have more quality trigger time than the vast majority of gun owners.