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My wife and her P22
- Thread starter THUNDERCHIEF
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It all depends on the application. It's not uncommon to lean back during a slow fire stage. Note the woman in black is at about the same angle.
I tell her to lean forward. I tell her about trigger control. I tell her about sight picture, I tell her about hand placement. I tell her allot of things and sometimes its just too much all at once. So, I might tell her once every visit to the range and then let her do what she wants for the rest of the visit; as long as its safe and she is having FUN.
dwarven1
Lonely Mountain Arms
Hey, she's shooting - that puts you one up on most of us married guys!
Jim Conway of NEShooters runs some EXCELLENT classes, and he's also out at the Tyngsboro club on Sunday mornings shooting - and he always seems to have time to give some tips. You might want to talk to him about a class, either a public one, or maybe some one on one time for you and your wife.
(I keep meaning to get up there on Sundays, myself, but never seem to remember... [sad2])
+1 to that! Everyone I teach, i tell them what they SHOULD do, then only harass them on safety stuff unless they want more help.
I bring a friend to the range as often as I can. He loves shooting but he just can't afford to buy a gun and a club membership and ammo and all that. He's new to shooting and has never really handled firearms before.
I try to drill into him to keep the muzzle down range and to leave his finger along the slide when he is not sighted on the target, but he constantly forgets. I'm not sure my way of yelling at him is very effective, as he seems to make more mistakes when I do.
Anyone have any tips on what to tell a new shooter to get them to use proper trigger finger discipline? If he racks the slide with his finger on the trigger one more time I'm gonna flip out.
I try to drill into him to keep the muzzle down range and to leave his finger along the slide when he is not sighted on the target, but he constantly forgets. I'm not sure my way of yelling at him is very effective, as he seems to make more mistakes when I do.
Anyone have any tips on what to tell a new shooter to get them to use proper trigger finger discipline? If he racks the slide with his finger on the trigger one more time I'm gonna flip out.
You got that right! My boyfriend filled me with all kinds of instructions the first few times. He now mentions things when we are not even shooting, and it gives me time to think about it. Then I ask the questions on sight. I am more relaxed.
![[grin]](/xen/styles/default/xenforo/smilies.vb/041.gif "Grin [grin]")
By the way...very nice pics.
Hmm... how about telling him: For every range trip that he makes with you... if he makes ZERO safety mistakes during the trip, you put $5 into his gun fund (that you maintain). But for every range trip where he makes a safety mistake, you take $5 OUT of his gun fund.
I mean... I don't know how good of a friend you consider him to be... but I'd be willing to put $5 into a gun fund (in a similar "range safety plan") for any of my close friends who can't afford a gun but eventually want one. Especially if gun safety is achieved by the end!
Or... if you're not feeling that generous... you could always just fire off a few rounds at his feet while saying "dance beotch!" everytime he makes a safety mistake.
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Pack up and go when he does it. That's what I did with my son. One time, that was all it took.
dwarven1
Lonely Mountain Arms
you could always just fire off a few rounds at his feet while saying "dance beotch!" everytime he makes a safety mistake.
I like Hanwei's method better...
![[devil]](/xen/styles/default/xenforo/smilies.vb/015.gif "Devil [devil]")
Of course, that's got it's own problems.
finger on the trigger
I would make it so that he doesn't have to rack the slide. Set the empty gun on the table with the slide locked back, place a loaded mag next to it. Now all he has to do is keep his finger off of the trigger while he inserts the mag and releases the slide.
I would make it so that he doesn't have to rack the slide. Set the empty gun on the table with the slide locked back, place a loaded mag next to it. Now all he has to do is keep his finger off of the trigger while he inserts the mag and releases the slide.
But then he'll never learn.
He will learn
He will learn; he is just having a hard time because he is getting information overload from all of the other stuff you are teaching him. Take what he doesn’t learn well out of the equation until the stuff that he is learning well becomes natural. Then he will be ready to cover the stuff that he needs to work on. This way he won’t be so nervous about messing up and he will learn faster in the long run. For example, once he is used to keeping his finger off of the trigger for the other motions, it will become natural to keep his finger off when you start to let him rack the slide later in training. This is the approach that I have used for many situations and it seems to work because the student doesn’t feel like they are constantly messing up. It takes a lot of imagination and patients on the part of the instructor for this teaching method to work though. It’s important to create a FUN learning experience in order to keep people interested. Safety always comes before fun, but being scorned for messing up is not fun. Scorning is for when someone who knows better screws up.
He will learn; he is just having a hard time because he is getting information overload from all of the other stuff you are teaching him. Take what he doesn’t learn well out of the equation until the stuff that he is learning well becomes natural. Then he will be ready to cover the stuff that he needs to work on. This way he won’t be so nervous about messing up and he will learn faster in the long run. For example, once he is used to keeping his finger off of the trigger for the other motions, it will become natural to keep his finger off when you start to let him rack the slide later in training. This is the approach that I have used for many situations and it seems to work because the student doesn’t feel like they are constantly messing up. It takes a lot of imagination and patients on the part of the instructor for this teaching method to work though. It’s important to create a FUN learning experience in order to keep people interested. Safety always comes before fun, but being scorned for messing up is not fun. Scorning is for when someone who knows better screws up.
I have used that technique on myself. I go by myself alot. It forces me to be careful - no one to remind me that the life I take could very well be mine....
lemonlime571
Army Veteran
I take my wife once in a while. As long as she is supportive of your firearms enthusiasm then you are doing just grand my good friend.
I have pressed a dummy load that has no primer, I place it in from time to time to see if she does the correct action... she has learned, and it makes me happy that she knows the correct action to take and the steps for malfunction or misfire. This has helped her also to prevent an accidental discharge.
Revolver. Make it a little more simple for him.
Also, dry runs (with no ammo in the room) at home. Have him do it over and over till he gets it right.
Ahh a good looking woman with a gun. It doesn't get any better than that.![[wink]](/xen/styles/default/xenforo/smilies.vb/002.gif "Wink [wink]")
Correcto...X10
J
Jose
+1
I've done that too. It works.
Also, many newbies really have a hard time understanding the power of a firearm. Take your friend to an outdoor range and pop a honey dew melon with a hollow point. He should get the point.
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That's what I was thinking. It would probably just insult him.
Too much information at once is no good.
Much better! Break it down into smaller bites.
Hey, last year (or was it the year before?), there was a NES lady's/women's shoot. I can't find the thread on it, but it would be great if that were to happen again.
Also, GOAL's Women On Target (W.O.T.) program was good as well.
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