SlacK
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Today I took the basic handgun saftey course at sharpshooters.
Was a pretty good class, I was finally able to get a little hands-on experience
with several different firearms.
Robin Ball was the instructor, during the classroom time she was going over
facility rules. She mentioned the rule that firearms should be cased when
they come in the facility. She said that if you have a CPL you are welcome to
bring your firearm in concealed. She said that she had been "talking to the
Open Carry people ad nauseum, but at this time open carry was not allowed."
And no matter how many discussions with the open carry people, she is not
planning on changing that rule. (I, nor any other students brought this up,
she brought it up on her own. And i just thought that I would share that info.)
It was a good class. I didn't really want to go alone, so I invited my mother to
come with me. I didn't really think she would, but she was actually excited by the
chance. During the classroom time the discussion kinda got off topic for about ten
minutes before we went onto the range, but the rest of the time, right on topic.
During both classroom, and range time, i didn't notice the instructor do anything
to violate any saftey rules, however, I did notice one of her employees break
a basic saftey rule. He was helping set up a gun, at eight different lanes. He had
two guns in one lane. He took one of those guns to the next lane, and in doing so
kept the gun pointed down range, however, he went around one of the other
employees. So for about a second, he had the gun about a foot away from, and
pointed directly at the other employee. He noticed what he was doing, and
immediately pointed the gun straight down, but he still got a dirty look from the
other employee, and from Robin.
Like i said, my mother went with me. When she was shooting the .22 cal revolver
her hits where all over the target, while mine were pretty well dead center.
With the 9mm's my shots were pretty close to the center, and hers were a little
more spread out, but not nearly as bad as her .22 shots. When we shot the
.40 semi-auto, my shots were all slightly low, however, my mothers shots were
completely in the middle of the target, dead on center. Kinda shocking for me.
I also got to shoot a .22 Semi-Auto, I took one shot, and got a double feed,
then i took two shots, and got another double feed. Reguardless to say, i don't
ever think i will ever want a .22 Semi-Auto.
All-in-all, really fun time. I now feel confident that i can go to the range on my own
and not worry about being lost, and not being sure what to do.
As we were leaving, my mom suggested that we both get a membership there,
and go shooting every monday.
Isn't it a little weird for a 23 year old MAN to want to have his mummy go with
him to a firearms class....... Doesn't matter to me, I am a little weird.
Today I took the basic handgun saftey course at sharpshooters.
Was a pretty good class, I was finally able to get a little hands-on experience
with several different firearms.
Robin Ball was the instructor, during the classroom time she was going over
facility rules. She mentioned the rule that firearms should be cased when
they come in the facility. She said that if you have a CPL you are welcome to
bring your firearm in concealed. She said that she had been "talking to the
Open Carry people ad nauseum, but at this time open carry was not allowed."
And no matter how many discussions with the open carry people, she is not
planning on changing that rule. (I, nor any other students brought this up,
she brought it up on her own. And i just thought that I would share that info.)
It was a good class. I didn't really want to go alone, so I invited my mother to
come with me. I didn't really think she would, but she was actually excited by the
chance. During the classroom time the discussion kinda got off topic for about ten
minutes before we went onto the range, but the rest of the time, right on topic.
During both classroom, and range time, i didn't notice the instructor do anything
to violate any saftey rules, however, I did notice one of her employees break
a basic saftey rule. He was helping set up a gun, at eight different lanes. He had
two guns in one lane. He took one of those guns to the next lane, and in doing so
kept the gun pointed down range, however, he went around one of the other
employees. So for about a second, he had the gun about a foot away from, and
pointed directly at the other employee. He noticed what he was doing, and
immediately pointed the gun straight down, but he still got a dirty look from the
other employee, and from Robin.
Like i said, my mother went with me. When she was shooting the .22 cal revolver
her hits where all over the target, while mine were pretty well dead center.
With the 9mm's my shots were pretty close to the center, and hers were a little
more spread out, but not nearly as bad as her .22 shots. When we shot the
.40 semi-auto, my shots were all slightly low, however, my mothers shots were
completely in the middle of the target, dead on center. Kinda shocking for me.
I also got to shoot a .22 Semi-Auto, I took one shot, and got a double feed,
then i took two shots, and got another double feed. Reguardless to say, i don't
ever think i will ever want a .22 Semi-Auto.
All-in-all, really fun time. I now feel confident that i can go to the range on my own
and not worry about being lost, and not being sure what to do.
As we were leaving, my mom suggested that we both get a membership there,
and go shooting every monday.
Isn't it a little weird for a 23 year old MAN to want to have his mummy go with
him to a firearms class....... Doesn't matter to me, I am a little weird.
