Joey P
Regular Member
What I'm looking for is a very basic handgun class for someone that's never really handled a gun before (other then shooting off a couple of .22 rifles at camp 16 years ago). So everything from "Don't point it at people" to the basic parts/assembly and range time. I'm in Milwaukee and it seems the only real options for ranges are The Shooters Shop and Fletcher Arms. I talked to Bob that works out of Fletcher and the course he does is exactly what I'm looking for, however, he's booked up for the next three weeks or so. He did refer me to someone named Craig who I haven't had a chance to call yet. I figured before I make any more calls I would ask here.*
So, does anyone know this Craig that Bob Llanas would have referred me to? Does The Shooters Shop teach a class like this?
I'd always said that I wanted to learn to use a handgun purely for target shooting and that was it, but a recent incident at work (we got held up**) has me rethinking that so I'd like to get some training in so that I can rent a few guns, see what I'm comfortable with and think about buying one.
*I have had plenty of my questions answered here before I registered, I've been lurking around here for a few months
**Having a gun when we got held up, due to my location relative to the robber (in back, but I could see him) wouldn't have done anything unless he had come looking for people in the backroom but he was in and out in about 20 or 30 seconds. In fact, I grabbed a gun we had hidden in the office, but decided that a combination of it having not been used or even touched in 15 years and me not having any idea whatsoever as to what I was doing made me put it back. Besides, by then it was over and the cops had arrived. And for the record, even if I had a gun, I would have done exactly the same thing. Stayed hidden in back calling 911.
So, does anyone know this Craig that Bob Llanas would have referred me to? Does The Shooters Shop teach a class like this?
I'd always said that I wanted to learn to use a handgun purely for target shooting and that was it, but a recent incident at work (we got held up**) has me rethinking that so I'd like to get some training in so that I can rent a few guns, see what I'm comfortable with and think about buying one.
*I have had plenty of my questions answered here before I registered, I've been lurking around here for a few months
**Having a gun when we got held up, due to my location relative to the robber (in back, but I could see him) wouldn't have done anything unless he had come looking for people in the backroom but he was in and out in about 20 or 30 seconds. In fact, I grabbed a gun we had hidden in the office, but decided that a combination of it having not been used or even touched in 15 years and me not having any idea whatsoever as to what I was doing made me put it back. Besides, by then it was over and the cops had arrived. And for the record, even if I had a gun, I would have done exactly the same thing. Stayed hidden in back calling 911.