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She is freakin out, tried to talk me out of sending her. It’s not that she hates guns, just that she doesn’t want to shoot in front of people and the class is this weekend.
So... I’ve always taught her to shoot 15-20 yards. With the 380, she does that well. I took her out back after work and had her start with the .22 S&W thinking the lessened recoil might help her stay on target when nervous. She also hadn’t been out there in a while. It is dimensionally identical to her 380 EZ. I was wrong. After 3 mags, I went and got her 380. She still shoots it more accurate than the .22.
She was under the impression she was going to be shooting at the normal distance we shoot. Needless to say she was relieved when I walked out 10 yards and said that this was the longest shot she’d have to take and most shots would be much closer. We weren’t going to shoot any closer because we were hitting steel, not paper.
Long story short, I told her that her shots would be timed but it sounds worse than it really is. We ran some drills with 10 mags (80 shots) and under that stress she’s getting 3” groups at 10 yards. I just told her to relax, she’s probably a better shot than most the guys in the class.
She’ll be taking her 380 to class.
So... I’ve always taught her to shoot 15-20 yards. With the 380, she does that well. I took her out back after work and had her start with the .22 S&W thinking the lessened recoil might help her stay on target when nervous. She also hadn’t been out there in a while. It is dimensionally identical to her 380 EZ. I was wrong. After 3 mags, I went and got her 380. She still shoots it more accurate than the .22.
She was under the impression she was going to be shooting at the normal distance we shoot. Needless to say she was relieved when I walked out 10 yards and said that this was the longest shot she’d have to take and most shots would be much closer. We weren’t going to shoot any closer because we were hitting steel, not paper.
Long story short, I told her that her shots would be timed but it sounds worse than it really is. We ran some drills with 10 mags (80 shots) and under that stress she’s getting 3” groups at 10 yards. I just told her to relax, she’s probably a better shot than most the guys in the class.
She’ll be taking her 380 to class.