Guy Miner
Master Loader
- Apr 6, 2006
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A few things I thought I'd share, after years of training military personnel, patrol & SWAT cops and plain ol' people how to shoot a handgun.
1. Safety first.
2. Get the basics down before trying the high-speed/low drag stuff.
3. Many people, particularly if they haven't been athletes of some sort, don't take quickly to pistol shooting. Be patient.
4. Truly. Seriously. Strongly. Consider a .22 or an air pistol to start with.
5. Concealment handguns - those lightweight, hard-hitting guns all us gun nuts like to buy and carry... Things that don't weigh much, conceal easy and pack a big punch. Yeah, like that one you never leave home without... Those things are TERRIBLE for a new shooter! :mrgreen:
6. Talk it all through first. Do some repetitions with dummy rounds/snap caps. THEN move to the real stuff.
Yeah - I've taught some classes lately with a bunch of brand new shooters, and I'm learning more about them. It's been about 50 years since I was a brand new shooter, and I forgot some of the feelings of being intimidated by the mere presence of a gun and being asked to shoot it.
Interesting. Am learning to take it real slow and easy with first time shooting students. That was obvious, but it's even more important than I thought.
FWIW, Guy
1. Safety first.
2. Get the basics down before trying the high-speed/low drag stuff.
3. Many people, particularly if they haven't been athletes of some sort, don't take quickly to pistol shooting. Be patient.
4. Truly. Seriously. Strongly. Consider a .22 or an air pistol to start with.
5. Concealment handguns - those lightweight, hard-hitting guns all us gun nuts like to buy and carry... Things that don't weigh much, conceal easy and pack a big punch. Yeah, like that one you never leave home without... Those things are TERRIBLE for a new shooter! :mrgreen:
6. Talk it all through first. Do some repetitions with dummy rounds/snap caps. THEN move to the real stuff.
Yeah - I've taught some classes lately with a bunch of brand new shooters, and I'm learning more about them. It's been about 50 years since I was a brand new shooter, and I forgot some of the feelings of being intimidated by the mere presence of a gun and being asked to shoot it.
Interesting. Am learning to take it real slow and easy with first time shooting students. That was obvious, but it's even more important than I thought.
FWIW, Guy