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Today has been a very good day! It's Saturday, and I decided that I would go out shooting.. since I am a single dad, and did not have any day-care available to me... I convinced Corina (my little sunshine) to go shooting with me.
Now Corina has been very leary of guns. She has bought all the crud that she has been sold by the public school system, Nickelodian, et al.... so I was kind of surprised when she asked me if it would be ok if she shot a couple of rounds.
Of course I said O.K.! She had her safety glasses on, ear protection, and of course a ball cap. The gun I let her shoot at first was the little barreta .22lr. That little thing fit perfectly in her hand. I meant to tell her to squeeze one round off at a time and work on shot placement.. but she just started firing away. (note, I had my hands on hers the entire time.. I was trying to help her to maintain a good grip. I think that's important.) The clip holds seven rounds, and she shot them off quickly. I helped her with her grip, but I did not touch her trigger finger. I explained to her not to put her finger on the trigger until she is ready to fire... she was ready to fire!
No problemo'
Now the grip I was showing her to use was one that was explained here on this forum. I don't know if it is the best grip in the world, but it is one that I have adopted when using two hands. Basically, It involves wrapping my/her right lower three fingers (pinky, ring, middle) around the grip, extending the index finger along the barrel (no touchy the trigger until ready...) and the thumb along the groove... The left hand wraps the right, (pinky, ring, index) all in groove with the right hand, and the index finger extends out so that my/our two "trigger" fingers touch...
This worked well for her using the little .22. However, she decided she wanted to shoot the XD.
Well.. that is a much bigger gun! So we altered the grip a bit, so that her little shoulders could support the weight. I had her put her left hand under the mag, for support.. which I think she took pretty well. Her right hand was pretty much the same, index finger extended so that no touchy trigger until ready to shoot rule would not be broken. This worked well for her. I think.
I did not have the good sense to bring my camera with me, because I did not think Corina was going to have any desire to shoot the pistol... tomorrow however, I promised to take her shooting again. I will have the camera ready! It kind of sucks that I don't have a record of her very first shots.. but I will have some to post in the morning.
I am going to try and get good pictures of her grip, with both the .22 and the XD, I hope you guys wont mind looking at them, and making sure that my advice to her is good.
Raymond
Now Corina has been very leary of guns. She has bought all the crud that she has been sold by the public school system, Nickelodian, et al.... so I was kind of surprised when she asked me if it would be ok if she shot a couple of rounds.
Of course I said O.K.! She had her safety glasses on, ear protection, and of course a ball cap. The gun I let her shoot at first was the little barreta .22lr. That little thing fit perfectly in her hand. I meant to tell her to squeeze one round off at a time and work on shot placement.. but she just started firing away. (note, I had my hands on hers the entire time.. I was trying to help her to maintain a good grip. I think that's important.) The clip holds seven rounds, and she shot them off quickly. I helped her with her grip, but I did not touch her trigger finger. I explained to her not to put her finger on the trigger until she is ready to fire... she was ready to fire!
No problemo'
Now the grip I was showing her to use was one that was explained here on this forum. I don't know if it is the best grip in the world, but it is one that I have adopted when using two hands. Basically, It involves wrapping my/her right lower three fingers (pinky, ring, middle) around the grip, extending the index finger along the barrel (no touchy the trigger until ready...) and the thumb along the groove... The left hand wraps the right, (pinky, ring, index) all in groove with the right hand, and the index finger extends out so that my/our two "trigger" fingers touch...
This worked well for her using the little .22. However, she decided she wanted to shoot the XD.
Well.. that is a much bigger gun! So we altered the grip a bit, so that her little shoulders could support the weight. I had her put her left hand under the mag, for support.. which I think she took pretty well. Her right hand was pretty much the same, index finger extended so that no touchy trigger until ready to shoot rule would not be broken. This worked well for her. I think.
I did not have the good sense to bring my camera with me, because I did not think Corina was going to have any desire to shoot the pistol... tomorrow however, I promised to take her shooting again. I will have the camera ready! It kind of sucks that I don't have a record of her very first shots.. but I will have some to post in the morning.
I am going to try and get good pictures of her grip, with both the .22 and the XD, I hope you guys wont mind looking at them, and making sure that my advice to her is good.
Raymond
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