samdajellybeenie
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Well, I finally shot my first handgun today. Started with a Ruger Mk III, then moved to a 686 plus (shooting .38 specials of course), and then moved to a glock 17. As I expected, all of these rental guns were filthy, but the only one that had a malfunction was the Ruger (looked like a failure to feed, but I wasn't sure). On the follow up shots, I seemed to pick up the Glock's sights the fastest, which was a surprise to me. I really had no idea where to put the 686 front sight within the rear sight because I couldn't see it very well. Going to the glock from the 686 was crazy. There's so many more moving parts on a semi-auto. I wished I could just grab the slide and control the recoil that way, but it doesn't work like that, haha. My hand is still kind of sore. We only shot 3 boxes of ammo in total, don't know if I could've shot more.
I have to admit, I was a little bit scared going into it. It seemed like the whole time was there, I was kind of scared of the gun itself. My hands never stopped shaking, but I still somehow laid down some pretty good groups for my first time ever. I focused hard on pressing the trigger and not jerking it around so that it didn't throw my shots to the left or right and sure enough, I pulled the target in and found that at one point, I shot a few almost on top of each other. I attach a picture of the targets but my dad was shooting on my targets as well so they're very cluttered and the shots are all over the place.
Overall, this experience was one of complete sensory overload. My ear muffs were being slightly lifted off my head because of my glasses so sometimes between shots, I could hear my ears ringing a little bit. Next time, I'm going to wear both ear muffs and ear plugs. Between the noise, trying to control the recoil, focus on the front sight (I'm left handed, but right eye dominant), maintain a good grip on the gun, hit the target, obey all the safety rules, etc. it was just...crazy, but I want to do it again. My friend took a video of me shooting the Glock, which I can post here if you guys want! I'm always up for some constructive criticism.
- Sam
I have to admit, I was a little bit scared going into it. It seemed like the whole time was there, I was kind of scared of the gun itself. My hands never stopped shaking, but I still somehow laid down some pretty good groups for my first time ever. I focused hard on pressing the trigger and not jerking it around so that it didn't throw my shots to the left or right and sure enough, I pulled the target in and found that at one point, I shot a few almost on top of each other. I attach a picture of the targets but my dad was shooting on my targets as well so they're very cluttered and the shots are all over the place.
Overall, this experience was one of complete sensory overload. My ear muffs were being slightly lifted off my head because of my glasses so sometimes between shots, I could hear my ears ringing a little bit. Next time, I'm going to wear both ear muffs and ear plugs. Between the noise, trying to control the recoil, focus on the front sight (I'm left handed, but right eye dominant), maintain a good grip on the gun, hit the target, obey all the safety rules, etc. it was just...crazy, but I want to do it again. My friend took a video of me shooting the Glock, which I can post here if you guys want! I'm always up for some constructive criticism.
- Sam
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