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11 months ago
I’m satisfied with my abilities using rifles, but handguns are a lot more practical. I would like to own a handgun, but I’d like to learn to use one properly first!
How to learn to shoot a handgun
It made me
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"I'm not Wild Bill Hicock, but I learned. I keep the target from the shooting range on my wall."
How I did it: Turns out the then-fiance of a friend of my sister's was into guns. He invited me out to a shooting range to shoot some clays with his shotgun. I'd never shot a shotgun before but he showed me the ropes and I hit about 85%, though the percentage obviously increased over the course of the evening. About to call it close, he confided he'd never shot a handgun so we pooled our money and took one out to the handgun range. Easy peezy, trigger squeezy. :P As long as you ask for help, there's nothing to it.
Lessons & tips: Don't assume because you've seen Ronin you know how to handle a handgun. Ask for someone to show you. Take it slow, and figure out what works best for you.
Resources: Money for the range.
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Worth doing
12 months ago
It doesn’t matter if you never need to use the skill- You should just be able to use a handgun if you need to.
it’s not hard to learn at all- slightly harder than learning to use a can opener, slightly easier than learning to use a radio.
And it’s much better than being caught in a bad situation not knowing how to use one.
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17 months ago
I took a Women on Target class last weekend and it was amazing. I’d love to get into competing in marksmanship, etc.
Definitely worth doing!
want to..
23 months ago
i had a hand gun for years that my dad gave me but never shot it, i lived alone in apartments and always planned on shooting someone if they broke in.. i kept it loaded.. but, i acctually tried to shoot the stupid thing this year w/ some friends and it didn’t even work!! so i gave it away.. i guess it’s a good thing no one ever broke in!!! but i would like to get a new one and acctually learn how to shoot it!!!!!!!!!!!!
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2 years ago
I don’t have a specific reason for this, just want to be able, if the need ever arises, to be able to shoot properly and somewhat accurately. Never know when you need to head shot a zombie.
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2 years ago
definetly an experience to learn to shoot a gun. I went to a shooting range. Very easy to do, but kind of expensive
my fear
3 years ago
is not so much about being attacked and not being able to defend myself… but about being that girl, in TV movies, who is caught in the middle of a fight between two men, and the good guy knocks the bad guy’s gun out of his hand, and the girl grabs it… and she yells:
“WHAT DO I DO?”
ugh.
