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Posted 4/17/2014 4:20 AM (GMT 0)
Never would have thought it.

At the range tonight, two good looking women with a new pistol and no idea what to do with it.

I spent three hours wrapped around these two, shooting positions, stance, trigger squeeze, sight patterns, grips, the whole course.

I may be off lupron, but it is still working. Loved doing the task, but wasn't till later I realized that if I had any hormones about me that I would have decked one or both in a heartbeat.

Good news, they got an intro to handguns class for free. Bad news, I enjoyed it for the wrong reasons.

AAARRRGGHHH.
Posted 4/17/2014 5:05 AM (GMT 0)
Enjoying shooting is never a wrong reason. yeah
Posted 4/17/2014 5:16 AM (GMT 0)
142,
Lol-recoil therapy is good for the soul. Glad that you had a good time. The women that my grandson and I meet at my gun club can out shoot both of us!
Bill idea
Posted 4/17/2014 5:28 AM (GMT 0)
Bill,

If these girls listened (they were on their third excursion with firearms of any sort), they will be stars soon.

Funny how a woman knows you're not in it for sex, even when you wish you were. We must ooze a "lupron scent".
Posted 4/17/2014 5:58 AM (GMT 0)
Haha.
I woulda tried scotch in my younger days.

You'll get it back. It takes time. And if the numbers stay low you may try TRT. But for now, intimacy can happen in other ways. LOL even with an S&W 642. Like I own. W/Laser grips.

Tony
Posted 4/17/2014 6:23 AM (GMT 0)
It was all 22 tonight. They had a Walther P22 ( uuurrrr ) that might hit the side of a barn on a clear day. They missed the paper at 7 yards.

I had a Sig 1911-22 (45 frame). 5 inch groups at 25 yards for the girls. They purred over my gun.

The Sig C3 (4 inch .45) was lurking, but too much, so she stayed in the bag.

One had a husband, the younger a husband as well, so limited opportunity. But it felt good to have two foxes notice me.
Posted 4/17/2014 6:45 AM (GMT 0)
The last woman that fired that 642 I have didn't score that night. She was married too. Unfortunately to a PCa HT patient. Me.

I haven't fired it since then I don't think. But I do pack it with my outdoors kits. Not for humans but for safety in the wild. I have fired my Tikka T3 a few times though. For target purposes. It's a terrific WinMag 308. But I don't hunt. But it too has dust on it lately. I wish I could shoot prostate cancer cells. I'd a had a blast with my dissected prostate.

I used to have a lot of fun with these guns and a couple other firearms but today I'm just way too busy.

Tony
Posted 4/17/2014 8:23 AM (GMT 0)
Great story 142...

Small world we live in.... I have a friend of a friend I've flirted with every time I see her which isn't often....

She sent an email to the group telling about her house getting broken into... She asked if anyone knew anything about guns... She has a couple her dad left her....She's never fired a round in her life.

I chimed in about having a concealed license etc.... Will be taking her to the range in the near future... Will go to my favorite outdoor range in Mesquite in the near future.
Posted 4/17/2014 1:29 PM (GMT 0)
142 said:

"They purred over my gun."

Well at least they did that! smilewinkgrin
Posted 4/17/2014 2:48 PM (GMT 0)
Which "gun" did they purr over? A metal one or your flesh one? lol.

Glad you had some female contact, that is at least encouraging.

Everyone likes different things, and I respect that part and support that part, but will never understand all this what seems to be gaining interest in guns in general.

There is not a single gun owned by any member of my family. Not even a bb gun. We all support a total non-violent lifestyle, and none of us live places where one feels remotely threatened by violent crime. Yes, they happen here, but its rare. I trust in the source of my faith for my protection, and feel safe in His hands at all times.

David
Posted 4/17/2014 4:13 PM (GMT 0)
Took my Canadian neighbors to the range last week as they have never shot any type of guns. The foxy wife was game and shot my Glock 17, but her husband was scared and wouldn't shoot at all. Neither would try my M&P 15 as it was just too scary looking.
Very disappointed in my S&W .380 bodyguard, so I will be trading it in for a Glock 27. One more addition of a M1A1 and I will be finished with my collection. I've had my custom 1911 for over 40 years now, and it's still the best pistol I have ever shot.
Tomorrow I'll be taking a neighbor and her daughter out to the desert as they just purchased 9mms and a shot gun. Her daughter has had some issues with a neighbor stalking her and felt she needs a gun for protection. It seems that a lot of women are buying guns now. i seem to be taking on the role of the neighborhood trainer.
I'll be glad when I get back to Idaho next week so I don't have to worry about being Calif. compliant anymore. Sure glad I had 10,000 rounds of .22LR and 5,000 rounds of .556 before the shortage started 2 years ago; it has helped me weather the storm.
Posted 4/17/2014 4:34 PM (GMT 0)
Quick note from PeterDA's pod person to 142's pod person:

So, you are expecting 142 to return soon from his Lupron-induced slumbers. That's exciting. Sometimes I wish PeterDA hadn't likened us to the pod people from Invasion of the Body Snatchers. I'm afraid he has a rather negative attitude about ADT. I prefer to think of myself as a caretaker while he is away. A shadow of his former self, as it were.

I've been working rather hard to keep us "anatomically correct" while Peter is away. With all the pumping and the needles and such, I've tried to keep the equipment he will want in salvageable condition. And I know you have been doing the same for 142.

Your story about the shooting range was fun but I did have one slight worry. You did think to at least try for phone numbers, right? 142 might want to have those when he wakes up.
Posted 4/17/2014 4:56 PM (GMT 0)
I think they'll be back, but I'll have to shift range night. No phone numbers, I'm afraid.
Posted 4/17/2014 5:24 PM (GMT 0)
Just a tip here,
And maybe it's just my Catholic side during Holy Week on the last day of Lent speaking, But I'd seek out the UNMARRIED lady shooters.

The married ones practicing without their husbands at a gun range may be desiring to become unmarried, but they may be planning on skipping the divorce process, too.

Just saying.
Posted 4/17/2014 5:46 PM (GMT 0)
Yeah, when the word "husband" came out, the idea of a phone number vanished. But unless the process involves a true accident, the husband is safe.
Posted 4/17/2014 7:43 PM (GMT 0)
Purg,

My interest in guns comes from having lived out in the country part of the year, on base the rest while growing up.

Out in the country you put a prize chicken on the table for special Sundays, but the rest was skill-based. Rabbit and squirrel made for good dumplings.

And a good handgun or scout rifle still is essential out in the fields or working fences - lots of wild hogs that will hurt you if given a chance.

On base, I got trained early, as there were weapons of all sorts everywhere. Not like today.

So it is ingrained.
Posted 4/17/2014 8:24 PM (GMT 0)
I'm glad to hear you at least got at least a few XX chromosome holder DNA on you - no matter how few. It's important.

142, You mentioned guns were ingrained. Where I grew up, kids got a real BB gun when they were about 10 and if they handled it correctly, they got a bolt action .22 rifle at 12 or 13. Hang on. It gets better!
Are you sitting down? My high school, Grades 9-12, (typically 14 to 17 year olds) had a rifle range in the basement. We had classes and had a rifle team. about two dozen target rifles were available for the students if they did not have their own. The ammo was supplied by the teacher.
Since I was a schmart boychik I skipped a grade and was also a little small for my age. I could not hold the heavy target rifles so... I would bring my own rifle on the school bus and keep it in my locker until I had class! Read that last sentence again!!! Other kids brought their guns too - just like the kids in Band brought their instruments and the kids in Art brought their sculptures.
We had to carry the gun in a case and were not allowed to have it loaded. No problem.
Nobody got shot. Nobody felt threatened. It was normal.
Can you imagine that today?
The school closed the rifle range in 1976 - well after I graduated.

The rifle I use for "target practice" (that some of you played with at GFMPH) is the same one I had in high school - a bolt action, target Mossberg. A 50+ year old classic.

Jeff
Posted 4/17/2014 9:16 PM (GMT 0)
My first rifle range trip was at (maybe) age 7? They had an M1 (22 bore) training rifle. Same weight. The range officer put me on the end, and treated me like the lowest private. Had a great time until they moved me to a real M1. Fired prone, I ended up several feet behind the firing line. There is a picture somewhere. I think that rifle was longer than I was tall.
Everybody got a kick out of it, mine was just a little different.
Posted 4/18/2014 5:24 AM (GMT 0)
142,
I always enjoyed target shooting. I believe I can still shoot a flea off a fence post at 100 feet, maybe. It's such a cathartic sport really. Except for the first time I shot a 12 gauge and it knocked me back 6 feet into a tree dislocating my shoulder in the process. I learned real quick after that.

As for meeting women, well, it could happen. Though I didn't actually meet Paul at a range, we were competitive marksmen in the same club, and we are married. Maybe that's where it all began wink
Posted 4/18/2014 6:29 AM (GMT 0)
I am sure of it. I've known you way too long now.

You both are paramedics, and your both can make your own clientele. I get it.

And love ya too.
Posted 4/18/2014 1:07 PM (GMT 0)
although you probably wouldn't meet one at a shooting range, you need a nice Italian girl, 142. Besides the warm kisses and cooking abilities, only 16% of Catholic Italian women get married these days so that resolves that issue too.
Posted 4/19/2014 2:08 PM (GMT 0)
I wouldn't mind having a cutie pie purr over my gun, and I don't even own any firearms!

Hang in there, 142. Tony's right; in time you'll get your mojo back. It's like riding a bike.
Posted 4/20/2014 8:58 AM (GMT 0)
I'm 11 weeks into a 16 week "Citizens Police Academy." (45 hours total)

Yesterday was Drive and Shoot day. They had 10 different types and sizes of hand guns - shotgun with slugs and an AR-15 that would shoot 3 round bursts that was TOO COOL.

There were 3 officers handling three shooters at a time... I stepped up first and was asked if I had shot a gun before I which said plenty of times... I was handed a Glock 40 cal and I placed four center mass shots... which turned some heads...

Then we spent several hours driving two squad cars around the timed obstacle course. I averaged 57 seconds and didn't run over any cones or miss a gate... Then one of the instructors drove the course in 49 seconds that was pretty impressive.
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