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Wild Turkey
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I bought a Glock 19 back in February and I have been trying to take this monthly basic handgun course a local shooting range puts on but I've never been able to make the dates work. So I finally broke down and just got a 2 hour lesson and it was time and money well spent.
I am very comfortable with rifles and shotguns and I would say an above average shot but I had never spent anytime with handguns because I didn't real see the need to have one. I mean if someone broke into my house I have two shotguns for crying out loud. However all this gun control talk over the past year got me thinking I should really get a gun permit so I'm grandfathered in (this was my thinking anyway) so I did that back in September of 2013. They I was like if I am going to have a permit then I really should purchase a handgun so I started researching and decided on the Glock 19 for the following reasons:
1. I'm a big guy but my hands are small in relation
2. I wanted something my wife could learn to shoot also
3. My permit allows me to conceal carry so I wanted something that would allow me to do that comfortably
4. Glocks came highly recommended
My class broke down pretty much like this:
- 20 minutes gun safety
- 15 minutes gun anatomy (for lack of better term) both revolvers and pistols
- 20 minutes of how to hold, stand while firing and load
- 20 minutes how to disassemble and clean
- 45 minutes of range time
I thought this was going to be pretty easy but it is a different world than shooting a rifle. We put the target out about 15 feet and while all my shots where in the kill zone and I was patterning well I couldn't blow the bulls eye like I could with a rifle. Give me a 22 at 15 feet and I could probably cut the bulls eye out but I was struggling just to get it in with the Glock.
I can see why they strongly recommend you shoot frequently to develop and maintain the skill. I can put a rifle down for 2 years pick it up and its like riding a bike but I don't see this being like that. It's kinda strange to me how very different it was.
I am very comfortable with rifles and shotguns and I would say an above average shot but I had never spent anytime with handguns because I didn't real see the need to have one. I mean if someone broke into my house I have two shotguns for crying out loud. However all this gun control talk over the past year got me thinking I should really get a gun permit so I'm grandfathered in (this was my thinking anyway) so I did that back in September of 2013. They I was like if I am going to have a permit then I really should purchase a handgun so I started researching and decided on the Glock 19 for the following reasons:
1. I'm a big guy but my hands are small in relation
2. I wanted something my wife could learn to shoot also
3. My permit allows me to conceal carry so I wanted something that would allow me to do that comfortably
4. Glocks came highly recommended
My class broke down pretty much like this:
- 20 minutes gun safety
- 15 minutes gun anatomy (for lack of better term) both revolvers and pistols
- 20 minutes of how to hold, stand while firing and load
- 20 minutes how to disassemble and clean
- 45 minutes of range time
I thought this was going to be pretty easy but it is a different world than shooting a rifle. We put the target out about 15 feet and while all my shots where in the kill zone and I was patterning well I couldn't blow the bulls eye like I could with a rifle. Give me a 22 at 15 feet and I could probably cut the bulls eye out but I was struggling just to get it in with the Glock.
I can see why they strongly recommend you shoot frequently to develop and maintain the skill. I can put a rifle down for 2 years pick it up and its like riding a bike but I don't see this being like that. It's kinda strange to me how very different it was.