Comments on: First shooter advice http://www.saysuncle.com/2005/01/19/first_shooter_advice/ Remember, I do this to entertain me... not you. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:11:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: sheepdog.blog-city.com http://www.saysuncle.com/2005/01/19/first_shooter_advice/comment-page-1/#comment-12160 sheepdog.blog-city.com Thu, 20 Jan 2005 07:04:47 +0000 /?p=4647#comment-12160 <strong>Where to start? 22 LR or 45 ACP</strong> Say Uncle has some questions on starting shooters:I have long contended that you don?t teach a new shooter to shoot with a 22 or other small caliber. The reason for that is that if you shoot a small caliber, the recoil is almost non-existent and th Where to start? 22 LR or 45 ACP
Say Uncle has some questions on starting shooters:I have long contended that you don?t teach a new shooter to shoot with a 22 or other small caliber. The reason for that is that if you shoot a small caliber, the recoil is almost non-existent and th

]]> By: Zendo Deb http://www.saysuncle.com/2005/01/19/first_shooter_advice/comment-page-1/#comment-12153 Zendo Deb Wed, 19 Jan 2005 18:41:09 +0000 /?p=4647#comment-12153 That depends. Most of the people I have introduced to guns have been scared to death. (The types who would never shoot gun/handle a gun/have lunch with anybody who owned a gun.) Some were very surprised I was an NRA instructor, as the media paints a fairly unflattering picture of gun owners. In an hour session at a local range. I would usually have them shoot a .22, a .380, a 9mm, a .357 - loaded with 38 special and then with .357 magnum.... Working my way up the recoil curve. Most find the .357 too much on the first go, but that is a point I make. Find something you are comfortable with (I wasn't comfortable with .357 magnum at first either as far as that goes.) No, I don't like .45 After shooting 10 or 20 rounds through a .22, they decide that the gun isn't going to leap out their hands of its own accord. Then a few rounds through the other firearms. Alas, I no longer live in Cincinnati, so I can't borrow all of those calibers from friends... That depends. Most of the people I have introduced to guns have been scared to death. (The types who would never shoot gun/handle a gun/have lunch with anybody who owned a gun.) Some were very surprised I was an NRA instructor, as the media paints a fairly unflattering picture of gun owners.

In an hour session at a local range. I would usually have them shoot a .22, a .380, a 9mm, a .357 – loaded with 38 special and then with .357 magnum…. Working my way up the recoil curve. Most find the .357 too much on the first go, but that is a point I make. Find something you are comfortable with (I wasn’t comfortable with .357 magnum at first either as far as that goes.) No, I don’t like .45

After shooting 10 or 20 rounds through a .22, they decide that the gun isn’t going to leap out their hands of its own accord. Then a few rounds through the other firearms. Alas, I no longer live in Cincinnati, so I can’t borrow all of those calibers from friends…

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