Went to the shooting range for the very first time

**sparks19** · 03-16-2008, 12:23 AM

Well We went to a friends 30 acre farm for target shooting today. It was my very first time EVER shooting a gun other than a Bebe or paintball gun.

It was SO much fun. I was terrible with the shotgun and shooting at the clay pigeons. but I was pretty darn good with the .22 rifle if I do say so myself

Pics and vids.....

Me rifle shooting

My very FIRST rifle target

Targets for adjusting the site on the rifle... Brians job lol

Brian with his shotgun

**sparks19** · 03-16-2008, 12:25 AM

Me with a youth shotgun lol my arms are way to short for an adult size hahaha

me with rifle again

Videos
Me with the shotgun

Me with the rifle

Brian with the shotgun

Me with the shotgun

Me again with shotgun

Brian again with shotgun

**DJFyrewolf36** · 03-16-2008, 12:34 AM

Looks like a lot of fun! I was taught gun safety a young age and started competing in target shooting in high school. You did a lot better than me the first time I was out lol

**Pam** · 03-16-2008, 06:26 AM

Cool! My son target shoots and belongs to a gun club. I have sent him this link.

**moosmom** · 03-16-2008, 09:53 AM

Sparks19,

When I was a cop, I used to go every Saturday. I loved the firing range. I miss doing it when I sold my gun.

It was the one hobby after I quit the force that I enjoyed.

**sparks19** · 03-16-2008, 04:18 PM

Glad everyone liked the pics

LOL apparently my husband was just as surprised at how well I did with the rifle (I sucked with the shotgun lol) because when we walked down to the targets to see how I did he points to the ONE target that doesn't have a scratch on it and says "you were shooting at this one right?" LOL and he was dead serious hahahaha. me and the guy we were with just looked at each other and laughed and then he asked Brian if he was being serious lol. I said "do you really have THAT little faith in my shooting that you think I missed the target TEN times lol... NO I was shooting at this one lol you see with all the bullet holes near the bullseye" lmao we teased him about that all day.

He's such a smarty pants.

**Jessika** · 03-16-2008, 04:26 PM

I went shootin for the first time ever also a few weeks back, except I used handguns. I'd never shot anything before in my LIFE so I guess I didn't do too bad at first, we were at 7m I think? There was a strong wind that picked up though so toward the end I started missing nearly every one... but was told it makes you tired too and if you over-concentrate it can make you miss, guess I was just trying too hard haha

It is fun, though, my friend has a rifle he shot with us but since I'd never shot anythin before I figured I'd get familiar with one firearm before doing others. It's kinda scary, too, shooting for the first time because first off it's relatively easy, the shot surprises you, and it's just... really powerful.

**DJFyrewolf36** · 03-16-2008, 05:46 PM

Originally Posted by Jessika

I went shootin for the first time ever also a few weeks back, except I used handguns. I'd never shot anything before in my LIFE so I guess I didn't do too bad at first, we were at 7m I think? There was a strong wind that picked up though so toward the end I started missing nearly every one... but was told it makes you tired too and if you over-concentrate it can make you miss, guess I was just trying too hard haha

It is fun, though, my friend has a rifle he shot with us but since I'd never shot anythin before I figured I'd get familiar with one firearm before doing others. It's kinda scary, too, shooting for the first time because first off it's relatively easy, the shot surprises you, and it's just... really powerful.

My dad has a .45 long barel revolver with a scope...that thing nearly knocked me on my butt the first time I fired it lol. No matter how many times I go out shooting with that thing it always suprises me!

You were a cop Donna?

lol. Somehow that doesn't suprise me

**Medusa** · 03-17-2008, 06:50 AM

I had never even seen a gun let alone handle or shoot one until a few years ago. The guy I was dating then was a marksman and he had a camper on a lake so we went there, into the woods and he taught me how to shoot a .357 Magnum. I must admit, it was fun. I shot soft drink cans as targets and, according to everyone there, I did really well, so I brought one of the cans home w/my bullet holes in them and put it in the window of my house sort of as a security system.

I also shot a .44 but the recoil was too much for me; I didn't feel safe w/it. And I shot a .22 rifle but I didn't like that either; too much gun for little ol' me. I don't have a gun myself, though. I just don't feel confident and to me, that's deadly. You should be sure of what you're doing. Congrats on your shooting and doing it right!