New Shooter
Reader Shane emails:
I took the NRA handgun course today, had a lot of fun too! Last time I fired a handgun was in 1993 (a 1911 back when I was in the Navy). After I left school at Madison, WI and moved to the Seattle area, I decided to get a handgun for personal and home defense, as well as to carry when I go mountain hiking and backpacking. So today I fired a 1911, a Sig Sauer 226, a .38 revolver, and a Glock 19, did pretty good too (nice tight groupings for the most part). I did the best with the 1911 and the Sig, both fit my hand real well and I did not have any trouble keeping my aim. I eventually wound up purchasing a S&W M&P .45. It also fit my hand real well and the range gun was a nice shooter. I know a .45 is considered by some to be a bit much, but I want something that can take hollow point (to minimize wall penetration should I miss) and drop a bear if I find myself facing one someday in the wilderness.
I have to wait a week before I can pick it up, but that is OK as my wife wants to gun safe to arrive first (I got a gunvault, www.gunvault.com). I’ll also be stopping by the Sheriff this week to put in my application for my Concealed Carry Permit.
The instructor for my NRA course also teaches an advanced course in pistol shooting (shooting offhand, kneeling, prone, from cover, etc) and home defense (how to deter a home invader by making your home unattractive, and how to stop an intruder should they choose to come in). Gonna have to ask him when he plans on offering that again.
Anyway, maybe I’m not part of the “Triangle of Death”, but certainly one of the People of the Gun.
Excellent.
