One of the guys I work with is a pretty accomplished marksman and invited me(and my wife who has always wanted to shoot as well) to his Shooting Club to try it out. Seeing as how it's something I have always wanted to try, we met up last night at his Club and did some work.
I must first explain that this is one of the only Clubs in Germany that allows newbs to immediately begin shooting anything other than Air pistols. Usually, one must shoot an air-powered pistol for about a year, then if they like you, they allow you to move to a conventional .22 for another year. Then after that maybe they will let you join and shoot larger calibers.
I had already been reading up a bit on shooting and had an idea of what I wanted to try out. I rented a (shooting-range bitch)Glock 17 gen 3(9mm). He brought out a 9mm HK pistol also, but I didn't like the way it fit in my hand, I had to try to hard to hold it properly. We grabbed (2) boxes of 50 and we headed out. After a short safety briefing, we got started. It didn't have the huge kick I thought it would, but then again I didn't know what to expect. All sheets are from 10m back. We did (4) sets of 5 shots, here's the first sheet:
The (5) large shots are .44 Magnum
. The guys next to us saw that it was my first time and that I was American and said, "Hey, you wanna shoot my .44?" I said yes and he loaded the cylinder. The one in the middle was my first shot, 'Damn, nice kick" was my first thought. His jaw dropped as I shot the other (4) more accurately than he had earlier.
2nd sheet:
20 with the Glock, and (5) with my buddy's Colt .45 APC. It's modded heavily for target shooting with a very nice trigger, light and nearly no travel vs the Glock which was easily 1/2".
3rd Sheet:
Finally really getting the hand of it. The 3 middle shots were spread between the 4 magazines.
^^^Those account for 60 shots, my Wife did the other 40.
Her first sheet:
There are also a few with the Colt .45 mixed in there also.
And the 2nd:
Then for the finally, he grabbed the S&W 500 5-shot revolver with 2.5" Barrel and bought one shot for it. I stood on the side of him about 1m away, the shock was pretty good. He likes to shoot that thing one-handed for fun.
So all-in-all I enjoyed it very much and plan to go again in 2 weeks when I don't have to work late-shift.
I must first explain that this is one of the only Clubs in Germany that allows newbs to immediately begin shooting anything other than Air pistols. Usually, one must shoot an air-powered pistol for about a year, then if they like you, they allow you to move to a conventional .22 for another year. Then after that maybe they will let you join and shoot larger calibers.
I had already been reading up a bit on shooting and had an idea of what I wanted to try out. I rented a (shooting-range bitch)Glock 17 gen 3(9mm). He brought out a 9mm HK pistol also, but I didn't like the way it fit in my hand, I had to try to hard to hold it properly. We grabbed (2) boxes of 50 and we headed out. After a short safety briefing, we got started. It didn't have the huge kick I thought it would, but then again I didn't know what to expect. All sheets are from 10m back. We did (4) sets of 5 shots, here's the first sheet:
The (5) large shots are .44 Magnum
. The guys next to us saw that it was my first time and that I was American and said, "Hey, you wanna shoot my .44?" I said yes and he loaded the cylinder. The one in the middle was my first shot, 'Damn, nice kick" was my first thought. His jaw dropped as I shot the other (4) more accurately than he had earlier.2nd sheet:
20 with the Glock, and (5) with my buddy's Colt .45 APC. It's modded heavily for target shooting with a very nice trigger, light and nearly no travel vs the Glock which was easily 1/2".
3rd Sheet:
Finally really getting the hand of it. The 3 middle shots were spread between the 4 magazines.
^^^Those account for 60 shots, my Wife did the other 40.
Her first sheet:
There are also a few with the Colt .45 mixed in there also.
And the 2nd:
Then for the finally, he grabbed the S&W 500 5-shot revolver with 2.5" Barrel and bought one shot for it. I stood on the side of him about 1m away, the shock was pretty good. He likes to shoot that thing one-handed for fun.
So all-in-all I enjoyed it very much and plan to go again in 2 weeks when I don't have to work late-shift.
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