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Been married 32 years and had never been able to interest my wife in shooting. She was always afraid of guns. By accident, my wife came with me to a friends gathering of "Class 3" collectors. For those that don't know Class 3 is LEGAL MACHINE GUNS. She shot everything from a water cooled Browning, to a Lewis gun, to a Thompson and, several others. She had a ball with full auto. At that same shoot my buddy asked my wife if she would like to shoot his 9mm CZ pistol. She had never shot a pistol before. He takes her to a corner of the range that had several steel targets set up at 10 to 30 yards. He gave her basic instruction and every time she pulled the trigger, she "pinged" a steel plate. EVERY TIME!!!!
About 4 months later we were sitting at the dinner table and my son and I were discussing the coming IDPA match that we shoot. My wife jumped in and commented that "Shooting that pistol and hearing those pings was instant gratification and a lot of fun!" This gets me thinking.
Now those of us that are married know that wives seldom respond well to a husbands instruction. Knowing my wife, I knew she would respond much better to another instructor. Preferably a woman. I searched on line and found this:
And that website led me to:
To make a long story short. I conned my wife into going to the WOMAN ONLY Action Shooting camp. She didn't want to go alone so I asked our next door neighbor and his wife jumped at the opportunity. We drove to Tucson, I dropped the ladies off and picked them up 3 1/2 days later. There were about 45 ladies aged from 24 to about 70+. They shared rooms (NICE Condos!!!) and all food was provided. It was a "Camp" ONLY for woman. This is sponsored by S&W and 9mm M&P pistols were provided. The class is taught by numerous woman Champions; Kay Mikulec, Lisa Munson, Julie Golob and, many others.
My wife is now a dedicated shooter and we compete in local IDPA and an USPSA Steel Matches.
She finished by saying, "I think it is really neet that a woman my age (57) can find and enjoy a new outdoor sport I can participate in with my family"
Note: There are 5 of us. Two girls age 29 and 24. One boy age 22. We all shoot local pistol matches.
In closing, the course cost me about $500 and was well worth it!!
About 4 months later we were sitting at the dinner table and my son and I were discussing the coming IDPA match that we shoot. My wife jumped in and commented that "Shooting that pistol and hearing those pings was instant gratification and a lot of fun!" This gets me thinking.
Now those of us that are married know that wives seldom respond well to a husbands instruction. Knowing my wife, I knew she would respond much better to another instructor. Preferably a woman. I searched on line and found this:
And that website led me to:
To make a long story short. I conned my wife into going to the WOMAN ONLY Action Shooting camp. She didn't want to go alone so I asked our next door neighbor and his wife jumped at the opportunity. We drove to Tucson, I dropped the ladies off and picked them up 3 1/2 days later. There were about 45 ladies aged from 24 to about 70+. They shared rooms (NICE Condos!!!) and all food was provided. It was a "Camp" ONLY for woman. This is sponsored by S&W and 9mm M&P pistols were provided. The class is taught by numerous woman Champions; Kay Mikulec, Lisa Munson, Julie Golob and, many others.
My wife is now a dedicated shooter and we compete in local IDPA and an USPSA Steel Matches.
She finished by saying, "I think it is really neet that a woman my age (57) can find and enjoy a new outdoor sport I can participate in with my family"
Note: There are 5 of us. Two girls age 29 and 24. One boy age 22. We all shoot local pistol matches.
In closing, the course cost me about $500 and was well worth it!!
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