Girls and guns

[IXLR8]

My fiancee Liz is going to teach me to shoot. She taught her 3 kids, 2 boys 1 girl, to shoot and to strip/gut/dress a deer as well. I believe she started teaching them when each turned 10. She taught them well enough that using a pistol, the boys can hit a nickle if you throw it in the air, the girl can hit a quarter. Liz has 3 rifles and 4 hand guns... I have no idea what they are but I am sure I will be learning soon. I remember her mentioning a .22 pistol, a .357 pistol and a 30-06, I don't know what else she has. I haven't seen any of them as she has hidden around the house. She won't tell me where they are until gun safety is ingrained in me, not something I have to think about. I have a .22 pellet rifle that I am dialing in the sights and learning the basics. She is HAMMERING me on safety issues/procedures, which I thank her for. I tend to pick up bad habits way to easy, so I appreciate her relentlessly drilling safety into me.

 

[RobertN]

Did you set up your own high house/low house? Would love to see pictures! I wish I had started shooting skeet years ago; it is so much fun! I shoot at local range; I do not have room for high/low house and the layout for all 8 shoot stations.

We're heading to our property tomorrow morning for a week, she'll be shooting skeet and my new .17HMR,

 

[Luke'sScreenName]

Did you set up your own high house/low house? Would love to see pictures! I wish I had started shooting skeet years ago; it is so much fun! I shoot at local range; I do not have room for high/low house and the layout for all 8 shoot stations.

Switch to a real man's game like trap! Lol

 

[MAN IN BLACK]

Well, please don't lump us all in! I have guns and would love to have the option to carry. Sadly, it will never happen here.

And it is very good like that !

 

[4570Man]

Switch to a real man's game like trap! Lol

If you want a real mans game switch to bunker, aka international trap. Skeet is harder than American trap.

 

[4570Man]

My fiancee Liz is going to teach me to shoot. She taught her 3 kids, 2 boys 1 girl, to shoot and to strip/gut/dress a deer as well. I believe she started teaching them when each turned 10. She taught them well enough that using a pistol, the boys can hit a nickle if you throw it in the air, the girl can hit a quarter. Liz has 3 rifles and 4 hand guns... I have no idea what they are but I am sure I will be learning soon. I remember her mentioning a .22 pistol, a .357 pistol and a 30-06, I don't know what else she has. I haven't seen any of them as she has hidden around the house. She won't tell me where they are until gun safety is ingrained in me, not something I have to think about. I have a .22 pellet rifle that I am dialing in the sights and learning the basics. She is HAMMERING me on safety issues/procedures, which I thank her for. I tend to pick up bad habits way to easy, so I appreciate her relentlessly drilling safety into me.

Hitting a nickel throw in the air? I'd have to see that to believe it unless using a judge or governor loaded with bird shot. Even that would be impressive.

 

[Luke'sScreenName]

Agreed, international is harder. But strongly diagree about trap vs skeet. Skeet is harder at first for the novice trying to hit say 80%. But at real competition trap has much lower kill percentages. In other words, it's RELATIVELY easy to kill 400 straight in skeet compared to trap.

 

[4570Man]

Agreed, international is harder. But strongly diagree about trap vs skeet. Skeet is harder at first for the novice trying to hit say 80%. But at real competition trap has much lower kill percentages. In other words, it's RELATIVELY easy to kill 400 straight in skeet compared to trap.

Not at the competitions I have been to. Trap is almost always won with 200/200.

 

[Luke'sScreenName]

And skeet isn't usually 100x4? Silly argument anyway. I actually enjoy skeet more, nicer competitors. Trap guys don't talk! Of course all IMO. Cheers!

 

[4570Man]

At Trap almost everyone uses a 12 gauge. When you get tired of breaking 400/400 at skeet it's time to drag out the 410. Sporting clays is my favorite.