dennishoddy
Moderator
I've had a ton of unusual/different range days that it's hard to count.
I was range VP for three years and President of the 300 member club for 4 years before giving it up to travel after retirement.
We did 5 years of Women on Target programs where women that had little to no firearm experience would come to the range to learn using the instructors firearms.
Basic .22 semi automatic and revolvers. That was my station. They learned proper safety, handling, sight picture, grip, and finally shooting at a target. Every age group from teen to 90 yrs old.
Next station was center fire pistols. The next station was center fire rifles. The AR platform being the rifle. Next station was shotguns on clay targets.
The final station was they got to touch off one round from a Barrette .50 BMG rifle.
Outside the range, assisted the Oklahoma Wildlife Department conducting classes once again for women that had their own pistols, wanting to advance their skills and hopefully kill some bad habits they had acquired.
Saw some good natural shooters and saw a lot of bad advice others had been given to make them poor shooters that was worked on to correct.
One of the techniques was to bring the ladies that were afraid of the gun to the line, telling them to pause for a bit and in their mind, put an image of an old boyfriend or ex that did them wrong, and superimpose that image on the target.
Without fail, the group sizes would become half the size because they got focus and concentration to keep the sights on the target vs being scared of the recoil and report.
There are many more unusual days at the range but I've rambled long enough. Lol.
I was range VP for three years and President of the 300 member club for 4 years before giving it up to travel after retirement.
We did 5 years of Women on Target programs where women that had little to no firearm experience would come to the range to learn using the instructors firearms.
Basic .22 semi automatic and revolvers. That was my station. They learned proper safety, handling, sight picture, grip, and finally shooting at a target. Every age group from teen to 90 yrs old.
Next station was center fire pistols. The next station was center fire rifles. The AR platform being the rifle. Next station was shotguns on clay targets.
The final station was they got to touch off one round from a Barrette .50 BMG rifle.
Outside the range, assisted the Oklahoma Wildlife Department conducting classes once again for women that had their own pistols, wanting to advance their skills and hopefully kill some bad habits they had acquired.
Saw some good natural shooters and saw a lot of bad advice others had been given to make them poor shooters that was worked on to correct.
One of the techniques was to bring the ladies that were afraid of the gun to the line, telling them to pause for a bit and in their mind, put an image of an old boyfriend or ex that did them wrong, and superimpose that image on the target.
Without fail, the group sizes would become half the size because they got focus and concentration to keep the sights on the target vs being scared of the recoil and report.
There are many more unusual days at the range but I've rambled long enough. Lol.
