I was going to post a range report, but basically I just was messing around today. Took my wife and she shot the GP100 for the first time. A couple cylinders and that was all she needed, but she hit the paper every time and I'm proud of her for not getting spooked by the recoil. The taret below is just me, mix of .38 and .357, some single action, some double. At this range you can't get your targets till the next cease fire, so that's why I don't have it broken down in any more detail.
BUT, I could not believe what I witnessed today. And my wife saw it too and, even as a beginner, was flabergasted. Woman to my left was shooting some kind of S&W .38, bobbed hammer, small frame. Definitely designed to carry. Which is shocking if she intends to do so, because she had a round not go off. She then proceded to look at the gun from the profile, meaning she's pointing the gun DIRECTLY TO HER LEFT, where there is a guy who I think was with her, but was not paying a lot of attention to her. He was busy wearing gloves and drawing and shooting entire magazines into life-sized Osama bin Laden full body targets. But while she called him over to help her figure out why the gun didn't go bang, she studied the gun further by TURNING IT TOWARD HER FACE AND LOOKING DOWN THE BARREL!
I am not kidding. It is the single most stupid and irresponsible act I've ever seen, and I've seen more than my share. I was this close to diving for cover myself, when the guy finally came over to look at the gun while pointed downrange. She shot a couple more shots, even had a range officer came over and fired a few, and soon she was gone.
I know I should have said or done something, but her companion got involved, then the range officer was involved (though he didn't witness what I witnessed). But soon enough she was gone and I could focus on what I was trying to do.
Terrifying, particularly if she's 'practicing' with a small frame gun for carrying purposes.
BUT, I could not believe what I witnessed today. And my wife saw it too and, even as a beginner, was flabergasted. Woman to my left was shooting some kind of S&W .38, bobbed hammer, small frame. Definitely designed to carry. Which is shocking if she intends to do so, because she had a round not go off. She then proceded to look at the gun from the profile, meaning she's pointing the gun DIRECTLY TO HER LEFT, where there is a guy who I think was with her, but was not paying a lot of attention to her. He was busy wearing gloves and drawing and shooting entire magazines into life-sized Osama bin Laden full body targets. But while she called him over to help her figure out why the gun didn't go bang, she studied the gun further by TURNING IT TOWARD HER FACE AND LOOKING DOWN THE BARREL!
I am not kidding. It is the single most stupid and irresponsible act I've ever seen, and I've seen more than my share. I was this close to diving for cover myself, when the guy finally came over to look at the gun while pointed downrange. She shot a couple more shots, even had a range officer came over and fired a few, and soon she was gone.
I know I should have said or done something, but her companion got involved, then the range officer was involved (though he didn't witness what I witnessed). But soon enough she was gone and I could focus on what I was trying to do.
Terrifying, particularly if she's 'practicing' with a small frame gun for carrying purposes.
