The day I came back from my first trip she said she wanted to go. So we just kinda went on her first day off (today). It was kinda funny watching her get all nervous and what not last night. Just like I was before I went the first time. I was gonna have her rent a gun of a smaller caliber because she has weak wrists, but decided to just have her use mine.
She did pretty good, very good considering she'd never shot a gun before today. Had a few kinks. She got a stovepipe jam and think she kinda got nervous not know what to do, I stood behind her the entire time and stepped up when I noticed what was going on. She also has a real problem pulling the slide back. I know she CAN do it because I taught her about the gun when I first got it and showed her how it worked and all. But I guess trying to do it with the gun pointed down range rather than at the ground or however feels natural poses a problem for her.
She was afraid of getting hit the face by the gun because of the recoil, I told her just make sure to hold it good and firm until she gets a feel for the recoil. She said it wasn't as bad as she thought it was going to be. No forehead smacks lol.
She's not too bad of a shot, either. She's all grins now and keeps saying "best day ever". We both went through a box of ammo each. I then tried to go through what I have left of the cheap Walmart (Perfecta) ammo I bought that I keep getting jams with. Started hitting the same issues the minute we switched from the Aguila ammo to the Perfecta. She'd decided she had enough when it started happening just like it did for me the last time I went.
I managed to get through about 40 or so rounds of it before I'd decided I had enough too. I was having to load them one at a time. When it happens you can kinda just pull the slide back a bit (1/4 inch) half the time and it will finally load right but not always. That method doesn't seem to work if there's another round in the mag though, so that's why I was having to do them just one at a time. I tried cleaning up the barrel a bit and oiling it to see if that would solve the problem and it didn't. I'm thoroughly convinced it's just the ammo. Even now with the Winchester I keep for protection will rack through an entire magazine just fine, gun hasn't even been cleaned yet. I try to go through one round of the Perfecta, same issue over and over.
She did pretty good, very good considering she'd never shot a gun before today. Had a few kinks. She got a stovepipe jam and think she kinda got nervous not know what to do, I stood behind her the entire time and stepped up when I noticed what was going on. She also has a real problem pulling the slide back. I know she CAN do it because I taught her about the gun when I first got it and showed her how it worked and all. But I guess trying to do it with the gun pointed down range rather than at the ground or however feels natural poses a problem for her.
She was afraid of getting hit the face by the gun because of the recoil, I told her just make sure to hold it good and firm until she gets a feel for the recoil. She said it wasn't as bad as she thought it was going to be. No forehead smacks lol.
She's not too bad of a shot, either. She's all grins now and keeps saying "best day ever". We both went through a box of ammo each. I then tried to go through what I have left of the cheap Walmart (Perfecta) ammo I bought that I keep getting jams with. Started hitting the same issues the minute we switched from the Aguila ammo to the Perfecta. She'd decided she had enough when it started happening just like it did for me the last time I went.
I managed to get through about 40 or so rounds of it before I'd decided I had enough too. I was having to load them one at a time. When it happens you can kinda just pull the slide back a bit (1/4 inch) half the time and it will finally load right but not always. That method doesn't seem to work if there's another round in the mag though, so that's why I was having to do them just one at a time. I tried cleaning up the barrel a bit and oiling it to see if that would solve the problem and it didn't. I'm thoroughly convinced it's just the ammo. Even now with the Winchester I keep for protection will rack through an entire magazine just fine, gun hasn't even been cleaned yet. I try to go through one round of the Perfecta, same issue over and over.
