Ok, so I went the shooting range yesterday, never fired a gun before, may have handled one once before, don't remember.
WOW, these fuckers are powerful :lol
Started with the Glock and it surprised me. First of all, it's much heavier than I thought it would be, but it's a good kind of heavy, feels like I have something substantial in my hands. I was given a basic lesson on how to aim with the lines of sight. So I was given an unloaded Glock and clip in the target booth. I put the clip in (struggled for a few seconds, lol), closed the slide thing, lined it up, held on TIGHT and braced myself, and pulled the trigger. BOOM! There's no way to describe what it's like to fire a gun for the first time. I felt scared, excited, surprised, everything. The kickback is pretty strong, but I'm a newbie and I'm sure there are a dozen ways I can improve my grip and posture, but that's for the future. My accuracy was ok, most of my shots hit that typical human target outline. Didn't get any on the X though. It was really cool how the casings fly out in somewhat random directions.
Next gun was a revolver of some kind, this felt even heavier. I had 6 bullets to fire. This one was really cool becasue there's a small fireball around the muzzle whenever I shot, also a bit of smoke. The kickback felt a little stronger. I had to put both my hands on the wooden grip, whenever I fired, I felt it slide a little bit in my right hand.
Last gun was a shotgun with the birdshot (shotgun was all black). This is pretty intimidating to hold, setup, and fire for the first time. I was a little worried that I was doing it wrong and the gun would hit me on the kickback or fly out of my hands like in those videos. Also, putting my face so close to the gun (to aim) made me even more apprehensive. Felt really cool to fire this one. I have a little mark on my body where the butt of the gun is supposed to rest. Also a bruise on the bottom knuckle of my left pointer finger where I was holding the sliding mechanism. I think I held it too far up the slider (close the muzzle).
All in all, it was a good time. I'm really glad to have experienced this. No one should ever criticize or praise guns without having at least fired one first imo. It's like nothing I've ever experienced before. I want to go back sometime and try my hand at it again. Ideally, I like to have a few guns of my own and a small firiring range (indoor or outdoor) and just shoot some makeshift targets. They're pretty damn expensive though so not anytime in the near future.
WOW, these fuckers are powerful :lol
Started with the Glock and it surprised me. First of all, it's much heavier than I thought it would be, but it's a good kind of heavy, feels like I have something substantial in my hands. I was given a basic lesson on how to aim with the lines of sight. So I was given an unloaded Glock and clip in the target booth. I put the clip in (struggled for a few seconds, lol), closed the slide thing, lined it up, held on TIGHT and braced myself, and pulled the trigger. BOOM! There's no way to describe what it's like to fire a gun for the first time. I felt scared, excited, surprised, everything. The kickback is pretty strong, but I'm a newbie and I'm sure there are a dozen ways I can improve my grip and posture, but that's for the future. My accuracy was ok, most of my shots hit that typical human target outline. Didn't get any on the X though. It was really cool how the casings fly out in somewhat random directions.
Next gun was a revolver of some kind, this felt even heavier. I had 6 bullets to fire. This one was really cool becasue there's a small fireball around the muzzle whenever I shot, also a bit of smoke. The kickback felt a little stronger. I had to put both my hands on the wooden grip, whenever I fired, I felt it slide a little bit in my right hand.
Last gun was a shotgun with the birdshot (shotgun was all black). This is pretty intimidating to hold, setup, and fire for the first time. I was a little worried that I was doing it wrong and the gun would hit me on the kickback or fly out of my hands like in those videos. Also, putting my face so close to the gun (to aim) made me even more apprehensive. Felt really cool to fire this one. I have a little mark on my body where the butt of the gun is supposed to rest. Also a bruise on the bottom knuckle of my left pointer finger where I was holding the sliding mechanism. I think I held it too far up the slider (close the muzzle).
All in all, it was a good time. I'm really glad to have experienced this. No one should ever criticize or praise guns without having at least fired one first imo. It's like nothing I've ever experienced before. I want to go back sometime and try my hand at it again. Ideally, I like to have a few guns of my own and a small firiring range (indoor or outdoor) and just shoot some makeshift targets. They're pretty damn expensive though so not anytime in the near future.