Shoot Straight

I grew up around guns...my grandfather, uncle, father, and brother hunted...my grandparents lived in the Everglades on a million acres of woods.  We had airboats, a full-track buggy, a small airplane, Ford trucks complete with gun racks and rebel flags with red bone hound dogs, blue ticks, and beagles in the beds of the trucks...my father had a hunting cabin out in the middle of the Everglades only accessible by the airboat, plane or the full track.  If you're thinking rednecks, you would be correct...that was my family with the exception of me, my sister and my mother :)

So today I did something I have never done in my life...I went to a gun range, all by myself.  

A friend gave me a nice *little* revolver about 6 years ago...if you ever read this, my friend, thank you...

I've never shot it until today...WOW what an experience...



Smith & Wesson 357 Magnum

my instructor was awesome...he was very knowledgeable, very patient, very thorough...he spent a long time explaining every little detail of the gun, the ammo, loading, unloading, how to hold it, how to stand, he fired it twice and then it was my turn...here's my first 6 rounds...not too bad...

As soon as I fired the sixth bullet, I was ready to leave...my legs were shaking and I was shocked at what I was doing...it was a strange but an exhilerating feeling...so I stayed and fired another six rounds...and look, I got a lot better...my instructor was quite impressed!

I had wanted to do some agility training this morning but we got rained out so Shoot Straight is where I ended up...it was an amazing experience.  I plan to take a class and will continue to go and practice...now to fit that in to my workouts, zumba classes, dog training and showing schedule :))))