Could always take the stock off and spray paint it brown or whatever you want.Soccerdad1995 wrote:My daughter was 9 when she first shot a handgun. I gave her my Glock 19 (similar recoil to a full size 1911 in .45), but I only loaded one round in the mag until I was confident that she could handle the gun. This was specifically to prevent any issues with her dropping the gun or letting the recoil move it away from a down range orientation. Her first rifle was a .22 Cricket single shot that is still in my safe. She had to read the manual and pass a verbal test by me on the guns operation and gun safety before she got to take it to the range. I would pass that one on to her little brother (who is soon to be 8), except for the fact that it is pink. Guess I will have to pony up $100 or so for a brown one.parabelum wrote:Saw a guy giving his what looked like 10-11 year old daughter 1911 to shoot, nothing wrong with that if done SAFELY!, but she had her finger on the trigger prematurely and dropped the gun after she fired.
The point is to set a new shooter up for success, or at least safety, as much as possible. This is especially true if they are a kid. And doubly so if they are a boy (sorry, I know I'm stereotyping, but boys just seem a lot less calm than girls of the same age).
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- Wed Apr 20, 2016 7:19 pm
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- Sun Apr 17, 2016 2:39 pm
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I watched one guy shoot the target holder at 3 yards, and I saw two other guys miss 17 rounds between them. Now admittedly the guy that hit the target holder didn't qualify, but the other two managed to still get enough points. Since the level 3 security (commissioned security, aka armed security) shoot the same thing CHL does.Excaliber wrote:The instructor who ran the range for one of my recent commissioned security officer renewal classes not only wore a vest, but bluntly stated that he had been swept so many times by ignorant students that he would shoot any student who pointed a gun at him because he planned to go home again that night.
I wouldn't take his job for a million bucks. The level of firearms incompetence among commissioned security officers is horrifying. That's not universal of course because there are some very competent folks in that group, but they are a small minority. Those who literally don't know how to operate their weapons or have weapons that don't work even if they did know how to operate them are common.
BTW, after getting a look at what goes on there, I also wear a ballistic vest when I attend the renewal qualifications.