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 03-26-2010, 03:07 AM | #1 | Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Clifton, Colorado Posts: 1,475 Liked 1 Times on 1 Posts
|  My Dad can't hit the side of a barn.
I don't know what to do. I gave my dad a 380 for Christmas. He finally went to the range with me today. I set up a target at about 20 yards. I put 8 rounds into it from my 1911. I turned to my dad and offered him a chance with his 380. He shot 6 rounds. He missed all 6. He didn't even hit the plywood. I moved it up to 15 yards. 6 more misses. 10 yards, he hit 3 on the plywood. I made him sit down at the range table and use it as a rest. He finally got 6 out of 6 on the plywood at 7 yards. He can shoot a rifle with good accuracy. It's not the gun. I can keep all 6 on the paper at 25 yards.
I'm thinking of buying him a baseball bat next! __________________
Romans 1:16 I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. | 
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| 03-26-2010, 03:10 AM | #2 | Ground Zero Ocean Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Florence, Oregon Posts: 8,463 |
Practice, practice, practice!! More range time will bring that under control, and it gives you time to talk about everything in life that matters.
BTW: Everything matters!!  __________________ Molon Labe!
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| 03-26-2010, 03:11 AM | #3 | Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Yorktown, VA Posts: 1,463 |
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I'm thinking of buying him a baseball bat next!
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Then what would the excuse be? __________________
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Yea, um, Darin...that's in the Double Secret Bunker. :p
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| 03-26-2010, 03:13 AM | #4 | Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Clifton, Colorado Posts: 1,475 Liked 1 Times on 1 Posts
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It's too bad my mom doesn't shoot. I like spending time with her a lot more! __________________
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| 03-26-2010, 03:13 AM | #5 | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Virginia Beach, Virginia Posts: 2,421 |
Move the barn one way or other until he hits it. __________________
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| 03-26-2010, 03:26 AM | #6 | Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Happy Jack, Arizona Posts: 43 |
What 380 did you hand him?
I am an old dude too and don't shoot toy 380's very well either cause they just don't fit my hand. I put too much finger in the trigger guard on those midget guns.
Now my M&P45 is something else.
If he has no experience with pistols it will take a trip or two to become accustomed to them.
Did you let him dry fire a bit to get used to it before loading it up?
Did you offer to let him try the full size gun? __________________
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| 03-26-2010, 01:04 PM | #7 | Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Clifton, Colorado Posts: 1,475 Liked 1 Times on 1 Posts
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Alright, don't laugh but I gave him a Jennings. I am not a fan of Jennings either. But I have had a few good ones over the years. This is one of them. I put 100 rounds through it without a single hicup before I gave it to him. I shoots straight. And it is pretty heavy for its size. He just can't shoot a pistol. He is only 68 years old. But he is not in good health. He could never fight off an attacker. That is why I gave him the gun. He wanted something compact. He lives alone in a trailer park. Not a mobile home park. An actual trailer park with RVs and campers.
I guess it could be his age. I have not shot with him in a couple of years. I do not like his safety practices...or his lack of them. I shoot with my son a lot. But I won't take them together. It's my dad I have to baby sit, not my son. It is hard to try to teach your parent something. They know everything. It's worse than teaching you kids!
Sad though, about 5 years ago he and I used to shoot 22 rifles together. He was able to hit a golfball on the end of a string from probably 30 yards or so with iron sights. He has a Henry lever action. I haven't seen him shoot it in a while. __________________
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| 03-26-2010, 01:14 PM | #8 | Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Clifton, Colorado Posts: 1,475 Liked 1 Times on 1 Posts
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I feel like I should clarify something here. When my son is older I will give him one of my Smith & Wessons or a Ruger. I would not give my son a Jennings. My father is not a member of this forum. That is why I will say this. My father abandoned my sister and I when we were 5 years old. I tracked him down when I was 22. He disapeared again for about 5 years. It was because he was abandoning 2 other kids and his second wife. Law enforcement was much more interested the second time. I have been trying to build a relationship with him for about 15 years now. But, I am not investing a Smith & Wesson into the relationship. Some people here will think I am a fool. But I feel sorry for him in his old age. He is only 68, but to look at him you would think he was 85. He is feeble. He has had a couple of strokes and a heart attack. He uses a cane. __________________
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| 03-26-2010, 03:41 PM | #9 | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 140 |
well, if you really dont like him, give him a glock
i completely see where your coming from. i dont think any less of you for it, amof, i think you have a lot of compassion and tioerance. if it were me, id prob have just told him to foad long ago.
i would only suggest letting him shoot something else. not giving himsomething else,but letting him shoot it. that could help narrow it down to weather its just him, a problem with his form, or whatever. | |
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| 03-27-2010, 01:25 AM | #10 | Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Clifton, Colorado Posts: 1,475 Liked 1 Times on 1 Posts
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well, if you really dont like him, give him a glock
i completely see where your coming from. i dont think any less of you for it, amof, i think you have a lot of compassion and tioerance. if it were me, id prob have just told him to foad long ago.
i would only suggest letting him shoot something else. not giving himsomething else,but letting him shoot it. that could help narrow it down to weather its just him, a problem with his form, or whatever. |
I have dealt with the "FOAD" thoughts for a long time. I still think that some times.
I think I will have him try one of my revolvers. I have several 357s and 38s to choose from. But, he's going to have to buy his own. I am tired of telling him to get his non firing thumb from behind the slide before he breaks it, anyway. But, he is much smarter than myself. I must be wrong about the possible injuries. LOL __________________
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