OT - Moms first shots in 40 yrs

[bsaride]

Mom and I went to the indoor range today. Took all my rimfire stuff, it sat on the counter.
Mom shot a 4 inch 686 with 38 Spcl and a Glock 19 9mm, 50 rounds of each.

38



9mm

[Andrew]

Looks like a good time to me. (smiley face)

[J Miller]

Firsts shots in 40 years??? Looks like she hasn't lost her touch much.

I've been trying to get my wife to go to the range with me. I've tried everything short of hog tying her. It's not that she doesn't like to shoot, she just doesn't like the indoor ranges. I'm gonna try again tomorrow.

Joe

[TedH]

Looks like Mamma does well.

[Ysabel Kid]

"Mom" as in your mother, or the mother of your children? Either way, she done good. Congratulations!

[Gryphon Black]

Watched my mom pick a walnut out of a tree in the yard with her .380 one afternoon. It ain't a big 'un, but she can put it where it counts if you start trouble on her porch.
Here's to moms and thier guns!!!

Gryphon

[bsaride]

Mom as in my 68 yo mother to me and my brother, who shot a 41 mag of my dads back in the 60s.
Around the holidays I remember seeing pics of her in her hair, dress (right out of the movies, lol)
doin her best Dirty Harry pose.

She liked the revolver better, said she was closing her eyes with all the things happening with the pistol.
So now I need to try to find a 357 DA revolver that fits her better. She shot an S&W L frame at the range,
had trouble cocking the hammer. So I'm thinking a J frame with proper grips, maybe a GP or SP Ruger, etc.
Any reccomendations?

[J Miller]

Mom as in my 68 yo mother to me and my brother, who shot a 41 mag of my dads back in the 60s.
Around the holidays I remember seeing pics of her in her hair, dress (right out of the movies, lol)
doin her best Dirty Harry pose.

She liked the revolver better, said she was closing her eyes with all the things happening with the pistol.
So now I need to try to find a 357 DA revolver that fits her better. She shot an S&W L frame at the range,
had trouble cocking the hammer. So I'm thinking a J frame with proper grips, maybe a GP or SP Ruger, etc.
Any reccomendations?

Some years ago, well over 30 now when my mom and lived out in the desert north of Phoenix we were sitting on the front porch of our trailer house shooting cans and bottles with a .22 rifle. I sat one bottle up with the label facing us and handed mom the rifle. Bang! The bottle just sat there. I laughed and said: "Ha Ha, you missed"! She replied that she had hit it and that I should go look at it. I did and mom had center punched the label. The bottle was shattered completely, the only thing holding it together was the paper label. I never picked on moms shooting after that.

As for your mom and a revolver I'd look for an older 4" K frame, a mdl 19 or 66, or an early Ruger Security Six. Then have her practice with it. The smaller J frame or SP guns when used with standard and heavier loads, especially .357s, can have some horrible recoil. A standard sized gun of her own, polished and tuned as needed and practice is what I'd recommend.

Joe

[bsaride]

As for your mom and a revolver I'd look for an older 4" K frame, a mdl 19 or 66, or an early Ruger Security Six. Then have her practice with it. The smaller J frame or SP guns when used with standard and heavier loads, especially .357s, can have some horrible recoil. A standard sized gun of her own, polished and tuned as needed and practice is what I'd recommend.

Joe

Is there a date when they increased grip frame size?

[greasy dan]

If I could only get my Wife to go... Great Job..!!!!!!!

[J Miller]

As for your mom and a revolver I'd look for an older 4" K frame, a mdl 19 or 66, or an early Ruger Security Six. Then have her practice with it. The smaller J frame or SP guns when used with standard and heavier loads, especially .357s, can have some horrible recoil. A standard sized gun of her own, polished and tuned as needed and practice is what I'd recommend.

Joe

Is there a date when they increased grip frame size?

The K frames, formerly the Military & Police have had the same grip frame size from 1899 to date. There has been round but and some other variations, but basically it's the same size. The L frame Smiths share a common grip frame size with the K frames.
There are so many variations of grips that fit the K frames it's amazing and confusing.
The Ruger Security Sixes have a similar sized grip frame, and also came in a few variations.

Joe

[awp101]

You didn't state the range but I gar-on-tee I won't be standing in front of her if she's mad!

Perfectly acceptable combat size grouping IMO.*thumbs up*

[bsaride]

You didn't state the range but I gar-on-tee I won't be standing in front of her if she's mad!

Perfectly acceptable combat size grouping IMO.*thumbs up*

Sorry about that, I did post the distance the first time I tried to repost, site crashed on me and I forgot to include it

15 feet

[morgan in nm]

My mom absolutely loves the 44mag. I don't remember a time in my life that she hasn't owned one or two. Her old favorite is the SBH. Several years ago, she fell in love with one of those Vaquero Bisleys in 44mag and traded her SBH for it. She is very good with it too. I wouldn't be within a half a mile of her if she was mad at me. About 3 years ago she actually had to use it when a stray dog dug its way into our chicken house and began slaughtering hens. It took 3 according to her(dog was down after the first but she was very angry). The darn critter ended up killing 10 hens right off and another 5 had to be put down.

Sorry to ramble. Good shooting.