A Day at the Shooting Range

So...yesterday, February 11, some of the staff took eight of us girls to the shooting range. It was so much fun! Four of the girls had never shot before and were anxious to do it for the first time. We headed out with Scott, Jared, Kenton, and Jen (the girls RA). After a quick class on gun safety, how to hold a gun, and how to aim a gun, we headed out onto the range.

Here are some pictures.

This picture, taken from the handgun range, shows the building, on the right, where the riflery range is.
Like I said, there were eight of us, this is (from left to right) Micaela, Analea, Natalie, and Kaitlyn.

Christina and Lish

Me and Lesley

Kenton (Men's RA) giving me some last minute instructions on shooting that particular pistol.

Waiting for my turn on the next gun. I was so cold my fingers were going numb! At this point, I was trying to warm up my ears.

We all got to shoot 3 .22 pistols (one semi automatic and two revolvers), a 9 mil., a .357 revolver, and a .45 glock. I think the .45 was my favorite.

My favorite target was one that was modeled after a hostage situation. Basically what you had to do was hit the little round target (the head) that was poking out from behind a bigger human shaped target. When you did, the head would swing around and fill a hole in the middle of the human target. You would then shoot it again to make it seing back to its original position. I had so much fun with that one! I would make the head swing back and forth until I ran out of ammo.

After we worked our way through the handguns, the guys brought out the rifles and the big guns. We had two different .22 rifles (one that was bolt action and one with a banana clip holding thirty rounds) and an AR 15.

This is Jared (cook/handyman) demonstrating how to shoot the AR 15.

I must say that the AR 15 was my favorite. We were shooting targets at 200, 300, and 400 yards away! We even got out the spotting scope so we could help out those who were shooting. It was so fullfilling to hear that metalic "ting" when the bullet impacted the target! I'm sure if the chance ever comes around again, I will be one of the first to sign up.