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AndyC wrote:First rifle I built in this country, my FN-FAL, I might not be unique in this, but.... I held it wayyyyy off to one side before touching off the one and only round in the gun - squeezed my eyes tight shut (I might have offered up a small prayer, too), turtled my neck in and pulled the trigger.

I was kind of astonished that it worked - much like one's first handload or self-packed parachute. A confidence-booster for sure

About like the muzzle loader I built around 1972. One of the things often spoken of was American barrels were not proofed for Muzzys. So I read up on it some more and found out that proof for it was 3 times max load. Max load for a 36 cal muzzy is over 120 granes of fffg powder. I decided that I would never shoot a load with 300 grains fffg and 2 ball. I loaded 300 grains of fffg with a long fuse out of the cap nipple whole and shoved 2 patched balls down on top. I then took the barrel and strapped it to a tractor tire for stability and pointed it at a 6 inch pine tree. I lit that 3 ft fuse and got plenty of space and trees between myself and the barrel. It went boom and I looked. The tire had spun around and turned over. The tree that it was originally pointed at had a hole clear through it. Upon examining the barrel there was nothing wrong with it, I even took it down to a machine shop and had it magnefluxed to check for cracks. The barrel alone weighs as much as my Remington 30.06. The muzzy will shoot a 3 inch group at 100 yards.

sbrawley wrote:

MeMelYup wrote:You indicated you have several children, the oldest 11. Find a firearms instructor to teach all of them, including your wife, basic firearms safety. Then start taking them all to the range, or you can start them off with airsoft. Make Shute if you use airsoft they treat it the same as a regular firearm. Habits learned with toys or models will roll over when using the real thing. Her comfort level should greatly increase. You could do the teaching yourself, but a firearms instructor teaching may be easier for her to accept.

I have heard that wives are more acceptable when an actual instructor teaches them

An instructor would be correcting an inconsistency where you (husband) would be criticizing.

You indicated you have several children, the oldest 11. Find a firearms instructor to teach all of them, including your wife, basic firearms safety. Then start taking them all to the range, or you can start them off with airsoft. Make Shute if you use airsoft they treat it the same as a regular firearm. Habits learned with toys or models will roll over when using the real thing. Her comfort level should greatly increase. You could do the teaching yourself, but a firearms instructor teaching may be easier for her to accept.