I don't see much at all in those numbers. Mostly because when I went to my CHL class more than a year ago I would have responded to that question with "about 500 rounds".waltherone wrote:He said several times, because people were giving stupid answers like "I've been shooting since I was 10" and such, to tell him how many rounds we'd fired through THE GUN THAT WE HAD THAT DAY, in all the time that we'd had it. Yes, most of them were 250-300 range, and I'd bet a good number of those were just SAYING those numbers because the people before them did. What are the odds EVERYONE in class had fired a megapack of rem. UMC and that was it? Haha, some of them were missing the PAPER on the shooting portion.jbirds1210 wrote:Are those numbers for the month or the entire life of the gun!? Most of the numbers are a shame either way!waltherone wrote:.... the instructor asked each person in the beginning how many rounds they'd put through the guns they had with them today, most were 250-300, a few 500's, then he gets to me, "3000" and I got a couple of staresthen this 1911 fellow said something like 2500, he got the same stares. darn gun nuts!
Now I would have also answered the question "how long have I been around guns at "since I was 14 years old" I have owned guns most of my life and shot and became proficient at every thing from a Brown Bess to an M60. But I never owned a semi-automatic hand gun before. Although I had fired a hanguns varying from an issued 1911 to flintlock horsegun, I decided I wanted a SA pistol. after lots of research and talking it over with folks I respected, I bought myself a new & shiny plastic fun. I knew I wanted carry this thing around with me, but I also knew the laws about carrying these things are tricky and could be dangerous if not well understood. I studied this gun before I ever took it to the range. I studied it foir a couple of weeks, I learned how it operated and what would happen when i pulled the trigger and learned what all the individual parts are do and what their function is.
I went down to my local range, explained to the safety officer that this was the first time I had ever been out with this gun, but what my experiance was. He explained the simple range rules and watched me pretty close. Even gave me a few suggestions on grip. I shot 200 rounds that day. at 15 yards most were in the black.
The next week I asked the safety officer about what range I need practice at to get my CHL He assured me that I was gonna do all right and suggested 7 yards. I blew out the 10 ring a couple of times . then shot 1 mag (15 rounds) at 15 yards.
I went one more time and shot 2 boxes of ammo (100 rnds) The next weekend I took my CHL course
I was not embarrassed to have only shot 500 rnds on my brand new gun. I would have found it embarrassing not to have pursued my CHL If I had put it off for months or years. In fact I'm pretty embarrassed that I didn't buy a gun and get my CHL 11 years ago!!