Austin area women only shoot?

j1132s · #1

I'm wondering if there's anybody organizing somthing like
what PSC has (guns and roses?) near Austin. It'd be great
to have an informal beginner class/shoot for women only
here in Austin.

Please let me know if there's something in Austin.
Thanks.

j1132s · #2

Anyone?

From the view count, it seems some people must be interested. So I take it there's nothing like it in Austin?

Red's has a lady's night on Mondays, but I've been avoiding that day because it gets crowded. However, this isn't what I'm looking for. Maybe on the next Austin get together, we can do something?

seamusTX · #3

Check this out: http://www.krtraining.com/temp/Clinic%2 ... cement.doc. If it's not what you're looking for, you might still be able to get in touch with other women who share your interests.

(I don't live in Austin and would not by mistaken for a woman on my best day.

)

- Jim

j1132s · #4

seamusTX wrote:Check this out: http://www.krtraining.com/temp/Clinic%2 ... cement.doc. If it's not what you're looking for, you might still be able to get in touch with other women who share your interests.

(I don't live in Austin and would not by mistaken for a woman on my best day. )

- Jim

Thanks for the link.

And for others who are holding off on replying... I don't need you to be a woman to reply :)

I'm looking for something for my wife; she wants to attend a match w/ me. That's good. But the bad part is she just wants to watch. :(

What I think can work is if I get her shooting confidence up, she'll likely decide to participate in the match. If I can't find anything, I'm planning to see if I can convenience her to sign up for a regular class (although i think there's little chance she'll go for it).

Her shooting skill is very good, and she's progressing much faster than when I started 2 years ago. She _easily_ passed her CHL class with only 3 range visits (and she's never shot before that).

However, recently she's developed a major flinching problem and can't hit the target so she's pretty turned off to shooting. I mentioned that I went thru the same but can't seem to convenience her that it can be fixed. (We've tried the random dummy rounds, etc. I think another 1 or 2 range visits can solve her problem. But I can't seem to convenience her to go.)

seamusTX · #5

Re: Flinching: I used to get the heebie-jeebies occasionally when shooting .357 Magnum. Really good earmuffs with plugs underneath might help. The decibels (dB) of sound reduction go from about 20 to 40 in various models. you want the highest number.

Shooting a .22 revolver or some such handgun that has no recoil might help, too. Some of the people here are skilled coaches and they ought to have better suggestions.

- Jim

Mithras61 · #6

The only thing I know to do for flinching requires a revolver & some blanks. You load the pistol for her & she doesn't get to know which ones are live.

I suppose any solution has to address WHY she's flinching. Maybe you should ask her why and see if she knows. The solution is in the problem, if you get my drift.

I've found that practicing with airsoft pistols works well, and is WAY cheaper than ammo. It doesn't go bang, but you can see the projectile's path & practice various other things as well (draw from concealment & fire, shoot from odd angles, etc.).

CompVest · #7

The best and proven way to beat flinching is dry firing. Just remember when dry firing - NO live ammo in area you are dry firing in. Use snap caps and don't dry fire 22's.