Advise for Beginners 12 ga (contd)
If you choose a semi-auto, single load it only until she has had lots of practice/experience with it. It only takes a finger to have the shotgun fire again.
Last year a youth in a junior hunt was seriously wounded when another youth who had been given an 1100 (in spite of recommendations by the organizers who suggested a pump) accidently pulled the trigger a second time.
The youth was being supervised.
Last year a youth in a junior hunt was seriously wounded when another youth who had been given an 1100 (in spite of recommendations by the organizers who suggested a pump) accidently pulled the trigger a second time.
The youth was being supervised.
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And teach her, never, never put a finger on the trigger until ready to fire! 0 -
-You might want to show her articles about girls shooting anytime you run across one. There's also the magazine "Women and Guns"you can subscribe to from the Second Amendment Foundation. Also, I've seen on news stands a magazine put out by Mossberg that's limited to youth shooting. Articles about girls in competitive shooting might be cool to her.
-regarding recoil, I taught my 3 daughters with a 12ga. too and to look at it as an interesting part of shooting rather than something to merely be endured. I had them think of it as a thrilling part, like jumping a 4 wheeler, to really POUND that target, and always reminded them that they won't feel it when it's a pheasant they're after. I started with a 12 guage as I myself hated missing so much with smaller guages. Now I can enjoy smaller guages. In my own worthless, measely opinion most people do it backwards, give kids smaller guages which require more skill to hit clay birds and game with and increase the chance of losing game and work their way up. 12 guage is so versatile, you can use light and heavy target loads for starters and work your way up as the youngster improves. They key too is waiting until a child fits the gun if you're not getting a youth gun, which weren't around when mine were young and I sure wasn't going to cut a stock. Fortunately, the girls were pretty tall for their age when they were 12 or so and it worked out well. Now they shoot 12ga. and .270, .280 all the time.0 -
I think the bottom line here is to keep things as simple and safe as possible and headed in the direction of success. Avoid anything that might discourage the new shooter. Something I haven't seen mentioned is the importance of "fit".. With a shotgun, FIT is everything!
Fit has much to do with felt recoil, ability to hit the target and ease of operation of the gun. If the gun fits the shooter, everything else should fall into place.0 -
put her thru a certified NRA class.
its not the guns fault when something goes wrong.0
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