Sharing the sport with women

He then reminds me that the range isn’t only a safe environment to shoot, but a place to teach firearm safety.

For my last 10 bullets, I use a Ruger MKI with a four-inch barrel. Harder to aim, but I’m up for the challenge. BANG-BANG. This time, four shots hit the target. Not a lot, but it brings my total hits to 12 out of 30. I’m so excited that I ask for my target to take home. Robinson laughs and agrees; he says a lot of women ask for the target after their first time.

Looking at my target, we discover I shoot a little high. Robinson tells me that if I were to aim a few centimetres lower, I would have hit the bull’s-eye. I shake his hand: “next time.”