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I took that NRA beginners pistol class today , which qualifies you for a Conceal/Carry liscense in Ohio. Mostly I just wanted to learn more about guns, so I don't feel completely dumb about them. Class was going well. It was a small class of 12 because it was a make-up class from when they had to cancell the original date. We had about 3 hrs of lecture, then went out to watch them shoot into a barrel of water to show what different types of bullets did. Then they did just a little shooting at the range. The guy who had told me about the class handed me a .44 "something" and asked if I wanted to shoot it. I asked if it had a lot of kick and he said "quite a bit". So I took aim, fired and immedieatly the gun kicked back and hit me in the forehead - bled like a stuck pig I tell you - hurt some, but mostly bled ALOT. Got the instructors a little excited, towels, sitting in a chair, ice pack, talk of butterflys... I suggested that I might need to go "somewhere" to see if it needed stitches, since it was on my face. One of them took me to the local Urgent Care and 2 hours later, 7 stitches, a tetnus shot and some antibiotics and I was back at class. Ate the wonderful lunch they had prepared, had a little private lesson to catch up on what I missed and I took the test - missed 4 questions, then after class dismissed, I did the target shooting individually with 4 instructors to help me. We shot in sitting, standing with 2 hands and standing with one hand. Had to hit a paper plate 5 times to pass. I shot 30 rounds and missed 5 times. The great thing was, when I shot the other gun, I was shooting at a little card, and I hit it!!
If you want to see what kind of gun hit me in the head, check out the ytube video - about 3/4 the way through you see her shoot one, except she knew what she was doing!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWO-EzoIbSs
If you want to see what kind of gun hit me in the head, check out the ytube video - about 3/4 the way through you see her shoot one, except she knew what she was doing!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWO-EzoIbSs