Firearm Basics: Part - 15 Taking Your 1st Shots

[@mikethomas5412]

I like the slow increase of loaded rds. It's safe and makes sense. I'll remember this next time with a new shooter. Thanks Ivan.

[@KitBadger]

It makes it so much easier on everyone. :)

[@L330ne]

Yeah that's a good technique

[@davidrahbany]

Really quality introductory instruction. Good stuff.

[@whiteclawactual4922]

I always start with one round in the gun with new shooters and start walking them up until they are more confident with their gun! Great method for new shooters! Thanks for making this series!

[@KitBadger]

Yes, definitely the safest way to go about it.

[@L330ne]

Your a good instructor. She did a fantastic job 👍

[@michael-evergreenshootersu1650]

I'm really enjoying this series. More Karen? yes please.

[@Blankishish]

You're a really great teacher and I really appreciate how you teach and the method you used really insightful for introducing people to firearms.

[@KitBadger]

Thanks for that, it is something I definitely feel strongly about and want to pass on.

[@ETuss713]

Very good series for all shooters.

[@KitBadger]

Most people think they are past this information... :)

[@mebyard1]

Ivan, I’ve learned something from every episode ! Good series! Thank you.

[@KitBadger]

Thank you for that Mark!

[@pontificusrex1501]

I really appreciate what you're doing. I'm going to apply what I've seen here when I finally get my wife to a range.

[@KitBadger]

Thanks man, glad to share it.

[@MultiSycorax]

Love the 5904 as a starter, very user friendly gun.

[@KitBadger]

Not a bad gun. :)

[@KaitenKenbu]

Great introduction series.

[@KitBadger]

Thanks man, I appreciate you watching.

[@mobilesolutionsfl]

Lots of instructors are no longer teaching pinning the trigger to the rear. The way it's being taught, now, is to reset the trigger during recoil and having a ready trigger as fast as possible.

[@KitBadger]

Different schools of thought. I mentioned the why behind this though.

[@seadog4330]

Great stuff, Ivan!

[@KitBadger]

Thanks man!

[@Johnny_Cash_Flow]

HELLOOOOOOO, Nurse!

[@ETuss713]

Im proud that my 5 year knows animaniacs. Todays cartoons are trash.

[@KitBadger]

I haven't watched that forever. :)

[@Jack-hv5vb]

Are you going to do a basics video on cleaning your guns? I’ve just got a pack from hoppes and a bottle of clp.

[@KitBadger]

Yes, I will be doing a short on on cleaning next.

[@ivikhenry2424]

Don't mind me, just looking for comments that might go on IG. Also have the OG animated X-Men cartoon intro stuck in my head if you were wondering btw.

[@KitBadger]

#winning

[@Jet2416-Reloading]

Good basics! Bad form! Shooting with right hand, aiming with Left Eye? Unless there's something wrong with your strong side eye I think this is a bad habit. If she can shoot the rifle aiming with her right she should be perfectly able to adjust to shooting the pistol aiming with her right eye (or both eyes open).

[@KitBadger]

I tried to get her shooting like this: kzbin.info/door/plHKnQKSw8rh_xk9bdiQKA :)

[@EmilFihlman]

I didn't like how there was no mention on her following the slide home, and actually fixing the grip and stance from the get go. Otherwise really nice continuation to the series!

[@beardoggin8963]

Otium Borealis agreed. Same goes for training at work.

[@KitBadger]

The first trips to the range is not the time to completely tear people down. It is about safety, followed by having fun, followed by passing on as much knowledge as you can without it becoming tedious and taking away from the second point. If you do the first two, you will have all the opportunities you want for the third. But you probably knew that already... :)

[@LYLEWOLD]

sister, cousin, ...? you two are definitely from the same tribe.

[@KitBadger]

Fiend. :)

[@90thReenactor]

@@KitBadger I see what he means. Maybe it's just the glasses, but you two appear to have similar facial features which would have led me to believe you two were related as well. It's too bad to hear that she's a "fiend" though. ;)

[@LYLEWOLD]

@@90thReenactor she could still be family of some sort, just fiendish. (good catch, totally missed that)

[@90thReenactor]

@@LYLEWOLD That's true, man. Or, maybe he's calling us fiends for looking at his kinfolk.

[@williamdavis2565]

Maybe Karen's "first shots"... but she's spent some time learning the weapons before hand. She has the mechanics down!

[@TheBigOne0305]

Yeah, I was quite impressed with her trigger discipline. I have taken multiple first time shooters to the range and even after extensive safety instructions beforehand. Most don't really pay attention to that at the beginning until you point that out repeatedly.

[@KitBadger]

3rd trip to the range... Ever. :)

[@TheBigOne0305]

@@KitBadger I certainly didn't do any better my first few times to the range. Hell, I can't handle a DA trigger that well even today XD (My excuse is, I always preferred rifles over handguns anyway :X) But then again, she did have an excellent teacher. I've really enjoyed this series and even picked up a few things either for myself or for the next time I'll be taking a first time shooter to the range. So thanks again for the great videos! :) One question though, why did you decide to start with the handgun over the rifle? When taking first time shooters to the range I always try to start with the latter. I find the additional point of contact with the body, the longer sight radius and the increased intuitive awareness of where the muzzle is pointing (compared to a handgun which can very easily -accidentally- negligently be waved around) much more conducive to training novice shooters. Was it because she had some, albeit it limited, prior experience with the handgun or was there another reason?

[@williamdavis2565]

@@KitBadger I kept expecting her to whip out a blindfold and field strip either fire arm at any second. ;-)

[@Namesi]

Love this. You want to "empower women"? Teach her to shoot.

[@KitBadger]

#truth

[@David-vg1wl]

If you like to shoot guns, camping with guys but are afraid of girls, go ahead and hit that like button. 😁

[@AlphaChimpEnergy]

She isn’t living up to being a Karen!

[@gunfreak9mm]

What pistol was Karen shooting?

[@KitBadger]

Smith & Wesson 915 I believe.

[@imdatguy285]

First

[@Namesi]

@@sqwk2559 Work ethic. Work ethic.

[@fmonk]

Interesting. Nearly every time I see women shoot pistol they are holding the grip way low. Even for ones that are not first-timers.

[@maxximus2012]

Ugh, shooting to reset, barf

[@KitBadger]

If you've watched the series, you'd understand why. :) That is always easy to change down the road, but the benefit of new shooters learning that way is tremendous.