People aren’t going to like this but women tend to be better natural marksmen than men. I taught both my wife and daughter to shoot and they were able to get very accurate very very quickly. A couple of friends had the same experience. My daughter outshoots me now. It’s embarassing.
That’s often true.
“People aren’t going to like this but women tend to be better natural marksmen than men.”
Lower center of gravity and far more patient than men.
Back in the ‘70s I knew a fundamentalist evangelist who had 3 GORGEOUS daughters. He was a deer hunter and taught the daughters to hunt. They each filled out their tags every year.
I’ve been saying this for decades. Women are easier and better to teach because boys grow up with guns and gun-games. They think they know everything.
A boy has to be untaught everything he knows before being taught proper things. Girls are good to go from day 1.
Women tend to have a lower metabolism, ie calmer and they do not have shaking limbs.
Ditto - but proud too! Mine is a shotgunner.
My daughter picked up a rifle for the first time with a guy friend.
“So what kind of rifle was it?”
“A 30.-06”
“Oh - that kicked huh?”
“A little more than my shotgun, but not bad”
“So how did you do the first time?”
“Yeah - I missed the first time. But after that I hit it.”
“Hit what - the bulls-eye?”
“No - it was a metal plate - a “gong” he called it.”
“How far out?”
“100 meters.”
“You mean 100 feet.”
“Um - no - 100 meters - he said it was about a football field. It looked about that far.”
“You hit the gong consistently at 300 meters - first time out?”
“Dad - it's not like a shotgun - its got a scope - you can zoom right in. I mean, how can you NOT miss!?”
“Wow - I bet the guy was impressed.”
“I don't know, I don't think he liked being out-shot, being his gun and all.”
About 25 years ago there were a couple of teenage sisters out of Prescott, AZ who were eating the lunch of a bunch of adult male shooters in 1000-yard competitions.