That’s great Melinda.
We need more women in shooting. Your husband is lucky to have a wife who shoots.
You must be really good if you make the guys throw up in fear :-)
I think they were not as brave as they thought they were. I was one of the first to arrive for class. Our country type good old boys are good boys, they are just full of swagger, etc. Most are farm boys. They smirked at me when they came in but I didn't let them get to me. They were all carrying cannons because they thought bigger gun meant bigger hole in the target. I carried a .380 semi-auto for the test that I bought two weeks before the test. I was in the first group to test in the firing range and when we came out the instructor hung our targets up in front of the class, one at a time, to count the holes and grade the position of the holes. When the big country boys saw that they would be graded in front of the class they turned a little pale. I scored a 95 and as I was walking back to my seat with my graded target one of them looked up at me as I passed by and said "you shot it up didn't you lady?" He was the one that barfed shortly after I passed. One of them was so nervous when his time came that he dropped his .45 revolver on the floor. Thankfully it wasn't loaded. :-) Sure, I was scared too but this was one of the accomplishments in my life that I am the most proud of. I never let the boys know that I was shooting before they were even born. :-)
I carried the .380 for six years before I bought the .357 Magnum because my husband was worried that if I needed it the .380 might not be adequate.