Our social group went out to a shooting range last night and had a blast (lots of puns coming your way!). It was organised way before we went on holidays but because we only got back a few days ago, and because we are all still a bit lagged, and becasue I spent the last 2 days in bed ill, I wasn't really looking forward to it at all. If you are someone who knows me, you know that I love to organise, bring people together & do things. So for me not to be caring about this was a little sad even for me.
Once I managed to get the kiddies into bed, off I went to meet the group who had been messaging me about it since my return.
We had a safety & regulations talk to start off with, worked out which eye was our dominant eye by doing a whole lot of funny experiments which prooved to be useles because once I eneded up with the rifle in my hands and in the seat I naturally closed the other eye anyway. Typical!
As we were a large group we went six at a time & had a set target ahead to aim & shoot for. Some of us managed to follow instructions.... Just saying...
We learned how to load the magazine & prepare for the shoot. And then the moment we had all been waiting for. It's funny because I have been shooting before, many years before in the army, and the hesitation to pull that trigger was very strong. For me anyway, someone else pulled the trigger then almost let out a yahoo...
There were a few different things we tried. Shooting at a moving target
...And aiming at different targets etc. All in all I think it's safe to say the group had a really great time, and like our rockclimbing experience, this will be something we'll probably want to do again.
Some of us more than others
It was heaps of fun and well worth the effort on my part after all.
