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First off........my wife is going to kill me for posting this...but this is her first shot from a scattergun! She was a little nervous about it, but ended up doing an amazing job! I can still hear the gongs ringing from her shot!(Photos by HighVelocity, Thank you sir!)
I have to take this opportunity again to thank the folks at Oakwood Oulaws...they are a great bunch of folks and they really helped comfort my wife through the intimidating 12 gauge! Look at those freakin trees, it is beautiful out there!!!

Jason

Nice! She didn't even flinch.

I might have taken the pic but I think it was Brenda and Ms Ruby that convinced her to go for it.
A future cowboy action shooter? Better start saving now.

Love the pic. Thanks!

Cool.

Mrs. Casey shoots skeet. FWIW, she has no other interest in firearms.

Have you considered getting your wife a recoil pad or vest? They're made of Kevlar. The pads cost less than $20.

- Jim

Thanks for the suggestion Seamus - - I think I am going to stick with my 9mm for now! I had a lot of fun that day, but that was a little more "bang" than I am ready for on a regular basis!

Have a great weekend!

Kimberly

Mrs. Casey and I both found that recoil "wears off" after a few hundred rounds spread over a couple of weeks. I barely feel it now. We're nobody's idea of spring chickens, either.

Sensitivity to recoil varies enormously from person to person.

Shotgun is a useful skill. If you check around, many experts recommend it for home defense. Shooting skeet is also a lot of fun unless you have a day like I did Friday.

- Jim

Uh Oh - - sounds like you must have had an "off" day!

Jbirds does have a shotgun for home defense that I have always been too scared to shoot. After our trip to Oakwood I told him that I was ready to give it a try. He told me we would go out to PSC soon so I could give it a shot. Heaven forbid, if I ever needed it when he was not home, I am afraid that I would be hesitant it I didn't know what it was going to feel like. I also know that hesitation could get me killed, so I think I am ready.

Kimberly

I hope you are ready.

After you have fired several hundred rounds, it will be as natural as swatting a fly. You also need to learn to load, take off the safety, and operate the fore-end automatically, without looking or thinking about it.

(I tried to shoot with the safety on Friday. Talk about a bad day.)

I don't know what kind of ammunition you shot. The typical skeet or trap load is 1 1/8 ounce #8 or 9 shot. Buckshot can set you on your butt. There's an argument to be made for intermediate sizes like #4 for defensive purposes.

ElGato is without a doubt the world's leading shotgun instructor.

- Jim

Good stuff! I too am trying to get my wife into shooting.

I found that after shooting my .308 Remington and then putting about 75 shells of 12ga that recoil isn't even a factor. The more you shoot, the less you'll notice it.

Good stuff! I too am trying to get my wife into shooting.

I found that after shooting my .308 Remington and then putting about 75 shells of 12ga down range that recoil isn't even a factor. The more you shoot, the less you'll notice it.

Somebody "double tapped".