Baby girl went to the range with me today for the first time

I keep asking my wife to go but she won't. Today when she said no I turned to baby girl and she said yeah! She jumped up and was in the jeep before I had everything ready. I never realized she wanted to shoot. She's never shot before so I brought the 1911 and the p226 9mm.

After some instruction and a safety talk, I let her shoot the .45 first. I handed her a few magazines with one round in each to let her get a feel for it and practice loading. After a few times, I gave her a few full stacks in 7 round mags. She didn't do too badly. I kept the targets at 5 yards.

After about a half a box of .45 I switched her over to the p226. We started with 5 rounds a few times then stepped up to full mags. She loved it.

We mainly worked on her grip today and getting her to slow down and reacquiring after the shot. The gun is probably a little heavy for her and that's why she drifts down but her first and second shots are money.

After we were done, she asked about going again. I have a new range buddy!