My bud from work finally made it to the house to shoot some. He actually met me in town at a gun store so I could show him some of what is availablem I had sent him some links to some reviews on the Kahr P40 and the Para-Ordinance CCO and such..Those are a few examples of what I'm wanting to get for my wife and myself for CCW.
He liked the P40 a lot. We both freaked at the S&W .460 they had. He thought it was crazy to have such a large handgun available. I explained to him that a lot of guys want to stretch out deer seasons as much as they can and some of them like to hunt larger game with handguns..He actually had intelligent questions and he respected the firearms. I just had to keep reminding him to keep his finger off the trigger. He showed real good muzzle discipline, though. He shot a .22 rifle at scout camp ten years ago or so..
After lunch we went to the wittcave and I pulled out the weapons we were going to shoot and few other interesting ones..
I started him out with my Taurus 62 pump. He loved it. He was natural, he was real good with it, but it's a real accurate rifle. Then we shot my Ruger Mark 2. He did well with it as well. We shot .22's for the most part.
We then shot my Ruger P94 in .40 S&W. He did okay with it. He didn't want to shoot my Desert Eagle. I showed him how it was possible to fire it with one hand, but since I out weigh him by 100 pounds and I still showed some signs of muzzle whip and recoil, he gained some respect for it.
He also respected my Bushmaster M4. I've got an Eotech and a LaRue BUIS installed. I took the Eotech off so he could try it with irons first. I'm no ballistician by any means, but when a paint can full of water and a milkjug turn themselves inside out when they are hit by a bullet, it's pretty cool!
My kids bus came in but I didn't want to emasculate him by letting my 8-daughter out shoot him with the M-4...
I think it will be easier to get him over here the next time so we have more time to shoot AR's and hopefully at 50 and 100 yards to see what we can do. I'll also introduce him to the dark side and shoot SKS's and shotguns.