Introduced TONS of new people to shooting

friesepferd · January 31st, 2008, 01:28 AM

First a little background. I am proud to attend one of the few universities in the world with a shooting range and a pistol club. This semester (which fortunately and unfortunatly is my last) I am the president of the pistol club, and have taken it upon myself to get more people evolved. The club is a nice group of people, but not large by any means. We are open 2x per week for 2 and 3 hours. (although we do have a IDPA style club as well open 2x per week). anyways, we have 8 stalls, and we would normally consider it a busy night if they were all being used. (unless its a rush or some other big event).
So last weekend I put up a bunch of nice posters around school as well as table tents in the dorm cafeterias.
Results:
In the 2 hours we were open last night, we have 50 completely new shooters

, plus a lot of people who had been down before, and were returning for a second time, and of course a few regulars as well. It was crazy. we had long lines at each stall. We were packing people into our 'safety room' for safety / gun handling training. despite the crowd, everyone had tons of fun. We were short handed since we arnt used to this many people (there were 4 range officers). but it all turned out great. by the end of the night we actually were sold out of ammo (we had at least 3000-4000 rounds, plus whatever people brought with them).
All in all it turned out great

I love introducing people to shooting. always makes me feel good.
Oh, and this was all despite the huge snow storm we had last night. (we actually had school canceled today! ... -35F wind chill just for starters)
I also went out to get more ammo last night so that we would have enough for tomorrow. (expecting another big crowd).
wallyworld was practically sold out from the last time i was there. so i had to go to the local hunting store and buy them out.
so if anyone is looking for cheap .22LR in our little town and cant find any, im sorry, thats my fault.

SixBravo · January 31st, 2008, 03:24 AM

Hell yeah!! I love doing that, myself. But it sounds like you've got a much better set-up for it. Way to go! Man I'd love to come help out at a club like that. Club VP right here! haha

mrreynolds · January 31st, 2008, 03:27 AM

Keep up the good work!

QKShooter · January 31st, 2008, 03:59 AM

Way to go! Kudos.

Dakotaranger · January 31st, 2008, 05:13 AM

Great job.

goldshellback · January 31st, 2008, 07:14 AM

Bravo Zulu!

friesepferd · January 31st, 2008, 10:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SixBravo

Hell yeah!! I love doing that, myself. But it sounds like you've got a much better set-up for it. Way to go! Man I'd love to come help out at a club like that. Club VP right here! haha

yea, i love it. wish i had gotten into it sooner though. im going to miss it. we are looking for more range officers if u feel like moving to the winterwonderland here (but vp is take, at least for this semester

)

wmhawth · January 31st, 2008, 10:44 AM

Good job Friesepferd.

artz · January 31st, 2008, 10:45 AM

wow....thats really great !

ExactlyMyPoint · January 31st, 2008, 11:13 AM

As Mr. Incredible would say, you are just doing your part.

The more educated shooters there are out there, the better.

January 31st, 2008, 01:28 AM	#1
friesepferd Distinguished Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: what used to be the state of Franklin (look it up) Posts: 1,719	Introduced TONS of new people to shooting First a little background. I am proud to attend one of the few universities in the world with a shooting range and a pistol club. This semester (which fortunately and unfortunatly is my last) I am the president of the pistol club, and have taken it upon myself to get more people evolved. The club is a nice group of people, but not large by any means. We are open 2x per week for 2 and 3 hours. (although we do have a IDPA style club as well open 2x per week). anyways, we have 8 stalls, and we would normally consider it a busy night if they were all being used. (unless its a rush or some other big event). So last weekend I put up a bunch of nice posters around school as well as table tents in the dorm cafeterias. Results: In the 2 hours we were open last night, we have 50 completely new shooters , plus a lot of people who had been down before, and were returning for a second time, and of course a few regulars as well. It was crazy. we had long lines at each stall. We were packing people into our 'safety room' for safety / gun handling training. despite the crowd, everyone had tons of fun. We were short handed since we arnt used to this many people (there were 4 range officers). but it all turned out great. by the end of the night we actually were sold out of ammo (we had at least 3000-4000 rounds, plus whatever people brought with them). All in all it turned out great I love introducing people to shooting. always makes me feel good. Oh, and this was all despite the huge snow storm we had last night. (we actually had school canceled today! ... -35F wind chill just for starters) I also went out to get more ammo last night so that we would have enough for tomorrow. (expecting another big crowd). wallyworld was practically sold out from the last time i was there. so i had to go to the local hunting store and buy them out. so if anyone is looking for cheap .22LR in our little town and cant find any, im sorry, thats my fault. __________________ Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms should be a convenience store, not a government agency.

January 31st, 2008, 03:27 AM	#3
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January 31st, 2008, 03:59 AM	#4
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January 31st, 2008, 05:13 AM	#5
Dakotaranger Distinguished Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: North Dakota Posts: 1,811	Great job. __________________ "[T]he people are not to be disarmed of their weapons. They are left in full possession of them." Zacharia Johnson (speech in the Virginia Ratifying Convention,25 June 1778)"The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed." ~Alexander Hamilton

January 31st, 2008, 07:14 AM	#6
goldshellback VIP Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: St. Mayberry, GA Posts: 2,062	Bravo Zulu! __________________ "Just getting a concealed carry permit means you haven't commited a crime yet........CCP holders commit crimes." Daniel Vice, senior attorney for the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, as quoted on Fox & Friends, July 7th, 2008

January 31st, 2008, 10:44 AM	#8
wmhawth Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Western Colorado Posts: 1,136	Good job Friesepferd. __________________ William

January 31st, 2008, 10:45 AM	#9
artz VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Georgia Posts: 2,110	wow....thats really great ! __________________ '' Lord, grant me the serenity for things that I can not change "

January 31st, 2008, 11:13 AM	#10
ExactlyMyPoint Distinguished Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 1,535	As Mr. Incredible would say, you are just doing your part. The more educated shooters there are out there, the better. __________________ - Let me explain. No. There is not time. Let me summarize. - Doing my part to create a huge carbon footprint - Be still, and know that I am God; Psalms 46:10 - You are God and that's just the way it is; You Are God Alone sung by Phillips Craig And Dean

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