Guess what I did a few weekends ago?

Maybe it's because I live in Texas? Not sure, but my husband and I decided to do something as a couple for our anniversary and we did a pistol class together!

To be honest, I'd never held a gun before and I was literally shaking when I had to hold the gun and load the clip. You can't see it in the pictures, but my goodness I was nervous!

Nervously trying to load the clip

It was a lot of fun, we learnt about the basics of handling a gun, how to stand, shoot, safety and a bit about the gun laws. Then, after the in-class session, we went out to the range to shoot. Real, actual guns!
I ended up hitting the target, so that was more than I'd hoped for, so I was pretty pleased. My husband was very impressed with my results when we retrieved the target! We shot at 2 different distances, 7 feet and 15 feet.

I ended up shooting a .22 and a 9-mm glock.

Here I am posing for this shot, largely because with the eye and ear protection and the wind blowing my hair about, I looked pretty goofy in all the other shots.

Ahh...the romance of it!

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