Ladies night in Dallas!

DFW Gun range in Dallas has a Ladies Night on Tuesdays. A group of us from work made a trek over there last Tuesday. All told we had three males and four females and I was the only one who had experience with shooting handguns. I don't know how DFW Gun Range is most nights but this night it was very busy. And a lot of the customers seemed to be first time shooters.

I was impressed by how the staff was able to be patient and professional under the somewhat crowded conditions. One of the staff gave my companions a '5-minute' briefing about basic gun safety and handling. He also took the time to answer their questions and allay some of the expressed fears/nervousness.

I had my Glock 19 (Gen 4) and I think the other male who shot (the third observed) also got a Glock 19--not sure if it was a Gen 3 or 4. All of women started sharing a .22 (Ruger Mark III),  and then I loaded one round into the Glock and let them try it. Two went back to the .22 and the other two rented their own Glock and got another lane.

All of the first time shooters said they had a good time. Some didn't feel a need to do it again soon while others do want to do it at least once a month.

I will say it was a bit warm (hot) and crowded. The air conditioning at the indoor ranges in the DFW area isn't really keeping up that well with the 100+ temperatures we've had for the last 30+ days. The fantastic deals ladies get on Tuesdays may have something to do with the crowding--they get free range and gun rental so they only have to pay for ammunition and targets. So for the ones paying for 50 rounds of .22 and one target I think the whole outing cost less than $6!

Range session

Last weekend my wife and I went to our favorite indoor range -- Lone Star Guns, Gallery and Gear in Weatherford, TX. That made two visits in the month of July. This time we rented a couple of smaller 9mm pistols -- a Kahr PM-9 and then a CZ (I didn't get the model number). My wife didn't care for the Kahr but liked the CZ. I liked the Kahr more than the CZ. The Kahr trigger pull is pretty long but no worse than a double-action revolver trigger.

I also 'rented' one of the new Springfield XDm 5.25 (the range is letting people rent it for free if they fill out a survey form afterward). I really liked the 5.25. It was more accurate for me at 15 yards than my Glock 19 (4th gen). But I was disappointed in the fiber optic front sight. I didn't discern any benefit from it with the indoor lane lighting. The longer sight radius and the fact I still have the stock Glock sights on my 19 are probably most of the difference.