Hey,
I took a friend and his girlfriend out to the range for a couple of hours of informal instruction. I had 3 goals. #1, Be Safe. #2, Teach good methods. #3, Have fun!
Had two problems that I am looking for some suggestions on how to coach them out of. The guy was all over the paper and never got a consistent grouping. I know for Basic Rifle Marksmanship I would be going back to a review of all of the fundamentals.
The girl's problem I think i have a handle on. All we had were 45 ACP pistols and when she was shooting her boyfriend's double stack pistols her left hand grip would break and she would be all over the paper. When I let her shoot my 1911 with it's single stack grips, she was able to start getting some consistent groupings. I was really happy with her as she weighed a little over 100 lbs and was able to load and unload unassisted and didn't get afraid of the gun. Think the answer to this one is get a 22 pistol or 22 conversion kit for the 1911.
Goal #1 was met. Both the boyfriend and the first time shooter girlfriend had a good time. I'm not satisfied with #2, as I would like to had them both shooting consistent groupings in the black before they left. Any suggestions on drills, books or articles on how to coach a spanking new shooter would be appreciated.