Target Sports

The last time I tried going to Target Sports, I booked an appointment the day of, and to no one’s surprise but myself, the place was completely booked. This time around, I booked a few days in advance and managed to secure a 5pm time slot (despite booking like a few days in advance, their afternoon slots were mostly booked!)

Having spent a large part of my life watching Action movies, I didn’t think guns would be that hard to fire. I mean, if Chow-Yun Fat can fly through the air with two Berettas or a shotgun, just wasting people then how hard can it be to fire one gun with two hands? Well….pretty damn hard. We worked our way up the calibers, starting with .22 caliber gun, which had very little kick, to a 9mm which had a significant change, and finally ending with a shotgun which was so ridiculously hard to aim that I just gave up and shot the gun as best as I could.

The .22 and the 9mm weren’t that hard to aim with. Most of my shots were around the bulls-eye with one or two shots fluking a direct hit, but then came…the shotgun. It was a bit heavy and the instructor kept telling us to hold the gun stock tightly against our shoulders, or else the kick is gonna hurt us. Well, I did that, but man, what a kick! I remember watching Terminator 2 and thinking it was pretty damn impressive of Arnold to shoot a shotgun with one hand, but to actually feel the recoil on the gun and imagine Arnold doing that with one hand? That’s extra impressive.

So if you have some free-time, I would highly recommend anyone go to this place. They have some pretty cool instructors, and it’s always fun to do some target shooting. I can’t wait to go again! I’ll post pics as soon as Mari posts them, she took the lion’s share of photos that day.