Certified Silly Goose
Elite
When you're teaching people how to shoot, especially children, I think we all know you start them off with good ol' 22LR. But even the most disciplined of children will mag-dump a 22 if you let them. Don't get me wrong, I love semi-autos and I do use them in my training programs, but I always start off new students with a Wrangler.
Even a DA 22LR revolver will be tempting to the new shooter to pull the trigger as fast as you can. It's just baked into their DNA or something. But the SA revolver? Not only does it slow them down in every aspect, makes them work for their shots and appreciate the fundamentals more, but they often comment that it's even more fun, and it works wonders on their fundamentals and accuracy. It also makes the ammo and the range day last longer.
Something about the struggle of loading, firing, and unloading of a SA revolver just connects with the kids. Even for me, with my 41 years of pulling triggers, there's just something so damn fun about it. Couple that with the low recoil and even lower price tag of the gun itself and the ammo, and you've got a winning combination.
For those of you that don't have a Wrangler yet, they come in all kinds of colors, and a few different barrel lengths and grips and they're all under $300 (most are right around the $200/225 mark). You can get a Super Wrangler with a 2nd 22WMR cylinder for a bit more.
If you've got kids, get a Wrangler in their favorite color. And get one in YOUR favorite color too. They're an honest-to-goodness boatload of fun, and they make great little varmint guns, too. Get some Colibris or CCI Quiets, and you've got a suped up pellet gun. If you don't have a Wrangler, you don't know what you're missing.
There aren't many guns out there that I say EVERY shooter should own, but this is one of them. Of all the guns in the world, the Wrangler is one of my favorites.
Even a DA 22LR revolver will be tempting to the new shooter to pull the trigger as fast as you can. It's just baked into their DNA or something. But the SA revolver? Not only does it slow them down in every aspect, makes them work for their shots and appreciate the fundamentals more, but they often comment that it's even more fun, and it works wonders on their fundamentals and accuracy. It also makes the ammo and the range day last longer.
Something about the struggle of loading, firing, and unloading of a SA revolver just connects with the kids. Even for me, with my 41 years of pulling triggers, there's just something so damn fun about it. Couple that with the low recoil and even lower price tag of the gun itself and the ammo, and you've got a winning combination.
For those of you that don't have a Wrangler yet, they come in all kinds of colors, and a few different barrel lengths and grips and they're all under $300 (most are right around the $200/225 mark). You can get a Super Wrangler with a 2nd 22WMR cylinder for a bit more.
If you've got kids, get a Wrangler in their favorite color. And get one in YOUR favorite color too. They're an honest-to-goodness boatload of fun, and they make great little varmint guns, too. Get some Colibris or CCI Quiets, and you've got a suped up pellet gun. If you don't have a Wrangler, you don't know what you're missing.
There aren't many guns out there that I say EVERY shooter should own, but this is one of them. Of all the guns in the world, the Wrangler is one of my favorites.
