Mommy learns to Shoot

She learned to drive when she was forty and since then, Mom has had the "guts" to learn anything new.  Recently, she's learned yet another "interest" which she vows to pursue:  handling a gun.

It's ironic how a woman like her (now in her 50s) can have the strength and the will-power to learn a skill as essential as firing a gun (properly).  She recently acquired a new weapon, a sleek,  medium-size, straight blowback action, frame-fixed barrel handgun called, Makarov.

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The decision to acquire a gun was a result of a consensus amongst us, her daughters and finding one that would prove to be ideal for Mom was not a breeze.  Anyways, she found the Makarov and got it after 2-3 weeks from purchase (the processing of the license/permits took that long).  

My ecstatic Mom road tested her new toy and boy oh boy, she loved it and got trigger happy!

 Posing for posterity before her first try-outs.. The Queen and me. =)

And here is she unwrapping her new toy. See that giddy grin?  Who says these toys are only meant for big boys hence?

That's her name on top with the other info at the bottom of the package..

And these are the tools of the game:

Mom has to pretend those cardboards are actually big, bad wolves out to get us....

So she can get 'em right.

And here she is getting advice from the gurus..

And here's how she fared.....

Not bad for a neophyte, eh?

And here's what was left because she was trigger happy....