Chapter 140 - Shooting (1/2)

The next day, Lena woke up early to go back to the shooting range. Today, they would start shooting. She had her hair tied up, wore long pants and a nice comfortable shirt. James already prepared the rest of the materials for her.

James was outside, waiting for Lena. When she parked her car, she quickly got out and followed James to the shooting area. James chose a good starter gun for Lena.

He gave Lena the gun. ”Before you shoot, your posture is very important. The recoil may be intense for you for the first few times, but you will get used to it.”

James stepped back and pulled out a long stick. Lena knew then that she was going to get smack if she did something wrong.

”You try. I will tell you how your posture is.”

Lena nodded. She put on her eyeglasses. She did not put on her ear protection yet so she can hear James. There was no one else in their shooting range so for now, it was fine not to wear them. She stared at target and raised her arm. She straightens her back like what Kris told her to do yesterday. James was amazed to see such a good first try.

He tapped her shoulders with the long stick. ”Relax a bit. You don't have to be too aggressive. But don't go to weak, or you will falter when you shoot.”

He grabbed his gun and went to the stall next to Lena. ”Put on your ear protection.” Lena did as she was told. ”Watch me.”

He slowly raised his arm, looked straight at the target and shot at it. He got a perfect hole to the head of the picture target of a human. After he took the shot, he took off his ear protection and Lena did so too.

”You see that. Just aim, shoot, and follow-through. However, you won't be shooting just yet.” He walked over to Lena. ”I will show you how to pull the trigger properly. It looks easy but there is a proper way to pull a trigger. You don't want to release it too quickly or hold it too long.”

James changed his gun to something else. The new one was unloaded. ”Come close and look at how I pull the trigger.”

Lena moved closer so she can see his finger on the trigger. James pulled it several times until Lena could follow the general motion.

”You try now.” He handed the gun to Lena. Lena followed his motion. She can feel that her fingers get tired after a lot of tries.

”That's good. Now you can shoot. Watch me again.” They both put their ear protection back on. James grabbed his original gun and stood again. James took three shots at the target. He looked back at Lena and nodded at her.

Lena took the nod as the signal for her to try now. She grabbed her gun that was loaded. She made sure that the safety was off. Lena took a deep breath. She got back into her posture. She paused before she took a shot at the target.

She did to falter back that much but it was an intense recoil on her hand. She looked at the target and she did not even hit it.

”Don't worry about the aim yet. Shoot a few times so you get used to the recoil.” James yelled so she could hear her over the ear protection.

Lena shot at the target again and again. She tried to get it to hit the target and adjust per position to better balance her body to withstand the recoil from the gun.

After she emptied the gun, she stopped. She took off her ear protection. ”How was it?”

”Pretty good. How do you feel?”

”Fine.”

”Shoot another round and we'll take a break.”

James told her how to reload her gun. They tried that a few times and then Lena went for another round of shooting. After the small break, James taught her how to aim. Even though Lena followed his instructions, she did not do so well. James told her that they will practice more.