Itap so much fun when you hit your first target,” said Bill Hardy, a volunteer with the Summit Range Association.
He presented to the group of 30 women, some learning to shoot for the first time. The crowd was gathered at the Summit County Shooting Range for its “Women on Target” course, teaching women the basics of target shooting with a wide range of firearms.
“We have a wide range of people from complete novices who have never shot before, to people who have experience maybe with a rifle or a shotgun,” Summit Range Association president Brian Denison said. “It gives them the opportunity to see what the sport of target shooting is like.”
Throughout the morning, volunteers taught best practices for handguns, shotguns and rifles, demonstrating proper stance, aiming and follow-through. The class was first offered last summer, with a full house of 25 people, and was brought back again this summer thanks to a $30,000 grant from Friends of the National Rifle Association.
“We are very interested in teaching the shooting sports to a wide variety of people; whoever’s interested,” Denison said. “This is one opportunity.”
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