Statistically, there are more male shooters than female so the stat's are heavily in favour of men, but I find that if they overcome their aversion or fear of firearms the average woman develops accuracy on the range faster than the average man. Usually this can be attributed to the fact they pay more attention to the instructors advice than the average male; they seem to have an uncanny ability to focus and correct their mistakes better than men.

My daughter is a better shot with a bow than I am (we go to a range on average two nights a week). She and her brother have been shooting pistol competently since age five. My wife is a fair shot with a pistol, but does not shoot long guns very often. Both my wife and daughter prefer larger calibres (.38 and .45) to .22's and have no aversion or fear of firearms. Several ladies are members of my club, a couple of them are competitive and already medal winners.

Yours, Aye. Dave