My daughter went on a school trip to Paris in 97. While on the way back she stopped in England to visit the family of a fellow in school in England that she met as part of one of these school international correspondence programs. The family was very nice to her and took her many places. Chris the fellow you will see was the younger brother. When he reached 21 he came to stay with us for two weeks and amid the touring I took him shooting a couple of times. He had the opportunity to shoot pistols, rifles, shotguns and he loved it - still has the target and the certificate of proficiency I made up for him.
He and his girl friend - the lovely Elina were here touring the west by car - Las Vegas, San Francisco, Yosemite, Los Angeles and my daughter was once more part of this. She called us Friday and said he would like to get together with us. So, they all came by Sat. night with flowers and wine and my wife made her white chili. We had a great time and in the course of the evening I showed them an 1860 Army - unloaded of course. She, although having almost no previous experience with guns, took right to it.
We talked about the differences in gun ownership in the UK, Europe and America. During the course of the evening my wife pulled me aside and said she thought Chris would really like to go shooting again. I thought they were leaving the next day for England. They were but not until 8 PM, they eagerly accepted an invitation to go. Guess I was excited to as I woke up at 4:30 thinking about what to take for them to shoot. I wanted to focus on her experience and safety and give him a chance to shoot things he hadn't before. Of course, what better choice than LEVERS and SINGLE ACTIONS!
The Good - Their experience:
We started with Elina and the 32 Mag, all over the place but she had fun.
Then to the 44 Mag - with light Specials of course.
Again all over the place but she loved it. Then, and no pic here, she went to the 22 LR Single Six and did very well. Which, of course, excited her. Chris did fine with all of them - she was very impressed with her man and his ability - HE loved it!
Then on to the rifle range. I had him start with the 30-30 shooting at a 400 yd steel plate offhand - he came pretty close, appreciated the difficulty. Here she is happily and proudly videoing him.
Then, I had him sit at a bench and after a couple shots he hit it. His excitement at his achievement was palpable as it was with Cowboytutt the first time he hit it with his 375 H&H. She glowed.
Then to the Marlin 1894C, Elina had a taste of rifle shooting but will need more experience. Chris hit this steel pillar every time that I saw him shoot at it. Up until now I had them going single shot. But for this, I loaded five in and had him just lever an shoot. He was quite proud of hitting it over and over.
Here they are at the end.
They enjoyed the whole thing.
The Bad:
Dropped the 32 Mag Single Six on the concrete
it hit on the left grip - broke it, hit the left front barrel then flipped over dinging the right grip, hitting the loading gate, cylinder and ejector shroud. - The up side - I don't have to worry about minor dings or holster wear anymore. 
The good and bad:
I found that my Super Blackhawk which is OK but not great on accuracy will shoot very well with on of my standard 44 Special loads. See the target but the Rossi 92 Colt off the bench was terrible with a light 45 Colt load I use - as far as I can measure the front driving band of the 250 gr Keith SWCs and the bore are both .452". I will have to try other bullets - it doesn't seem to get along with this one. I love the rifle though.
THE LOVELY, well you have already seen that.
But now, when ever I see those marks I will think of those two and our fun. 
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