[MJRW]

She's a closet appreciator of firearms and has come quite a long way in the past year. Started out she just went to the range with me to go with me. Shortly after that she commandeered the 10/22 leaving me shopping for my own .22 rifle. She also commandeered the 422. Being recoil sensitive, I had a hard time getting her to shoot more than that often. Recognizing the need for her own ability to defend herself accurately and with a firearm she was familiar with, we ended up shopping for her own piece to lock in her own vault for her to access. Ended up with a 6.5" Taurus Tracker .22 magnum which she now likes to take to the range weekly.

And every time I come home with a new gun and expect to get in trouble she just says "its your money."

The other night something scared the bejesus out of my fiance. It was nothing to be alarmed about, just caught her off guard. She said to me later, since I am chief of security at the house, "can we get a gun on every floor?"

Now to get her shooting the shotgun and carrying. She did decide she wanted to carry a stungun and pepper spray. However, the point seems to be soaking in, "how close does a person have to be for you to use those?"

So now, bragging time folks. What you got?

[one-shot-one]

:) well my wife is not a gun addict like me, to her they fall on the same plane as a hammer or screwdriver. she shoots well probably better than average but the guns themselves hold no "extra" fasination for her. she will happily camp and fish though putting her ahead of many in the crowd.:p

[JasonPT145]

Mine is very very very beautiful, on the other hand I asked her to get my unloaded gun out of the glove box (just got out of court) and she touched it like it was one of my daughters dirty diapers:(
She is getting better though, I got her to do some dry fires with me last night:)

[WhoKnowsWho]

At first, my wife was kinda unsure about what she thought about real guns. She didn't mind the Airsoft stuff at all, but she knew I was going to end up getting real ones before I knew it!

After the first time in the desert, she wanted her own, like James Bond, a P99, but ended up getting a P22 first.

Then a Tomcat for concealed carry before we did the class.

Then a P99 for a good price.

Then we both got our CCW at the same time.

And then she got a Taurus 851 SS for a easier to shoot CCW weapon.

And she still has a shotgun on backorder.

She doesn't mind my buying stuff 'cause she trusts me that I am responsible enough to keep up with bills. And I her.

She is a wonderful wife overall, and that she enjoys buying and shooting (though we are still working on her stamina) is just a bonus on top of it all.

[Skunkabilly]

:(

~sniff~

[Soap]

I'm not going to brag, but ask Chris Rhines or Justin. My lady is top shelf.

[Greg L]

Like me, mine was raised in an anti household. Like me, she has come over to the dark side :D . She's got her CCW and is constantly telling others to get one also. She doesn't get to go shooting as often as she would like to (neither do I for that matter) but when she can she makes the most of it.

Unlike me though to her the various weapons fall more into the "tool" catagory instead of the minor obsession. But thinking about it that is probably good as it keeps the priorities where they should be (food in the kids stomach and a roof over our heads :) ).

Greg

[Chipperman]

Oleg, maybe we should set up a Personals section for Skunk and the other Singles.
Whattya' think? ;)

Mine has come a long way, but is still more Anti than Pro

:mad:

I'm gradually winning her over, however. :evil:

[Doug444]

Well, mine, too, isn't quite the afficionado that I am, but she has her CCW permit, and a Rossi .38, as well as "her" .243 and 10/22 rifles. After I started CAS she said she might be interested and gave me the go-ahead to buy a brace of .38/.357 SAA replicas and a Marlin 1894 in the same cal. She's shot them, but not in competition yet (has to get her "outfit" done first!;) ). Doesn't shoot as much as I'd like her to (or me either:( ), but since our one and only is heading off to college this fall we should have more time for the fun stuff.:D :D

Doug444

[Larry Ashcraft]

Mine was a AA Unlimited Handgun Silhouette shooter in the 80's.

She keeps a S&W Model 10 in the kitchen, and commandeers every "cute" handgun I bring home, such as her (my) 1922 Browning.

[zahc]

:(


*sniff*

[ball3006]

over the years but never really got into shooting. I finally got her to practice with my Glock 22 incase she decided to get her carry license. After two months she said she was ready and took the class two weeks ago. Shot a perfect score and was the only one in her class to do so. Now she has decidec to get a Glock 36 as her carry gun. She has had a Chief Special and a riot length 16 gauge for years......chris3

[DCR]

Mine got me a .32 H&R mag birdshead for our anniversary!
She laughed and said "Nothing says love like a gun!"

Definitely a keeper.:)

[Correia]

Our first date was shooting.

Her favorite guns are the Bulgarian Makarov and the Romanian .22. She is getting super good with the Romanian. We have ordered a .223 Tikka for her.

She handles herself well. Back when we lived in a basement apartment, she noticed a young scary looking guy looking in the open living room window. She asked him what he wanted, he said that he was "just lookin". My wife grabbed the .40 we keep stashed in the kitchen. (hey doesn't everybody stash guns?) and told him "you had better keep moving if you don't want to get shot!" He kept moving. :)

Another time I came home late at night, a friend and I had helped some folks move, and I had bought their BBQ from them. Rather than come in the front door as I would normally have done, my friend and I decided to shove the BBQ onto the porch. We made a bit of noise, and it scared the heck out of my buddy when my wife greeted him at the sliding glass door with an 870!

She also took out a beligerant drunk at a Howard Jones concert with an elbow to the face.

Yep, my wife is tough. Likes guns. (though she tires of my constant babbling about them :p ) She is also a great mother, has a great sense of humor, is smart, a super good cook, and she is good looking.

Ahh... It is good to be King. :D

[Frohickey]

Now to get her shooting the shotgun and carrying. She did decide she wanted to carry a stungun and pepper spray. However, the point seems to be soaking in, "how close does a person have to be for you to use those?"

Just don't do what Preacherman's lady friend's husband did to his wife (http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=21141&highlight=dragons+breath). If you do, you might want to have a spare set of curtains handy. :D

[Calanctus]

My wife shoots as well as I do, despite accompanying me to the range only a couple times a year. My father-in-law was a big hunter and shooter when he was younger. So far I've "inherited":

-Winchester 1885 hi-wall rebuilt in 219 Ackley Improved Zipper
-Ithaca M37 Ultra-Featherweight in 20 ga.
-Husqvarna rifle in 7mm Rem Mag

-Ponsness Warren Du-o-Matic 375 shotshell press (from trapshooting uncle) in 12 & 20 ga.
-Tons of reloading equipment, plus about 30 lbs of various powders and bullets.
-Remington Spotting Scope

My other friends that shoot keep asking "You sure she doesn't have a sister? Or even a brother?"

[cslinger]

My wife has her own screen name here, so that must count for something.

Just to give you an idea. I had mentioned that should the AWB go away next year I was thinking about taking off the A2 stock on "OUR" AR-15 and replacing it with a true collapseable. Her response to this......

"Leave "MY" AR alone. You can go buy your own AR-15 to mess with."

Ahhh gotta love her.

Chris

[tobeat1]

MY wife wanted a P7 INSTEAD OF an engagement ring!:what:
She also lets me keep a reloading bench in the living room. :cool:

[AK103K]

The first time my wife and I went shooting was when we were just going out in high school. I was going to show "her" how to shoot. Boy, was I dummy. :) Turns out her Granddad was a exhibition "trick" shooter and used to shoot cigarettes out of peoples mouths, etc., her Dad was the state jr trap shooting champ in his class at 10 years old, and a big shooter for Honeywell in the 50's and 60's. She needed no instruction and talk about competition! Shes never really had an interest other than she will shoot if everyone else is. Even then, she can still out shoot a lot of people. I'm not ashamed to admit it, but I've made a buck or two at the trap range with friends who doubt she can do it. Shes just one of those natural shooters. Well, I guess genes do have something to do with it. :)

[genie]

:(

...sniff....sigh

[280PLUS]

i keep getting "oh, you can afford a gun but not a ring,eh?":what:

reply, " but honey, it's not a new gun..."

or

"looking at them doesn't mean i'm buying one"

:evil:

other than that she got her pic in the range newsletter while shootin' the xm15

she shoots the rest of them too, except the 332, nobody wants to shoot that one...

'cept me...

:D

[SADshooter]

1) Owns ranch, loves venison (free hunting for yours truly, field-dresses my kills with efficiently-wielded scalpel)
2) Has had Texas CHL almost as long as I have
3) Wants to shoot IPSC
4) Thinks we should buy reloading equipment to make IPSC practical
5) My birthday gift last year was 700 BDL in .243
6) I trust her with my life, confident she has my back, and will take on any threat I can't

Only puzzlement is how she wound up with a doofus like me, but I'm just smart enough not to go there.

[Kharn]

My girlfriend has a thing for 1911s, AR15s and shooting clays. Only problem: She's in college and she doesnt have much money (I'm in the same situation, but with an on-campus job to get some gun money), so she mooches off my range supplies all the time. Someday, I'll muster the intestinal fortitude required to tell her to quit using up all my .45acp without buying more (especially once she gets her part-time nursing job, then she'll be making more than me).

Kharn

[PvtPyle]

Yeah Correia and I are VERY lucky. Both of our wives are great. I would say that mine is exceptional due to our situation. I have been out of work for almost 2 years now, but I have been able to buy 6 or 8 guns since then including a .50. Then there is what happened with the garage (I swear it started out as a NORMAL reloading bench!) and all of my own personality disorders. And thru it all she still loves me.:D

[Frohickey]

Stop it. You lucky people are depressing me. :(
Being stuck in Kalifornia, in the belly of the liberal beast (San Francisco Bay Area) is even worse.

Maybe I can file for special persecuted minority status. :p

[El Tejon]

[El Tejon under desk sobbing quietly]

[P95Carry]

I am 3 years into my 2nd time around ........ and am lucky to have a woman I adore. She grew up with guns but ... unfortunately a long time back, her brother had an accident with a rifle which killed her Grandpap ......... and that has lingered for her till this day.

She is certainly not anti at all ..... just not so ''comfortable'' ...... mostly with handguns funnily enough. She does tho very strongly support me in my purchases .. no moaning or complaints. She shoots a 22 rifle extremely competently.

She cannot totally grasp my 24/7 carry habits ....... but still accepts it ... and I hope very much and very soon .... to tempt her to the range and get some serious handgun practice in. I mainly want her to feel at ease and competent ... such that if required she can use safely and efficiently. Maybe even finish up such that she has her own all time.

[Skunkabilly]

[El Tejon under desk sobbing quietly]

[The Skunk pulling up with the Badger, a steel guitar and a bottle of Tsingtao]

[Wildalaska]

My wife grew up in a country where guns in private hands are nonexistent, and people are taught in school that they are bad.

I had her shoot a 22 once and her response was "not interesting"

Last year, I ran up north of Anchorage to shoot off some machine guns. We let her rip an MP5. Later on I coulnt find her. She had asked the guy with the MP5 if she could shoot it again, he sais she could as long as she loaded the mags. Found her doing the rice paddy squat in the snow stuffing HK mags as fast as she could.

Pulled my HK P7 out the other day, aske her if she wanted to shoot it. Her response "Not interesting, when we go shoot machine gun?"

She tolerates gun shows and thinks pink framed BUL pistols are cute, also blue Kel Tecs and military Walthers...but..

"Why you spend mony on stupid Swedish-jin rifle and not buy young cutie wife machine gun, kornyaro zhizhi"(foolish old man)"

WildlovemywifeAlaska

[KMKeller]

My wife went from Anti to packing in 6 months.

[Frohickey]

:what:

"Why you spend mony on stupid Swedish-jin rifle and not buy young cutie wife machine gun, kornyaro zhizhi"(foolish old man)"

You might want to buy the young cutie wife a machine gun... she might use your failure to do so as grounds for divorce. :p

[Prodigalshooter]

Mine has slowly migrated to being an actual owner of a handgun, after tolerating my fondness for firearms for some years.
One day I told her she should have one that was truely hers and she said...yes!
Now she has more interest, is going with me to the state IDPA match in a few months, has talked about trying it herself. I've got my fingers crossed that she gets the bug for IDPA;)

[benEzra]

My wife grew up in a moderately anti household (originally from Cambridge, Massachusetts, later moved to Maine). After our marriage, she tolerated my gun collection but wasn't thrilled about it, though she did feel safer with me armed when things went bump in the night (and when you live in a mobile home, as we did when first married, things go "bump" a LOT).

Then a friend attending a local college asked me to keep his Glock 17 for him since he couldn't keep it on campus. My wife looked at it and said "hmmm, I don't like guns, but if I ever got one, I'd want one of those . . ."

Then I took her shooting, and she found she had a knack for it . . .

Then we moved out in the boonies and she wanted a gun of her own for protection (Raven .25 at the time).

Then she fell in love with a Russian SKS at a gun show and it followed us (her) home . . .

Then we got her a Glock 26 and a CCW . . .

Now she wants a Commander-size 1911 for CCW . . .

:D

[keithernTN]

My wife wasn't into guns much when we met, she wasn't even aware that there are crazy people that are trying to take them away and outlaw them. That has since changed but I still can't get her to the range much. I am going to have to get her a gun of her own and maybe she will have more interest in shooting. She is a good woman and she will come around or I am going to drive her crazy.

[BowStreetRunner]

well my girlfriend might not like guns that much, but she bought me a 1895 Nagant and a Makarov for graduation!
cant beat that with a stick!
and she is easy on the eyes, smart, and loves me
thats my brag
BSR

[Stetson_CO]

My g/f has her own Ruger .357 given to her by her grandfather. I haven't seen it yet due to some crap with the will and her uncles but as soon as it is all figured out, we are going shooting.

She also has a .410 and a Remington 7mm. She shoots trap with her dad....too bad I suck at that.


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