kd7nqb
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Today my girlfriend and I decided to the gun show at the Portland Expo center. As mentioned in many other threads she shoots and carries regularly and essentially has been shooting to some extent since she was a little kid.
She had not actually been to a gun show before so I thought it would be a cool experience, well it mostly was. However I found it very bothersome the number of individuals (both men and women) who refused to admit that a woman of her age (21) could be knowledgeable about firearms.
Here is just one example
ME: While looking at a Mosin Nagent "Neither one of us have one of these, I should get one for us to use out in the woods"
HER: Pretty sweet but very heavy, I dont think I would like it.
GUY SELLING GUNS: "Ma'am you dont want to start shooting with something like that it will scare you too much and then you will never want to shoot a gun again"
She just seemed a little put off and then said something to the effect that she shoots a lot of rifles pretty often and that .30 carbine was her favorite round.
The guy seemed shocked but then looked at me and said "You take her shooting often?"
At this point her and I just walked away we figured that this was NOT the guy we wanted to do business with anyway.
Additionally, she has been in the market for a 1911 for quite some time for all the usual reasons (Great triggers, classic gun, thin profile for CCW, reliable as all get out) several times when she would walk up to a table and start looking at a gun she would ask me what I thought or if I had shot that model. It became almost predictable that at this point the person running the table would market ME that I show her a Taurus with Pink grips or one of the other "cute" guns. It got to the point that her response was, "I dont shoot cute guns, I shoot .45's"
All in all she could not fall in love with just ANY 1911 she decided to fall in love with a Kimber Pro Covert II. She liked the fit and feel and she liked that it came preinstalled with CTC grips.
All in all I learned 3 things.
1. It bugged me a lot that people would not admit that a young woman could be a gun enthusiast.
2. My girlfriend has an incredibly expensive taste in guns
3. Gun shows are even more fun when I get to spend them with my lady even if it adds stress to the show.
I am especially interested in some of the ladies view on this thread (PAX where are you)
She had not actually been to a gun show before so I thought it would be a cool experience, well it mostly was. However I found it very bothersome the number of individuals (both men and women) who refused to admit that a woman of her age (21) could be knowledgeable about firearms.
Here is just one example
ME: While looking at a Mosin Nagent "Neither one of us have one of these, I should get one for us to use out in the woods"
HER: Pretty sweet but very heavy, I dont think I would like it.
GUY SELLING GUNS: "Ma'am you dont want to start shooting with something like that it will scare you too much and then you will never want to shoot a gun again"
She just seemed a little put off and then said something to the effect that she shoots a lot of rifles pretty often and that .30 carbine was her favorite round.
The guy seemed shocked but then looked at me and said "You take her shooting often?"
At this point her and I just walked away we figured that this was NOT the guy we wanted to do business with anyway.
Additionally, she has been in the market for a 1911 for quite some time for all the usual reasons (Great triggers, classic gun, thin profile for CCW, reliable as all get out) several times when she would walk up to a table and start looking at a gun she would ask me what I thought or if I had shot that model. It became almost predictable that at this point the person running the table would market ME that I show her a Taurus with Pink grips or one of the other "cute" guns. It got to the point that her response was, "I dont shoot cute guns, I shoot .45's"
All in all she could not fall in love with just ANY 1911 she decided to fall in love with a Kimber Pro Covert II. She liked the fit and feel and she liked that it came preinstalled with CTC grips.
All in all I learned 3 things.
1. It bugged me a lot that people would not admit that a young woman could be a gun enthusiast.
2. My girlfriend has an incredibly expensive taste in guns
3. Gun shows are even more fun when I get to spend them with my lady even if it adds stress to the show.
I am especially interested in some of the ladies view on this thread (PAX where are you)