bragging rights: quality significant other, chime in

[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.

 

[BerettaNut92]

[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]

I win

My wife went from Anti to packing in 6 months.

 

[Frohickey]

"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.

 

[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 . . .

 

[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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