Mike1234567
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Get used to it. Your wife will be far harder on your pistol than you'll ever be.
Don't undervalue this a priceless cocktail party conversation opportunity. When the subject of guns come upShe held up her hand and to my utter shock I saw her ring still on her finger. I immediately grabbed
the gun and saw where her ring boogered up the parkerizing on the front strap.
You neglected to mention that the very first thing you said was, "honey are you ok". You did say that, BEFORE you immediately grabbed the gun, right?Well, I went out this week and spent $800 (with tax) on a new Springfield Range Officer. I took it to the range for the first time to shoot. My wife came along to shoot her Buckmark as well. I loaded up the 2 mags and walked up to the line to shoot. Before I began I asked my wife if she wanted to shoot it first, being the great guy I am. (I didn't really expect her to say yes, since she doesn't like guns that kick) She said "sure I'll shoot it a few times!". Well, after she finished shooting the 2 mags she put down the Springer and said that shooting that gun made her finger hurt. She held up her hand and to my utter shock I saw her ring still on her finger. I immediately grabbed the gun and saw where her ring boogered up the parkerizing on the front strap. The sight of the bare metal shining up at me was as bad as any horror movie I've ever seen. None of my guns, including my carry gun of the last 4 years, have this kind of damage to the finish. My first ever 1911 has been boogerized where it had been parkerized. AND it happened before I had the chance to even shoot it first.
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Any other horror stories out there since it's about to be Holloween? I know that I'm not the only one to have his new gun (or anything else for that matter) screwed up like this.
She held up her hand and to my utter shock I saw her ring still on her finger. I immediately grabbed the gun and saw where her ring boogered up the parkerizing on the front strap. The sight of the bare metal shining up at me was as bad as any horror movie I've ever seen. None of my guns, including my carry gun of the last 4 years, have this kind of damage to the finish.
It's a gun, not a Fabergé egg
Justin said:who's gun didn't look like it had been skipped across a parking lot
How about a pic of that gun as it is now? Just curious how that kinda wear looksIt's funny. The gun has 3000+ rounds through it now, hundreds of trips in and out of a holster, and plenty of wear marks.
I actually think it looks better now than when it was new
Yea I liked that pic too. All that wear has its own charm... looks cool! My carry 1911 has knicks and dings all over, but nothing like that. Gues i'm not as hardcore as I thought, lol.I'm not Texas Rifleman, but the picture I posted above should be a pretty good approximation. Every piece of brass (and more!) in that photo was ejected out of that gun.