Does your significant other shoot?

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Wife and daughter both shoot. Wife just got her concealed permit and the daughter wants to get it this summer.
 
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No, and she told me that her arms are pretty weak. This is the case, even though I offered to help support a .22 rifle with a tree branch.

There is no real interest, and her Type One diabetes limits her walks and bike rides to short durations.
 
Took my wife to the indoor range the first time yesterday, so she could break-in her .38 special (had it for weeks and weeks, no ammo). She has always been very jumpy and frightened of my XD-S, every time I took her to the range to "witness". I let her shoot it once and it was enough. She always backed-up against the back wall when I was in a lane shooting. Said muzzle blast was too loud and she didn't like to feel the firing concussion. This after both earplugs and super muffs.

Her tune changed after firing her new .38 special. She seemed disappointed her 50 round box emptied, so I broke-out the XD-S and she still stood against the back wall and only ventured off it to sweep-up my brass.

She did very, very well with her targets, and will do much better when I dry fire (protected) her pistol hundreds of times to break-in the action before next trip. She said one flyer almost off the corner of the paper was a fly she was aiming at...we both got a good laugh out of that one!

She received a free NRA membership with her sidearm, filled-it-out and sent it, and was beaming from ear to ear about her new hobby...with me!

Seriously, what better shooting partner could one have but their wife? She went from terrified of all weapons to a, "I can't put this thing down" proud owner, all in one range session!

We had an SD issue pop-up several months ago, that was resolved by my wife slamming and locking the door, and she confided she didn't feel safe while I was away, and she did not feel comfortable with my longarm (even though she shot it on an outdoor range, so it could stretch it legs) so we "had the talk".

I'm so glad it ended well, for both myself and her. Yowza!
 
Yes my wife of 4 1/2 years has more guns than I do, prefers guns as gifts over jewelry, and has told me that if I buy the CZ I want she will use it on me because she is buying it for me. Not the most accurate shot but she is getting better with every trip. She is even learning how to reload now. I definitely married up and have one hell of a keeper.

*Btw she does have sisters, but only one is interested in shooting.
 
My first wife was not interested in shooting, but did not get in my way. Before I got married a second time my wife and I agreed that she would not complain about my guns unless I was irresponsible with them. But she had no interest in shooting despite my efforts at encouragement.

After eght years I finally got her to the range when I visited my brother in Vegas. It was a chilly 68 degrees and we had the range to ourselves. I, my brother and my niece were shooting suppressed rifles and my wife finally sat behind a suppressed Savage MKii with subsonic ammo. The double hearing protection helped too. :)

She decided shooting was fun especially after I got the scope adjusted for her. She put 15 rounds into a two inch group at 100 yards. I assured her that it was good shooting especially for a novice. After a while she got tired of changing mags every five rounds, so I bought her two ten round mags. Then she got tired of cycling the bolt for each round so I bought and customized a 10/22 with a heavy barrel, whittled down stock and 4x12 Nikon scope.

She has recently chastised me for allowing our supply of ammo to dip below 6000 rounds right before Sandy Hook. Now we are down to 2000 rounds. I hope to get her to shoot pistols and larger caliber rifles, but for now she enjoys going to the range with me.

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my wife was a marine.. but never owned or carried a gun...

she now sleeps with my 357 on the night stand..

shoots better than me...

and just told me to mail her appy in for her cwfl..

now if she would only start cleaning what she shoots.. and keep her hands off my weapons.. LOL
 
Funny how everyone in my wife's family has (had) a handgun except her. I didn't get into shooting until 5 years ago and now target shoot once a month to stay in practice on my CC .45. She has no interest. My son's wife shoots skeet and handguns. My daughter's husband and his family shoot. One of these days a couple of our friends wives are going to get CC permits so I hope she'll jump on board then. I'm not sure why she has no interest but if I find out I'll do what I can to overcome it.
 
Back when we were 16-ish, she was pretty standoff-ish about guns in general. Now she carries her P238 and wants a 1911 .45.

She loves the big guns as well. Look at her now :evil:

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She bought that RPK for me as a gift :neener: I did buy her an AR in return, however.
 
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Yes -

First Valentines present to her 27 years ago - Ruger 10/22.

Her eyes lit-up when she saw my XM-15 - "Can I shoot it?" "Yes, if you can cock it". She flipped it over, grabbed the charging handle, jacked it back, then just grinned at me.

She can out shoot me with most hand-guns (she doesn't care for the magnums) but, not a long-gun.

Unfortunately, she also thinks the gunsafe is her K-mart - she's "liberated" more than a couple of my favs.

She's worth it.
 
Wife shoots: She's purchased her own firearms, taken shooting classes on her own, and goes to the range on her own (cause I am working).
 
My wife grew up in WA and was taught that you don't need a gun, that is what the police are for. Then she married me, I slowly introduced her but no real interest at first. The typical, "I don't understand what is so great about going to the gun range." Then she didn't understand why I wanted to start reloading even after the explanation of cost and volume. I let her shoot my Springfield XD 4" Compact she didn't like it the first couple times. Then I got her a cheap .380 Hi-point, She hated it and said it was too weak, so I let her pick her next gun, Taurus PT709 Slim 9mm. She liked it, but the small frame and light weight made it hard to be accurate. Then she started shooting my XD more as we were at the range under my advice that she needed to be familiar with my gun as well just in case. Then she realized that the .45 ACP was a really good caliber and started popping bullseyes and kept telling me she was going to take mine if I didn't buy her one. Now she has a .45 XDs and loves it! We go shooting now at least twice a month, she now supports my reloading addiction and nods and smiles when I talk reloading like she cares, we go brass hunting with the kids and she even digs lead out of the hills for me to cast.
My 3 year old daughter loves to shoot my .22 LR and I cannot get her to not rapid fire, she loves pulling that trigger fast as she can! But her smile afterward is well worth the frustration! She helps me reload, and if I let her get close enough I'm sure she'd help me cast bullets as well.
My wife has now gone from not understanding guns, to attending a NRA Women On Target course, Utah non-resident CCW class and is now a card holder, has her WA CCW card, owns three handguns, has shot a multitude of handguns, rifles, shotguns, and loves them all. Recently she got to shoot a .348 winchester lever action and she explained to me that her next gun needs to be a lever action rifle and she wants to try cowboy action type shooting! The best part, when I disappear into the garage now for hours to do some casting or reloading........ She understands, and is happy we have lots and lots of ammo to go practice with!
On a follow up, I have converted her entire family and all now have their WA CCW and have all purchased PD weapons and have changed their minds about guns and ownership.
 
My wife enjoys shooting. She's shot IDPA with me and likes to shoot in GSSF matches. She's got her carry permit and is a NRA life member.
 
Nice pics brethren. Mine's an early-tutored shooter (military Dad). BTW an excellent platform to teach the kinder - both Mommy AND Daddy know how to shoot…
 
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You guys who shoot with girlfriends, wifes etc are really fortunate.

MagnumWill: those are very cool photos, in a beautiful state. Has she watched "Enemy At The Gates"?
 
I've tried several tactics to get my wife involved in shooting. Everything from telling her how fun it is, to how important it can be for self defense. Nothing has worked. On the bright side, our daughter enjoys going to the range and is developing into a fine shooter.
 
My babe shoots skeet. I was surprised today, I was out back shooting my pellet gun and she took it from me and fired off about 30 pellets.... I didn't interrupt her so I could shoot. I though, if shes shooting and enjoying it... Ill let her be... Lately shes asked for me to strategically place guns in different parts of the house... I had to fight her to leave one by the bed at first.. Now she wants one thats easily accessable in two other rooms!!!... Which is awesome :) Im winning this battle.

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She likes it :)

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Not only does she shoot her guns, but she also shoots mine. I keep telling her, what is yours is yours and what is mine is mine. I know she does not understand what I am telling her, she still shoots my guns.:banghead: Told her if she wants to shoot ??? then she needs to buy one!
 
My wife of 37 years shoots a little but not in quite a while. Skeet and handgun mostly. She does support my hobby to the fullest.
 
Back when we were 16-ish, she was pretty standoff-ish about guns in general. Now she carries her P238 and wants a 1911 .45.

She loves the big guns as well. Look at her now :evil:

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She bought that RPK for me as a gift :neener: I did buy her an AR in return, however.
RPK? she seems wonderful!

Sniper Mosin?? ... You're a lucky man
 
Yup, she does. She had a gun when I married her and one of our first couple of dates included a range trip.

At first, she was purely interested in firearms from a practical, self-defense standpoint, but over the years, she's become more involved in competition and recreational shooting.

It's nice to not have to argue about firearms related issues, but there are downsides. Paying double every time you go to the range, shooting up twice as much ammunition and and having twice as many guns to clean when you get home. And the gun safe fills up faster too... :D
 
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