I Have Created a Monster: Girlfriend is Shooting up all my Ammo!

[Ignition Override]

That should be interesting having people who enjoy the same hobby.
Nobody in my family is really interested, except for my brother who is six hours away.

Some of my wife's liberal friends (vocal group, as in music) think that we sneak around wearing camouflage, just to plink at a target.
The media's children, partly brainwashed.

 

[Jamie C.]

Deer Hunter, it could be ( and probably will get ) worse.

For instance, I've not only taught my wife to shoot, but am also in the processes of teaching her to ride ( drive ) the motorcycle we just bought.

Now, she's already claimed one of my guns as "hers"...

So, anybody wanna take bets on how long it'll be before I don't have a motorcycle?


J.C.

 

[Mrs. Armoredman]

Stop being such a penny pincher and bring lots of ammo for her to shoot for you.

 

[Deer Hunter]

Jamie, I wish she'd claim one of my guns...

"I don't want to keep shooting your pistol. I want my own now."

 

[RockyMtnTactical]

You're doing a good thing sir!

 

[chipperi]

My wife tore me a new one a few years back for dropping 1200 dollars on an ar-15. Would you care to guess who has shot that rifle the most.

 

[Creade]

I taught my wife to shoot with a .22 Pistol.
One day when she was feeling brave, she decided to try the rest of the guns I had at the range that day.
Well, She handled all of them so well, that she now grabs a 1911 .45 as her first choice everytime. She enjoys my SA .45 colts as well.

After she goes through 100 rounds I ask if she wants to switch to the .22, but the normal response is something along the lines of "I think that gun is too light, or too girly, or something"

Needless to say, I have to reload a few hundred extra rounds per week now just to have ammo for her!

 

[Jamie C.]

Jamie, I wish she'd claim one of my guns...

Heh... two responses come to mind. In no particular order, they are:
"Give it time."
and
"Be careful what you ask for."




J.C.

 

[jjohnson]

Marry the Keeper before it's too late.

Lucky dog.

Yeah, I've taught half the women "in my life" how to shoot and offered the other half but haven't been taken up on it. Of those who accepted the offer, nearly all of them really liked it.

My advice (I'm older - my combat boots are older than you are) is get the lady into reloading. With any luck, she'll be loading more than she shoots.
Be prepared to share a lot. My wife likes shooting, and just to get her off my back a little and let her shoot some of my own guns and ammo, I let her shoot my .357 M13 with full house loads, figuring that would back her off a little after shooting 9mm and 38 wadcutters.

Oh, no She loved the 16 inch blue/orange fireball and everybody at the range stepping back going "What was THAT?" So she proceeded to shoot up all my max loads :banghead:

You may have to test her limits a little. I don't mean surprise her by anything unpleasant like an elephant gun, but you might find she doesn't like high power rifle or something so you will still have at least one gun "to yourself." But forget about the days you could go to the range all by yourself to get a little peace and quiet time. She's hooked and all you can do is figure out how to feed the habit as long as you're together.

Nice looking ladies.... you lucky dude.....

 

[Gairwyn]

Just face it your...

doomed like the rest of us. I however purchased my own ammo whenever I aquired my own guns. I have never taken any of my husbands guns as I wanted my own. No reason to not make her do the same or make her help you reload for her new habit.

Congrats on teaching 2 more people to shoot!

Michelle

 

[Chisel Head]

...Now, she's already claimed one of my guns as "hers"...

So, anybody wanna take bets on how long it'll be before I don't have a motorcycle?

Well Sir, if you would only, now, teach her how to divorce, you'll end up with half of your gun collection and half of your motorcycle, without losing all

...My wife tore me a new one a few years back for dropping 1200 dollars on an ar-15. Would you care to guess who has shot that rifle the most...

Probably, the one who does the most tearing

 

[Jamie C.]

Well Sir, if you would only, now, teach her how to divorce, you'll end up with half of your gun collection and half of your motorcycle, without losing all

Never been divorced, have you Chisel Head?

I have. Twice. And the wife has an ex as well.

Believe me, it's tough to come out of a divorce with half of anything, unless you're a lawyer.


J.C.

 

[He got ME hooked]

I met my now future husband on the rifle range (college air rifle). He took me shotgun shooting for our first date and he paid for ammo. A few weeks ago he let me shoot his handguns so that I could figure out what I liked to buy my own. You havn't created a monster, just another awesome woman. Our agreement on guns is that they will remain his guns and now we just have to save to buy my own guns.

 

[jfrey]

Good to see a fellow AGGIE doing his part for the sport. Now, get a reloading press and let her do her part. My wife has 2 pistols of her own and she shoots them, while leaving those big, nasty 1911's to me. It's a tough job, but someone has to shoot them. Women are usually good students too when it comes to shooting. They don't have the macho attitude and bad habits men usually have when they start.
Gig eM '74

 

[halfbreed808]

Your lucky. My wife thinks when I get to go shooting she gets to go shopping. Sad thing is the shooting would be cheaper than her shopping.:banghead: Oh well

 

[Chisel Head]

Never been divorced, have you Chisel Head?

Only, once, Sir. I'm working on my 2nd. Or, rather, the ol'lady is working harder at it.
The 1st time around wasn't pleasant. But, when I look back, I can't imagine why I got so upset, when half the world's population consists of those belonging to the female race:banghead:
I assumed, in the beginning, that because my wife has been raised in a decent family that some of it would rub off. All that decency had nothing to offer except to spoil her

I have. Twice. And the wife has an ex as well.

As far as I know, I was my ex-wife's first ex

Believe me, it's tough to come out of a divorce with half of anything, unless you're a lawyer.

I was lucky enough to have come out of mine with half of nothing