My daughter wants a rifle. A pink one.

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My best friend didn't like my Vektor SP2, in .40 S&W. Said the recoil was too much for him. He's average height, average build, FWIW.

Took a girl from work shooting once. She went through all five boxes of .40 that I'd brought before asking "Where's the rest?" :confused: :banghead: :rolleyes: :p
 
If it gets her into shooting, I see no problem with her having a pink gun. You should get her a ruger 308 and paint that pink. That way it is "cute" and has alot of power. Also a ruger 308 is fairly inexpensive. My lil girl has the pink cricket for now.
 
I'd be more leery of the boyfriend. I don't have a daughter(yet), I have a son, and my wife is pregnant with number two, which we hope is a girl. However my wife says there are going to be some definates if we have a girl. one is EXTREMIST overprotective father. Daddy's little girl will be the understatement of the century. Finally that I will be the biggest pushover and that my daughter will have me wound around her little finger so tight the jaws of life couldn't set me free. I fear she may be right. I already know it would be my daughter going to the range with me, wrenching on the truck with me, going on the long haul drives with me, etc. Don't get me wrong I love my son and I spoil him. Not quantity the inlaws overload him with all kinds of stuff. I very carefully pick what i buy for him and it's always a winner. The first toy I bought him was a bigrig hauling livestock. The second was a John Deere Harvester(yes I'm a redneck). I'm already trying to decide what is going to be his first firearm. However if I have a daughter I have the distinct feeling I'm going to go broke very quickly the minute she is old enough to say "daddy can I have this." "Sure darling anything you want." I gotta get a VERY high paying job, or convince Bill Gates to adopt me. May God have mercy on my soul, and yours my friend. Boyfriend, I am terrified of that word beyond belief. Even moreso others that may accompany it. YIKES! Sympathy and prayers.

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Reminds me, somewhere last year on here, was a picture of a gorgeous little girl, I think about 8 years old it was said, it was the daughter of one of the posters, she was shooting a mtch grade AR-15 in competition(and doing well I might add), and almost the entire thing was pink. The rifle was custom built from readily available parts which were readily available in pink. Even the upper and lower recievers were pink. The only things that weren't were a few things that would be impractical such as the trigger, mags, and such IIRC.

Also to put a point accross and to make an offer to my family for their children(this family ain't against guns, just don't have any) for me to teach their children responsible and safe firearms handling, and hence personal responsiblity, I used that picture in a peronsal blog for family, hope the owner doesn't mind. My son is too young to use(year and a half) otherwise I would use him. If you wish me to remove it though, I will do so.
 
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seeing pink

If you cannot find an appropriate pink rifle, purchase a bottle of nice pink nail polish, and apply it to the front sight blade of the dull old gun.
 
Its only a Garand. Nothing wrong with it being painted pink. Especially if it attracts new shooters. You have to admit not many other people have a pink M1 Garand.
 
Perhaps Springfield who also produces modern versions of these rifles as well as synthetic stocks for them, can be talked into molding on in pink for your daughter? You would be surprised what some of the manufacturers will do at customer request. Especially for children. Especially the more homegrown type companies such as Springfield.
 
I asked my daughter, when she was nine, if she wanted a pink .22. She said she thought they looked tacky, and she wanted a more classy hunting rifle with maple and brass furniture.

There's a cricket .22 (not pink) in my family's arsenal somewhere. Once when we were all shooting together i used it a few times. It was absolutely horrifying, trigger pull was half an ounce or so, way too light even for a kids gun. Especially for a kids gun.

a pink M1, I don't think I've seen that before. Maybe it would be good if someone needed a parade rifle for the gay pride parade.
 
>a pink M1, I don't think I've seen that before. Maybe it would be good if someone needed a parade rifle for the gay pride parade.<

Ye gawds... could you imagine a group in a pride parade in pinkoflage, with pink stocked Garands?

Better: could you imagine the look on a would-be assailant's face, when he found out those Garands were functional?
 
Ya'll do know there was in fact a pink U.S. submarine running around the South Pacific during WW2, do you? (Think "Operation Petticoat"; they got the idea from the real deal.) I don't guess a pink Garand is that much of a stretch. As for anyone advocating using pink-stocked Garands in a gay pride parade... considering how freaky those events are...

:barf::barf::barf::barf::barf::barf:... and... :barf:
 
What HKmp5sd posted or Amanda is what I had in mind when a pink gun was asked for. Consider this, it's pleasant to shoot at 15 and will still be pleasant to shoot at 50. It's a gun that will be a keeper and will never gather dust. By changing uppers, she can have a target gun, a varminter or a self-defense zombie stopping rifle.
 
I've sold a whole bunch of Pink grips for 1911's all over the world. There are numerous women shooter's that like to personalize their guns.
 
If my daughter ever wants a pink gun, a pink gun she will get. Same with my wife.

If it happens to be a Garand she has her eyes on, I will get an old beat-up stock and have at it. A Marlin would be sacrificed to the paint without hesitation, however.
 
OK, the Marlin is now a lovely shade of Pink. I have to download the picture from my camera and I will post it.
 
Well, I'll probably find a beater stock for a Garand, if she really wants one. I'm afraid it's a little too much for her right now. Although she REALLY wants a pink set of grips for the Ruger, and she seemed pretty enthused about the posibilities of a pink AR.
 
My daughter is 4 and while we were in the gun shop she saw one of the pink crickets and now she wants to paint all of my rifles pink and call them hers.
 
I'll be picking up a pink 22 for my daughter as soon as she is old enough to shoot, well maybe picking up before and giving to her later.

If it gets them interested in shooting I don't really care what color it is.

A pink AR would be funny :).
 
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