"Nuff of the Pink already!

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I want a pink 500 magnum with purple dots. Say something about it then.

They are marketed to women, and it works. If I had a daughter or wife and they wanted a pink gun, my response would be "Get in the car. We're going to find you one now."
 
I am all for it if it makes a young lady more interested than i say yes I am all for it. If the misses said I want a Pink gun out comes the wallet if possible let's go get it honey.
 
We have two pink Crickett .22s for my two older girls. My youngest daughter is about to get her rifle, and it's going to be a pink crickett .22. My middle daughter wants a pink chipmunk pistol. My wife has pink grips on her carry gun and is trying to piece together an AR with pink accessories. If it wasn't for pink, I'd be the only one in the house that shoots.
 
If pink guns get the "better half" into gun ownership - remember they are over 50% of the population, they vote and they are the hands that rock the cradle and rule the world, then let's have more of it

I had one old codger at my local gun club refuse to shoot federal's pink shotgun shells because he thought they weren't "manly enough"; never mind they were pink because of the donations to fight breast cancer............
Some folks need to get over this color obsession
 
I've said it before: if soccer moms with pink Hello Kitty AR15s in their SUVs helps preserve the 2A, I can live with that. If rainbow-colored CeraKote 12 gauge pumps would persuade San Fransico that shotguns are FABULOUS, I'm all for it.

Mine? Who cares? It's concealed. If it gets seen in public, I'll have bigger worries than being snickered at because the color isn't "macho"?
 
I can live with the pink stuff... Its the Zombie this and Zombie that which I find repulsive.

Still the same premise thou.
 
captain awesome said:
They give to breast cancer research!?!?
Don't hate on that!


SAVE THE TATAS!
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It's not about body parts it's about research to prevent a deadly disease.

That said, I could care less what color a tool is. My first, last and only criteria is that it will perform the task I need it for.

I have a set of "pink" screwdrivers that are as worthless as a man in heat. I have a second set that are "homemade" and ugly as sin but reflect the fact they were made by a tool user with an intimate understanding of the conditions the tools would be used.

My Enfield is a long way from being pretty and quite frankly after years of use by previous owners is downright ugly. All that matters is that it will put a ball where I want it to go. My brother would be more than happy to "sporterize" the old weapon but why take the risk?

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. If a pink .22 rifle means fried rabbit with milk gravy for the mashed potatoes I'll take it over the one that wouldn't put a ball in the same place if it was locked in a vise.

My name is Selena and I am a ranter. :(
 
That said, I could care less what color a tool is. My first, last and only criteria is that it will perform the task I need it for.
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Mmmmmmm, er, okey dokey. :D And I thought "save the tatas" was a bit inappropriate....:D

No, it don't bother me that they make pink guns. I think those little pink crickets look cute in the hands of my grand-daughter (she has one). I just ain't in to weird, non-traditional colors on my own firearms. Some folks don't even want stainless, feel f it ain't wood and blue, it ain't worth owning. Takes all kinds and if there's a market, there'll be a product for that market. If it helps some woman to accept firearms to get a pink one, so be it. They didn't make the gun for the old white male market in the first place! However, I've secretly admired the Smith and Wesson 3913 Lady Smith for quite a while and I'm secure enough in my manhood to carry a gun with Lady Smith on it. :D That gun is just drop dead sexy, I mean, if a gun can be sexy. :D They did make the same gun without the Lady Smith on it, the 3913NL (Not Lady?) But, they're pricy and I never bought one.
 
I can live with the pink stuff... Its the Zombie this and Zombie that which I find repulsive.
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Add anything labeled "tactical" to that list; colors are fine. I have seen some target guns with amazing stocks painted in some very cool designs, photos, etc. - you definitely know which one is yours in the rack
 
Add anything labeled "tactical" to that list; colors are fine. I have seen some target guns with amazing stocks painted in some very cool designs, photos, etc. - you definitely know which one is yours in the rack
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:D I knew a fellow all off into benchrest that had some metal flake stocks, iridescent, all sorts of weird stuff in THAT sport due to the fact that you just about HAVE to have a custom stock for benchrest to compete. Guys spend lots of money building guns for that sport. But, hey, not unlike any other sport when one gets serious about it. There were some pretty wild "pistol" stocks in the unlimited class at IHMSA shoots when I competed with them, too. I just had my TC Contender and a 7mm TCU barrel for "stock production".

Yeah, I think now days they just use the word "tactical" to increase the price by 50 percent. I've noticed there ain't much with "tactical" on it that is not more expensive than the same product without "tactical" marked on it. I have a box of CCI "tactical" .22 rimfire ammo. :rolleyes. Just looks like solid point CCI mini mag, but a 375 round box ran me 5 bucks more than a 550 round box of Federal bulk. This was just before the crunch in December, one of the last boxes of .22LR I saw in a Walmart. But, I'm still wondering if they use CCI tactical .22 rimfire in Afghanistan for something? :rolleyes: The lame explanation on the box is that it's designed to feed and function in rimfire ARs. Right, like I haven't fed a ton of normal old CCI mini mag in my 10/22. Tell me the AR isn't a blow back just like the 10/22. :rolleyes:
 
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I just bought my wife a pink Charter 38. A pink zip case for pink gun and a pink breast Cancer Awareness emblem for her car.

She happy. And it don't hurt that both of us are cancer survivors

When mamma happy, everyone happy.
 
I stepped out huge last year. I got my SS Colt Rail Gun done in OD Green Cerakote. Tough to explain to the boys, but sometimes you need to bust out of the closet. I don't care if anyone stares at the range. :D:neener:
 
CDJ is right. Anything that brings more folks, particularly women, into the shooting sports is OK with me. Rumor has it that one of Hillary's campaign themes is going to be a ban on those evil male guns and making the world safe for unarmed women.

Jim
 
OilyPablo said:
I stepped out huge last year. I got my SS Colt Rail Gun done in OD Green Cerakote. Tough to explain to the boys, but sometimes you need to bust out of the closet. I don't care if anyone stares at the range. :D:neener:
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Pics ?
 
Hell no. No pink guns or parts. Makes me want to vomit.
Guns are not fashion accessories. They're weapons.
If a woman won't own a gun because it's not pink, she has some serious issues I'd rather not deal with.


What's next, blue-hair blue for grannies?
Blue for gonad cancer?
Snot green for zomb---oh, wait.
 
I just don't understand the hate,,,

I just don't understand the hate.

If it gets more ladies into the shooting arena,,,
I say pink it up.

It's like the attitude that any good citizen of a republic should have,,,
If you don't like it, don't buy it, look at it, listen to it, etc.

Sheesh! Lighten up people. :rolleyes:

Aarond

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aarondhgraham said:
I just don't understand the hate.

If it gets more ladies into the shooting arena,,,
I say pink it up.

It's like the attitude that any good citizen of a republic should have,,,
If you don't like it, don't buy it, look at it, listen to it, etc.

Sheesh! Lighten up people. :rolleyes:

Aarond

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Bless you sir!

The harshest hardship of freedom is the duty to allow others to do, say or possess things that you don't particularly approve of.
 
My wife has a pink laminite stocked stainless 10/22. Would it be my first choice? Nope. But it gets her interested in shooting, so its ok in my book.
 
If it gets more people into shooting, or supports cancer research/awareness, it's fine by me.

My wife, however, hates pink. she prefers purple, but mostly she comments that pink stuff is often made fore men, or second rate (e.g., the above mentioned pink screwdrivers) and made "girlie."
 
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