Thoughts on Pink guns and form over function

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Alright I guess tomorrow we will go look at some. I saw a pink p-22 at Wades a couple months back. Maybe I will surprise her with it. I owned a p-22 for awhile and they really are not that bad. She even shot a couple mags through it. Thanks for the advise guys. Who knows, I may be teaching my daughter to shoot with it eventually!
 
Isher: "Anyone else have similar strategies?"

Years ago I owned an Intratec Tec22 Sporter.

Thing looked like a toy to begin with, and you should have seen it when I was finished. Orange plastic muzzle cover, ugly silver hobby paint, sci-fi kid's stickers, et cetera ad nauseum. It was a real gun, with high-capacity detachable magazine, but now it looked like some kid's cheap toy. I left it out on the coffee table for months and not one single visitor commented or picked it up. I was going to play "gotcha" with an anti, but I eventually realized I don't invite antis to my home. Finally I sold it to a guy who I sold on the idea of "hide in plain sight." Real reason I dumped it was unavailability at tolerable cost of additional magazines which, being plastic, eventually would wear out. Otherwise I'd still have it lying around.
 
Tec22 Sporter......Real reason I dumped it was unavailability at tolerable cost of additional magazines which, being plastic, eventually would wear out.
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I thought that as well...until I learned that Tec-22 magazines were made by Ramline. The current Ramline 10/22 30-round double-stacks are the same as the original Tec-22 magazine (with a Ramline logo). The Ramline 25-round single stack and 50-round double stack are also the same basic design. The main issue is the little "nub" on the left feed lip which aids in ejection. Butler-Creek, Eagle, etc magazines don't have that nub....Ramlines do. I didn't sell my pre-ban Tec-22 Scorpion, I just bought a few new Ramline 25-round single stack magazines and have fun with it :)
 
who cares. just get her shooting. buy her a quality gun, throw some pink grips on it, and be done.
 
What does the color matter? We all have preferences. At least if she chooses a dorky gun despite your best advice; no one will confuse it with one of yours :)

Ralph
 
My wife saw some person at the range with a pink pistol and nearly died laughing.

On the other hand... some time back I was discussing gun ownership with an "anti" who took a position that ran something like: would you people still want them if we took your manly black guns away? "You can have any gun you want as long as it's pink."

I told her I don't care what color it is as long as it blows big holes in stuff.

That, apparently, was not the right answer.
 
JSmith, I run pink grips on my 1911 every so often.

The guys at the range all get a good laugh. I don't see how colour detracts from the functionality of the gun.

My fiance shoots my 1911 with or without the pink grips.

KBK
 
As has been said, previously... if you can hit what you're aiming at, all else is insignificant.

Personally, I think a pink S&W .500 magnum would be something to see!
 
I love that Aerosmith song.

Pink it's my new obsession
Pink it's not even a question
Pink on the grips of my revolver, 'cause
Pink is the problem resolver
Pink it was love at first sight, yea
Pink when I turn on the maglight, and
Pink gets me through a tough gunfight
And I think everything is going to be all right
No matter what I do tonight
 
I think it would be bad..s to have a S&W 500 with pink grips then i want to see the guy that picks on your pink gun.
 
If she likes it, then I say godspeed.

Personally, I have always wondered why there isn't more color in the gun world. I mean, occasionally you will see a benchrester with a painted stock or something, but it seems for the most part we have relegated ourselves to black, blue and silver.

Of course, we have all held our breath at the recent, and scandalous, addition of Desert Brown and OD green to our color selection, but c'mon... OD Green and Desert Brown are just one step above gray in the boring color department.
 
In some cases (like this one) form IS function. It depends on your perspective. To the manufacturer, the function of the color choice is to attract the attention of a consumer who would ordinarily not consider your product for purchase. It translates into a benefit to the user in that it renders the purchase and initial use of the object more palatable, with experience leading to familiarity and expertise. At that point the value of other features of the gun become equal to or greater than the value of color selection, so as her discernment matures a pink .22 might lead to a black .45 or an orange .357.

If she's happy with the gun after learning to use it she'll be open to buying other guns made by the same company...keep it in the family, so to speak. This process is also known by the phrase "...the camel getting its nose under the edge of the tent; soon the whole camel is inside."

Thus, to the manufacturer the form (color) has a function...it sells guns.

From your perspective, the color choice leads her into another interest and activity to share with you. Again, the form has a function.

Lesson for the day...buy her what she wants if she can shoot it OK. Thus endeth the class.

I don't usually ramble like this, but my visit to the ER today netted 9 stitches in 2 fingers and the pain meds are talking. My lesson for the day...put the blade guard back on the table saw. Kickbacks are a b***h.
 
At one point I wonder if someone is going to raise the issue about toy guns. The police have encountered problems in the past where someone painted the bright yellow/red muzzle plugs of toy guns black and were confused in thinking it was a real gun. Vice Versa?
 
My wife wanted a pink handgun also. I took her in to look at Charter Arms, Pink Lady. She decided she liked the feel of the Smith and Wesson .38 spl. and bought it instead.

Two weeks later she still wanted a pink handgun. We came home with a pink Sig Sauer Mosquito. The next day my daughter and I went back and she bought one as well.
 
If I bought my wife a pink gun, she'd hit me with it. She threatens to hit me any time I point one out to her in the store. A pink gun is not for her. She likes pretty wood for the grips and polished metal.

On the other hand, if a pink gun will get your (anybody else) wife, daughter, sister, female friend, etc. past their fear of guns and into shooting, well, just make sure it's a decent one and then by all means buy it for them. Or buy them whatever else would work.

If more of the men of previous generations had been more conscientious about teaching the women to shoot, in my opinion, we would be facing a much weaker anti-gun movement today.
 
I bought my wife a Charter arms pink lady just so she could have her own gun. But I would like for her to goto a gun shop and just fiddle with some guns, and get excited like i do when it comes to shooting. But she likes it, it's just she needs to work on her aim. to be fair, its a snubby and shes a beginner.
 
My Mother didn't like pink guns when we were in Cabellas some time back "Why do they sell that?" Kinda funny, my Dad and I had to remind here that companies only sell what people buy.

OTOH, my g/f was shopping for a .357 carry piece and the dealers at the gun show kept pulling out pink .38's. :rolleyes: Then she told them that she shoots a .44 mag. :D She hates pink, but has liked some of the purple guns out there!
 
Just buy her the gun that she wants. Take her to the shop and have her hold them all as that makes a big difference. Then, if she wants a p-22 in pink, don't hesitate to get it (preferably as a surprise given after a nice Friday night date).

Frankly, if it's a reasonably reliable gun (and it seems like this is a range gun) don't stand in the way. You can always sell or trade it for something else down the road.

As for the color, it would make no difference to me. We all have our preferences to blue, stainless, parketerized, green, etc. Pink is no different. As far as having a new born, congrats! But, it doesn't make a difference either. He/she needs to be taught what is a real gun vs fake, and that shouldn't be based on color.

So, don't wait - go get it!
 
My daughter got pulled over to the gun rack by a pink youth .22 rifle & took up shooting because of it. If it gets her into the sport, pink works. I like better guns but my first was a cheap .22. It got me shooting. I traded up as I learned more & could afford it. She probably will too.

We all choose form over function from time to time. I made a set of purple heart grips for a .45 because my girls saw the wood when I was browsing online. There was nothing wrong with the originals. Do engraved grips work any better than plastic? I have elk grips that don't do anything that the wood ones didn't do just as well.
 
what ever it takes to get them out shooting. If there happens to be a more functional gun on the table while you are working on her gun, she will put together that shooting is more fun then messing with a gun all the time.
 
Color don't matter. Quality don't matter. What makes her happy is what does matter.

Explain that gun X is more reliable than gun Y for Z reasons. Even though gun Y is prettier than gun X. In the long run though getting her whatever will put a smile on her face is the right choice.

Worst case scenario is you get gun Y and she finds she doesn't like it so you take it back and sell it for gun X.
 
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i personally dont like the toy looking real guns. i have seen anodized solid blue and solid red which to me means trainer weapon not real gun. if its your personal fire arm and you customize it well maybe thats one thing. i guess it would be like my camo jobs on my guns.
 
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