To Shoot With or Without The Wedding Ring

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As a left handed shooter I often find myself taking off my wedding ring to practice. I carry an HK USP daily for work and personal use, and I am caught between leaving the wedding ring so I can train completely like a real life situation, or taking it off to save the ring and the gun grip. I know it sounds silly but my wife would kill me if I messed up the ring, she had it made with plaitnum and a number of diamonds, so its far from inexpensive, and it is obviously very sentimental.

Right now during my training sessions I shoot around 250 rounds without the ring and maybe 10 with the ring and it doesnt really feel that different, but still I always like to train as if it were a real life situation...any other leftys have this issue? :confused:
 
I shoot left handed all the time with my wedding ring on, if the ring is made out of plainum it shouldnt get damaged by just shooting, I understand your concern but all my ring ever gets is a little dirty and then I clean it.

I think it would be best to train as it would actually happen ( if thats actually possible), but then having a ring on for me doesnt make a difference in my shooting then when I have it off. Any how my $0.02 worth.
 
Take it off. If one of those diamonds pops out she's going to kill you. Even if it happens one day when you aren't shooting, she will still blame it on the gun.
 
My wedding ring just passed 31 years and is still in good shape. Just plain ol' white gold with a small diamond. It doesn't see the action it did a few years ago, but has been whacked many thousands of times with 9mm, 38, .357 and 32-20 over that time.

Pops
 
My ring is titanium, so I really don't have a problem... well, and I'm right handed as well. :)

Perhaps you should buy a less expensive ring, perhaps sterling silver, to wear while at work and while shooting to save the expensive one from damage. I know many, esp in the medical field, who do this.
 
My band is just plain white gold (w/ no stones), but I still say wear it. If something happens, tell your wife you refused to take it off because of your commitment to her.
 
Thirty two years ago I saw my friend rip his finger off when his wedding ring caught on a bolt.:eek: I have not worn a ring or any other jewelery till this day. You be very careful.
 
I shoot right handed. I have worn a ring on that hand for five years. It may not be a wedding band, but my mother gave it to me and it means a lot to me. That said, after the first time it scratched a parkerized pistol with it, it has never been on while shooting again. I've handled guns with it on and am confident that I could shoot with it on in a self-defense scenario. And then if the gun or more importantly, the ring, get damaged, I think my mother would forgive me...
 
Run whatcha brung. If you'll be wearing the ring if, as and when you'll have to use the gun to save a life, train with it.

Biker
 
or you could just hang it off a necklace on your neck while you practice, this way you wife won't get mad at you for taking it off, and you'll have it close by. aren't 15 year olds the smartest group of kids around? :neener:
 
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I really doubt a wedding ring will make a noticeable difference. Try shooting with it on and with it off. Does it change anything? Does it affect your groups in any way? If not, then don't worry about it.
 
I bought a cheap sterling silver band to use while doing dirty work or something that might pop one of the diamonds out of my actual white gold band.

Then I broke my elbow last Christmas Eve, and my fingers swelled up so much that it had to be cut off. Haven't gotten it fixed yet.

(Actually just found it about 10 minutes ago cleaning out my magazine/holster drawer.)
 
Back when I was married, I always would take the ring off. You can either potentially mess up the ring or mess up the gun (scratch).

I also used to work around all kinds of rotating machinery, so any jewely (other than a watch with rubber strap) was verboten. Jewelry around *any* moving parts has the *potential* for something bad to happen. YMMV
 
You could just wrap the ring with electrical tape.
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I second that, or some type of other protective covering. I shoot right handed so it's not asd much of a big deal. While mine and my wifes rings aren't exactly valuable as far as money goes, they were my great grandparents rings, and are turning into family heirlooms. Mine is rather worn down, because my great grandfather never took it off for anything. He worked on the car, and did all sorts of wood working with it on, so the design is far enough gone that it's basically just a two pice press fit band of white and yellow gold. In the future after I get it sized to fit my ring finger(I wear it on my middle finger now which has advantages of it's own "honestly I was just showing you my ring officer" LOL J/K), I plan to use hers(which is perfect bcause great grandmother even took it off for washing dishes and preparing dinner) as a pattern to have this one restored to original. Yes it will be expensive but to me it's worth it for something that is going to stay in the family.

Rev. Michael
 
Where is my ring??? Ohh honey I was out shooting, don't want to mess up my ring.;) Ohh honey that is not a hicky on my neck, hot brass fell down my collar:p ....right

I would take it off. I have a plain gold band so I don't have to worry about Diamonds popping out. I have been married 10 years and I rarely take off my band. It looks pretty beat up, if you want to keep it looking nice, take it off if your shooting or working with tools, etc .
 
I too believe that you should train like you'll fight. However, if that time ever came, I seriously doubt having the ring on versus off would make much if any difference.

V
 
You could just wrap the ring with electrical tape.
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Hell he could get some of that camo tape, band aid might work well also.


You could just tell the wife that just like marriage a wedding ring is not perfect and that only with a little wear and tear can you truly come to appreciate its beauty.(I came up with that one on the fly):what: :what:
 
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