Women & Pink Guns

[Slamfire]

Color preferences are a cultural thing. God did not put in the Good Book “blue is for boys and pink is for girls.”

When my Coral Bell Azaleas bloom, I think pink is just wonderful.


It would be a lot easier to find your gun on the dark floor mats of your truck if it were pink or yellow.

Same thing with your wallet.

 

[Nushif]

After some more discussion over a nice piece of pie, the wife actually said something pretty interesting.

As I mentioned before she likes pink. A lot. However, the color of the gun is only one aspect. She also likes quality guns of a very certain kind.
And that is kind of the issue. As one poster, presumably a female pointed out, it is rather hard for women to be taken seriously at the range. I've seen the behavior tons of times, even with me standing right next to her, some guy will come up and try and show her "how it's really done" when he doesn't even have groups on his target. Then the fact that hers aren't 1/4 inch groups is blamed on recoil.
But having a "manly" gun doesn't change squat about that behavior. Hells, she doesn't even *own* a pink gun yet. (Can't quite afford the mods she wants) But the moment women roll over and say "I should just do what the men do, to be taken seriously" is when they gave up, is what she said.
When one ceases a certain kind of behavior that one likes, because of some outside influence that is unwelcome, said outside influence won.
So the moment women stop rolling up on a range with their pink handled guns, they lost the fight of being taken seriously already, no matter how good a shot they are.

That's ze wife's opinion on that. And I do like it.

 

[ForumSurfer]

to be taken seriously at the range

I tell my girlfriend to filter out whatever might be said at the range and take any advice with a grain of salt. Research it for herself before taking it for gospel.

Heck, I'm not even sure if they take me seriously...not that I care either.

I get what you're saying. Essentially it stops being fun when you take the personal touch out of it. We like and prefer what we like, and it's a shame to be judged by someone else based on what they prefer and like. that's not just limited to guns.

 

[KJS]

Do you think that a badguy is going to disregard a 38spl bullet because the gun it was fired from had pink grips?

Clearly, not taking a gun seriously due to color would be a dangerous idea, even if the media assures us that color matters (think "black rifles").

I seem to recall a post on this forum (or similar gun forum) in which a guy had to borrow his wife's gun while his was being fixed and he apparently felt embarrassed toting around a gun with pink grips. Well, it's going to stop a bad guy one way or another -- a big guy with a pink gun making them fall to the floor laughing or fall to the floor shot and bleeding. Incapacitated in one manner or another gets the job done all the same I guess.

In the original post I quoted to start this thread, I was sort of wondering if it was more than just an issue of color. Like perhaps his wife was reluctant to carry a gun at all and hoped hubby wouldn't find any pink grips for a GP when she really didn't want to carry that hefty .357 anyhow.

AND - My daughters both shoot and they prefer their guns in black. IT goes good with everything.

I've made that comment myself in the past. Every woman knows black is the universal accessory color that goes with everything.

I'd agree color is a personal choice. I've seen earth tone green & tan guns that strike me as just plain ugly. Those clearly are not "girly" colors, just colors that I don't personally love.

 

[KJS]

It's not a woman thing, it's a people thing. As evidence I will point out that a hunter wearing a neon orange coat and hat might demand a camo stock for his shiny stainless gun not to blend in to the trees, but as a fashion statement. And need I mention "tactical" black?

Since I'm not a hunter, I never thought about that.

I had no idea camo was actually a fashion statement to some. I simply assumed it to be 100% utilitarian to blend into the brush. As a fashion, it doesn't appeal to me. I like the traditional look of stainless, black, and brown in the case of wood.

Speaking of tactical black, when are AR makers going to come out with pink models that are engraved with "We support breast cancer research"? The PC press would be utterly confused on how to report on guns that are both so "evil" yet as PC as can be at the same time!

 

[Wolfeye]

My wife generally likes pink (she's wearing a pink shirt as I type this) but she doesn't like the "Barbie pink" that most pink guns come in. I suspect she'd want a pink gun if it came in "grownup pink".

I think the appearance of a gun is irrelevant in terms of its use in an actual defensive situation. My wife & I are civilians; we won't reveal our guns until a situation has escalated to being deadly. There would be very little time for a home invader or assailant to examine & ridicule our guns between the draw & the fire. Personally, I'd be happy to never find out if that's true.

"I had no idea camo was actually a fashion statement to some." I see quite a few patrons at Cabela's dressed in hunter's camo. I associate the fashion with country people.

 

[Guenivar]

My wifes first gun was a pink pt138 .380
now she owns:
a charter .38 snubbie in red
a 10/22 w/blue laminated stock
a pt1911 in stainless,
a marlin 30/30 lever gun
and her CCW pemit

The first pink gun got her to the range to spend time together,
n now we shoot & hunt regularly. Do i care for em? no, did it
help me get the wife to enjoy one of my hobbies and understand
my addiction? definately

 

[Shadow 7D]

It's called KG gunkote, Lauers Dura-coat, both make a clear coat base that you can tint with any quality auto tint, most bodyshop supply and paint shops can do it or sell you the color. Then you can make it any pretty or not color you wish.

 

[KJS]

The first pink gun got her to the range to spend time together,
n now we shoot & hunt regularly. Do i care for em? no, did it
help me get the wife to enjoy one of my hobbies and understand
my addiction? definately

Well, now you're starting to make even me think pink is pretty with a story about how it brought a couple closer.

I must admit pink isn't the worst gun fashion statement -- I think that award goes to "gangstas" who think their waist band, that seems to defy the laws of gravity, is a holster for a Glock.

 

[JR47]

My wife likes shiny blue revolvers, like the older Model 19s. My daughter, on the other hand, thinks that Pink is a wonderful color for a gun. She owns a stainless 10/22 with a pink laminated stock from Ruger. She also owns a Lauer-coated Pink Lady Bersa Deluxe that is her carry piece. With black grips.

I seriously doubt that anyone will care to get close enough to debate whether a gun that is pink is real. Fake guns tend to be black, with orange tips of the barrels.

She is deadly accurate with the gun. As a mother of a 3 year-old daughter, you wouldn't want to try anything with her, especially if said little girl was present. The number of holes that you'd find yourself awarded would probably be the end of you.

 

[RKRCPA]

I was at a local shop today and commented on the stack of pink grips in the display case. The guy behind the counter said they can't keep pink guns in stock, they sell as fast as they can get them. I asked if he had noticed a particular demographic to the buyers and he said that it was all age groups etc. Learn something new everyday.

 

[Candyman]

Several years ago I bought my wife a Kimber Ultra Aegis II (custom shop 9mm). She liked it and learned how to use it. A couple of months ago she HAD TO HAVE a Charter Arms Pink Lady (.38 Sp. Revolver). She LOVES that gun and now you can't keep her from the range. I guess that comes back to the old wisdom of letting them pick their own gun in the first place. I now have the Kimber as a regular carry gun. We're both happy and I feel comfortable with her having the .38 (+P's of course). If it'll get them shooting and keep them shooting... make it pink!

 

[KosmicKrunch]

My wife and daughter both have pink and powder blue guns. They seem to enjoy that they are theirs. My wife just bought a pink NAA Mini Rev with pearl grips. They have not been able to set it down and shot it at the range this past weekend. My wife also has a Charter .44spl as well as a .38 special. She does not enjoy the new smiths as she says the trigger from the factory are horrible. My daughter has a pink 10/22 .22lr and a powder blue Savage MkII in .17 HMR. My daughter now wants an M4 in pink. In the end, I say let em buy em and use em. It gets them involved in a sport I really enjoy. We have a ton of family time and for that I am happy about.

P>S> - I bought my daughter a Lee Anniversary Reloading kit... YES... she has already painted it PINK.

 

[Mike J]

I jokingly said something a while back to my wife about getting some pink grips for her Taurus model 85. She actually seemed to be interested in it for a minute then she said she didn't want to do anything that might make it seem more like a toy. I agree with many others that have posted though. If it will get my wife more interested in shooting or getting her license to carry-why not?

 

[WaMason]

I laughed out loud because of this thread.

I purchased a Pink Taurus TCP for a female boss I had who owned a Dungeness Crab Company.

She had a bevy of unsavory types who would come to her facility late at night to drop off their catch from the day and she wanted an additional firearm for her office when she had to go in and cut the checks.

Long story short she had it for a few weeks, but didn't want to take the time to get proficient with it so I ended up buying it back from her out of pity.

My rationale was that I would give to my wife when she obtained her carry permit, however after slipping it into my pocket to walk to the corner store a few times I was hooked.

I've taken to carrying it a little more than half the time when I'm out because the dang thing is so light and easy to pocket.

Ive joked with friends who know I often carry a pink pistol that I need to get a holster that makes dolphin sounds when I unlimber the gun. That and maybe some rainbow bullets.

 

[blindhari]

I have a charter arms ON DUTY (shrouded hammer) 38sp snub. My brother in law had a guy need car parts and took a charter arms Lavender Lady (purple) 38sp snub as part of the payment. Some of the guys that work for him were razzing him on the deal. He gave it to me. Two sundays ago we were down at the local unofficial shooting area and stopped to talk to two of them. They asked whether I had the purple fXXXXt pistol with me. I said yeah and walked to about fifteen yards from the soda cans set up to shoot at. I wear a vest I had made with two extra interior pockets with a 45degree cant. I opened the vest weak side and took the shrouded 38 right handed. i am a point shooter so There was no time taken to sight. By the time I had the pistol empty and dropped I already had the purple pistol in my left and passing it to my right as I dropped the first gun. Some of these boys in Arizona have apparently never seen a New York reload. They quit talking about the color of the gun and started asking how it was done. The only ironcald rule of weapons I know is find what works and practice, practice, practice until muscle memory is there without thinking, then keep on practicing.

blindhari

 

[Geckgo]

My wife is in the ARMY and hates shooting. She says she does that at work and doesn't need to do it at home too, but she's been looking into a pocket pistol for CCW. I think if there were a hint of any color other than stainless or black she might beat me to death with it.

 

[mr.trooper]

When it comes to firearms, I encourage my wife to go with whatever perks her interest. For her first gun, that meant a pink pocket pistol... but she only likes CERTAIN kinds of pink - for example, she says the 'pepto pink' on the new Kahr weapons is "disgusting".

Later on she decided, completely on her own, that she wanted a pistol that threw a bigger pill... she found the gun she liked, but again hated the ugly 'raspberry' pink that was available, so she got a standard black one... but made up for it by getting the model with a scroll-work slide.

Women shooters go through phases just like us boys.

It's not a woman thing, it's a people thing. As evidence I will point out that a hunter wearing a neon orange coat and hat might demand a camo stock for his shiny stainless gun not to blend in to the trees, but as a fashion statement. And need I mention "tactical" black?

I frequently hunt, dressed in a nice wool topcoat, blue jeans, and a pair of top shelf hunting boots.... with a blaze YELLOW knit cap to fulfill my legal requirements. This kind of 'refined casual' look is how I dress in my daily life, and since I manage to find plenty of game by going out and LOOKING, rather than sitting on my butt, I see no need to dress up like a goober.

 

[m1009]

Pink, yuch

I would not own something pink just because I'm female. As a matter of fact, I hate the color pink and don't own anything in that shade! My guns are either black or stainless, or blued. But, I guess that's how the world goes 'round.

 

[au01st]

When my mom was picking up her 38 special airweight, I remember my dad asking if she wanted one with pink grips. Her response was "If I'm planning to pull the trigger while it's still in the purse, will it matter?"

However this might be a good "trick" to see if I can get my girlfriend to tag along to the range.

 

[kayak-man]

I asked my non-shooter sister if she would like a .22 rifle for Christmas. She said no. I asked what if it was pink. She glared at me.

Chris "the Kayak-Man" Johnson

 

[TH3180]

My wife has told me if I ever get her a pink gun she will hit me with it. Then she will make me shoot it at the range so she can take pictures and send them to everyone I know.