Hey guys,
I just wanted to pass along some advice to you.
Do NOT take your wife/gf shooting with you!
Two weeks ago, I took my wife shooting for the first time. She was a bit nervous and intimidated about it. I blame this on her being raised in California and by family (on both sides) that were/are "less than" pro-gun.
Moving on, we went to the range and I let her try several of my guns and a few others at the range. She mostly shot my 22/45 and did okay with it. She was also able to handle 9mm from some of the heavier guns but had a hard time holding anything with a double stack magazine. She really like my SA Mil Spec Stainless 1911. The recoil of .45acp is another story.
Anyway, a few days later we were sitting at the house and discussing her getting a gun of her own. She liked the 22/45 and will use it for practice and plinking BUT she wanted something in a "real caliber without to much recoil" and that was "her own gun." So we decided the 9mm round in a full size gun was perfect.
I had no problem with it and told her, okay. I let her handle all of my 9mm guns and compare them to a few others she tried at the range. While we were sitting in the living room and she was dry firing my different 9mm pistols, I took out my 1911 to clean. Then it happened..... My wife says, "Can I see that one?"
I double check the gun and make her do it too, even without the magazine. She then starts dry firing and everything.(You could tell she really liked the fit and trigger.) Then she hands it back and says... "I really like that one. It's thin and I can reach the trigger real well. Plus, it has that extra button safety on it and not just the switch kind." I respond, "Yeah, it's pretty nice. The military used it for over 70 years and blah, blah(1911 is great stuff), blah..." A few minutes later, while staring at the TV she says "I wish they made that one in 9mm." "They do," I said. Her eyes lit up and she uttered the words every married man knows too well... "I WANT one."
And now.... (marked guys already know the rest) less than two weeks later, my wife is the proud owner of a 9mm SA Loaded 1911 Stainless and the extra money I had put aside for my new Arsenal AK is all gone. Oh well, at least she has good taste in guns.
So, let this be a lesson. Do NOT take your wife/gf shooting with you.
I just wanted to pass along some advice to you.
Do NOT take your wife/gf shooting with you!
Two weeks ago, I took my wife shooting for the first time. She was a bit nervous and intimidated about it. I blame this on her being raised in California and by family (on both sides) that were/are "less than" pro-gun.
Moving on, we went to the range and I let her try several of my guns and a few others at the range. She mostly shot my 22/45 and did okay with it. She was also able to handle 9mm from some of the heavier guns but had a hard time holding anything with a double stack magazine. She really like my SA Mil Spec Stainless 1911. The recoil of .45acp is another story.
Anyway, a few days later we were sitting at the house and discussing her getting a gun of her own. She liked the 22/45 and will use it for practice and plinking BUT she wanted something in a "real caliber without to much recoil" and that was "her own gun." So we decided the 9mm round in a full size gun was perfect.
I had no problem with it and told her, okay. I let her handle all of my 9mm guns and compare them to a few others she tried at the range. While we were sitting in the living room and she was dry firing my different 9mm pistols, I took out my 1911 to clean. Then it happened..... My wife says, "Can I see that one?"
I double check the gun and make her do it too, even without the magazine. She then starts dry firing and everything.(You could tell she really liked the fit and trigger.) Then she hands it back and says... "I really like that one. It's thin and I can reach the trigger real well. Plus, it has that extra button safety on it and not just the switch kind." I respond, "Yeah, it's pretty nice. The military used it for over 70 years and blah, blah(1911 is great stuff), blah..." A few minutes later, while staring at the TV she says "I wish they made that one in 9mm." "They do," I said. Her eyes lit up and she uttered the words every married man knows too well... "I WANT one."
And now.... (marked guys already know the rest) less than two weeks later, my wife is the proud owner of a 9mm SA Loaded 1911 Stainless and the extra money I had put aside for my new Arsenal AK is all gone. Oh well, at least she has good taste in guns.
So, let this be a lesson. Do NOT take your wife/gf shooting with you.
