Wife ever stole your pistol? Your story...

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Years ago I bought my wife a 38 sp revolver for CC and home defense. She was working as a nurse in a iffy part of town. Bought her some practice ammo let her get familiar with it. She shot it, but it seemed more of chore when she practiced with it. Attitude was like she was just studying for an exam. That revolver might have had 200 rounds throught it.

This all changed when I bought a Glock 23. She took to it like a fish to water. Actually enjoys shooting it. So much so, that when I went to shoot it one day i noticed that a whole box of WWB was gone. :D "Oh, I shot that up the other day while you were at work." The G23 is now her purse/beside gun. I created a monster. She might give me the 23 back if she gets a new MP Shield, I'm told. :)
But my youngest daughter has got her sights set on it too so it's touch and go as to IF I get the 23 back. She's not 21 yet, so I may get it back on a technicality.

Frankly, it makes me happy that two of my ladies would take to shooting so well.

I mentioned Glock.....don't want to make a Glock bash/love thread....just want hear your story. Have you ever "created a monster" with a certain firearm you purchased for yourself?
 
Not to me, but,,,

A friend and I went shooting early one Saturday morning,,,
On the way back we stopped in at the Evil Pawn Shop,,,
My friend walked out with a CZ-2075 RAMI.

We went to his place after that for lunch and to clean our guns,,,
He cleaned the RAMI and laid it out on the kitchen counter.

His wife came home sometime later,,,
She saw the RAMI, picked it up, and aimed with it.

"What a cute little pistol!" she said,,,
Then she put it in her purse.

I don't think my friend has seen it since. :eek:

Aarond

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My wife liked my Ruger P90 and shot it better than I did even though it was a bit big for her. As an anniversary present I took her shopping for her own handgun and she picked out a Sig P232 which she really likes and shoots well. The only reason I bought her her own gun was so I could keep mine. Eventually I sold the P90 to partially fund a Kimber 1911, she hasn't shot that yet but I imagine she'll shoot it pretty well, might have trouble keeping that one.

Stu
 
First, we got my wife a full size Kimber 1911. She shot it great, but found it to be too bulky for her regular routine. I offered to buy it from her and she refused. However, she liked my Kahr PM9 and started carrying it, but didn't buy it from me.

Later she liked my compact stainless Wilson Combat CQB. It was small enough for carry. So she graciously gave me back the PM9 and took the Wilson. She shoots the Wilson very well.

All in all, I am good with her stealing one gun from me at a time if that is what it means for her to carry a gun. She does not have the option of stealing 2.
 
My wife was never very happy shooting my P226 in 40 S&W or any of my 1911's, but when she shot the Kahr K9 the other day at the range she fell in love. Little does she know I have the perfect Birthday present picked out for her.
 
I bought my wife a glock 26 a few years ago for concealed carry and she liked the gun pretty well, but she wasn't extremely accurate with it. So one day we are at the range and she asked to shoot my xdsc 9mm. She liked the trigger better than the 26 and was much more accurate with it.
So needless to say my xd found its way into her cc holster every day. Which wasn't a big deal because I carry a glock 19. None the less she continued to take my xd to the range and carry it. After a few months I broke down and bought her, her own xd.
 
A few years after we got married my wife "confiscated" my 2 1/2" S&W 66-2 for her gun. I used this gun as a private Security Supervisor and Private Investigator. I'm just glad she chose a gun that is up to the job.
 
It's obvious to me that you Nimrods are not up to speed on "Wife Guns". With 50 years (that's five oh padnuh), I can say without question, that telling her you've "bought a new gun just for her" will be your undoing. Wives never forget. Let's review, Wives never forget.

That said I've "bought" my wife a few over the years and promptly lost all access to them without express written permission. To whit: a Ruger .22 lr Single Six Convertible, a 12 ga. Ithaca SKB, a Browning Citori in 16 ga., a S&W M-36 .38 Special with adj. sights in that formerly hard to come by 3" barrel length, and finally a S&W 637 in .38 Special complete with Crimson Trace grips. Let's just say that she's forgotten nary a one, and is EXTREMELY protective about usage, ie. I gotta ask every time and it's a lecture about who really owns the gun.

Intead, when faced with a prospective new 'smoke pole', I've found that stealth is a better modus-operandi...Here are a few pointer from a geezer who's not on his first rodeo.

Rule One...make all transactions in CASH. Credit cards and cancelled checks are embarrassing when said expenses are queried by an inquisitive spouse.

Rule Two...keep your new blued steel beauty in hiding for a year...did you hear me...a year. Then introduce it to the household by cleaning it as you watch football...(she's not likely to stay around to ask questions and your inability to answer coherantly while the game's in progress will be viewed as typical male intransigence.

Rule Three...do not attempt to pass off the new acquisition as a gift for your kids, a hedge on retirement fluctuations, or a necessary part of your outdoor persona. All such justifications will be viewed as male prevarications and worse, if you mumbled something about it being for her, may in fact cost you all control over its use.

Rule Four...If presented with incontrovertible facts regarding your purchase and the cowardly lies you've told to cover it up...come clean, admit your guilt and take the six month verbal assault that will surely follow. Hell, you can tell her that you've got better taste in women than she ever did in men...(she picked you didn't she?...that statement oughta hold her for a cpl of minutes as she considers the truth of that statement allowing you to beat a hasty retreat).

But here's one caveat: All of the above should be disregarded if you've got one of those rare examples of the female persuasion that loves to shoot and do the outdoor thing with you...treat her as if she's a jewel of great value, (and she is), and a boon to all freedom loving Americans....may her kind increase and multiply. Hell, buy her a new gun and celebrate when she allows you to use it.

Best Regards, Rodfac (married to the same wonderful woman for 42 years this November..."the Marine's Daughter"... she is not to be trifled with)
 
I have a S&W 2 1/2"Model 66-2 and my wife has a Colt Detective special.When we got our CHL'S my wife wanted a Walther PPK/S to carry, and I got a S&W Model 637 snub nose to carry, as the 66 is a little heavy (and a excuse for a new gun).
Well, she picked up the 637 and liked the weight, so her Colt is on her night stand, the Walther is in her car,( the car is in the garage at night and right outside her window at work) and my 637 is in her purse!So I bought a model 60, still a little heavy,then a model 64,still heavy.Then I bought a model 37 that's just right to carry in my pocket.
 
We bought her a Beretta Jetfire, then bought me a P238 a few weeks later. Needless to say, I own a Jetfire and had to buy her A Colt Pocketlite to get my Marine Sig back! :D
 
Must be something with those P90s that women like. I actually wish I hadn't sold mine, should have just held off on the Kimber until I had all the cash. Don't get me wrong I love my Kimber, but the P90 was a pretty good gun and she shot it very well better than her Sig as a matter of fact.

Stu
 
The solution is simple and I'm amazed none of you have discovered it before; buy her a duplicate or near duplicate of what you have. My wife and I both carry Ruger SR9Cs daily. She has a Mossberg 590A1 with ghost ring sights, nine shot, adjustable stock (a wedding gift from me), and I have a beloved old Maverick 88 six shot with many add-ons. Yes, the 88 is nowhere near the gun the 500 series is but we both have 9mm handguns, we both have 12 gauge pumps and we are building matching his and hers ARs.

By carrying the same handgun we share magazines, ammunition, parts, holsters, etc. The ammunition for the scatterguns is the same and is pooled as well. See how this works?
 
I had a Contender set up with a 14" 44mag barrel and a 2X scope. My wife would watch everytime I sat at my bench to see if I was loading any 44's. More often than not I would find that my 44 reloads would disappear and my once clean Contender needed a good scrubbing. But I fixed the problem. I sent it off and had it reamed out to a .444 Marlin and had a big and extremely LOUD brake put on it. She never "borrowed" it again.
 
My ex & I had 2 identical guns of everything we bought, rifles, pistols & shotguns. It worked out very well. She left & I have them all except a S&W 60 & a Colt Mustang that she carries.:D
 
I've lost three to date,not counting the ones she asked for or bought herself.
First one I lost was a cw9,never made into the house with that one,as she was sitting on the porch when I got home.I got the whats in the case so I handed it to her,she opened it handled it and said thank you.Next was the day she shot my Gen 2 G17 and she could'nt miss with it,Went to the store the next day bought a gen 3 for her but she said no thanks I like mine better.
I did get the CW9 back though after she got her hand on my new PM9.She carries that one from the time her feet hit the floor in the mornning till her head hits the pillow.And you know what I consider myself a lucky man.
 
Not only my Wife but my Daughter. You know when they start "borrowing" your pistol in favor of there's its only a matter or time. So far I've lost my favorite .22 rifle, .22 pistol, and tweaked 9mm.

Think of it as justification for a new purchase...;)
 
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