A keeper

[BioPace]

Just a story for those of you with non shooting wives/girlfriends.

Took my wife shooting yesterday for the first time; had a .22 semi auto and my SKS. Just an informal range - never really shooting beyond 50yds.

She shot 5 rounds with the SKS and tried the .22 for about 10 rounds before she declared "it just doesn't feel like shooting a real gun" and spent the rest of the session shooting my SKS.

She's gone from being worried that she'd be too scared to shoot (afraid of the noise, the kick, might hurt someone) to wanting her own rifle. In one session of about 100 rounds.

Once she figured out that the "notch at the back" had an effect on point of impact (not just the sight at the front) she was getting the rounds well on target!

I figure a wife that wants to spend money on guns is less trouble than a wife who is lukewarm about the whole thing. Today's an ideal day to suggest a couples trip to the range.

Happy Valentines day Red Rifles.

 

[tokguy]

My gal is lukewarm on shooting. I can buy as many as I want ( God...why are you being so nice to me?) she doesn't care.\
But my daughter amazes me. She can suck up recoil like nothing I've ever seen.
She'll go through stripper clips feeding the SKS like a fat kid eats smarties.
M-39, good to go.
K98 8 X 57, check
M-96, a little sharp on the recoil.
This spring we'll break out the Ross M-10 & 30-40 Springfield
Shoots like a girl has a different meaning at our house.

 

[rookie wildcat]

I met my current wife 4 1/2 years ago in July. She lived in Calgary. We would see each other on weekends. When October rolled around I began to tell her not to bother coming up for the month of November as it was hunting season and she didn't hunt. She was not impressed by the end of the season and told me that next year she would like to accompany me just for company. No plans to hunt. I thought, "Great noisy chick in the woods".

So, fast fwd to Jun 2008. Upcoming wedding, but still have to go out and get scouting done, choose rifles, sight-in, etc. So, my son and I get ready to go off to the range (she is now living here) and I ask her if she wants to come (she had a BB gun as a kid but citified ever since) and watch or shoot. She decides to come and I set her up on the 50yd range with the 10-22 and a brick. Then my son and I get set up on the100range.
Next thing I know she is standing there telling me that's boring. So I set her up with the SKS and 100 rds. She is hooked!
I lost that rifle and she used it that fall to take her first deer. She now has that rifle and a .243, and a P-14 reamed out to .303 improved.
She has yet to score with the p-14 since we ate still building it to fit her, but 2 does with her SKS 3 does and 2 bucks with her .243.
But I can buy whatever guns I can afford, now. Not so with first wife.

 

[trikebubble]

My Wife is an SKS convert as well. She tried out a friends .22 then went on to the SKS. When I mentioned that we could consider buying her a .22 she responded with a similar comment as yours.

Gotta love them Russians...hooking the Wives one 7.62x39 at a time.

 

[Andurp]

Had a girl over a couple of days ago, had my Lee Enfield out of the safe for some reason or anohter and she showed interest. Showed her safe weapons handling, then we moved on to how to take the bolt out and inspect the bore. I showed her how to do it once while explaining what I was doing, and she got it on her first try.

A few minutes after that, she said "Can you take me shooting sometime?"

Keeper.