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How to get my wife to shoot with me?!!!?
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Seriously, get a semiauto .22 with a red dot, put a supressor on it and shoot sub sonic rounds at the steel plate.
She will LOVE IT.
Most women don't like the bang or kick from firearms. Others don't like how "hard" it is to use iron sights or they have a hard time adjusting to "eye relief" of scoped shooting.
My cousin loves semi autos but would never shoot with us when we only had bolt action single shot'rs.... too much PITA for one shot that she missed with 70% of the time. We also didn't have cool ringy dingy steel targets.
Also, I find it much more enjoyable even myself with the ears that IndyJoe reccomended to me. I could hear the guys inserting each bullet into their magazine while reloading @ Pop Guns today (Atterbury was closed and I didn't have time to go anywhere else out of town to sight this red dot and the BUIS on my M&P 15-22 and I still haven't made it to a stinkin MCF&G meeting to get a membership). It was insane how clearly I could hear the guys 3 rows down talking, but whenever any of the firearms went off, it was no louder than someone speaking loudly in volume. Those earmuffs are amazing and worth every penny!!
Trust me, you hand her a "quieter than most cars starting" rifle that's easy to sight no matter how you hold it (within reason) that barely budges when she pulls the trigger and can make things go DING DING DING without reloading and/or some hearing protection that allows her to actually hear people when gunshots aren't going off, she'll be hooked!
What you have to look out for after that is her outperforming you at FNS....(which I badly want to shoot in but alas, I can't ever make it to the daggum board meetings!!! *WTB private 1 on 1 weekday safety course to meet MCF&G membership requirements*
She will LOVE IT.
Most women don't like the bang or kick from firearms. Others don't like how "hard" it is to use iron sights or they have a hard time adjusting to "eye relief" of scoped shooting.
My cousin loves semi autos but would never shoot with us when we only had bolt action single shot'rs.... too much PITA for one shot that she missed with 70% of the time. We also didn't have cool ringy dingy steel targets.
Also, I find it much more enjoyable even myself with the ears that IndyJoe reccomended to me. I could hear the guys inserting each bullet into their magazine while reloading @ Pop Guns today (Atterbury was closed and I didn't have time to go anywhere else out of town to sight this red dot and the BUIS on my M&P 15-22 and I still haven't made it to a stinkin MCF&G meeting to get a membership). It was insane how clearly I could hear the guys 3 rows down talking, but whenever any of the firearms went off, it was no louder than someone speaking loudly in volume. Those earmuffs are amazing and worth every penny!!
Trust me, you hand her a "quieter than most cars starting" rifle that's easy to sight no matter how you hold it (within reason) that barely budges when she pulls the trigger and can make things go DING DING DING without reloading and/or some hearing protection that allows her to actually hear people when gunshots aren't going off, she'll be hooked!
What you have to look out for after that is her outperforming you at FNS....(which I badly want to shoot in but alas, I can't ever make it to the daggum board meetings!!! *WTB private 1 on 1 weekday safety course to meet MCF&G membership requirements*
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Oh, is THAT what they're called nowadays?
Wait what?
My brass usually ends up like 15 feet to my 3 o'clock... wth kind of little blue pills you two got going on that allows your "Dangley XY parts" to be 15 feet away from where your arms are....... and where can I get some?
Is there anything that she wants to destroy? Old appliance, depressing paperwork, aggravating photo, or anything that's giving her grief?
Make 'em targets.
I'm cheering for you and her but if it doesn't work out still congrats on having a place to shoot outside your door.
Make 'em targets.
I'm cheering for you and her but if it doesn't work out still congrats on having a place to shoot outside your door.
My wife has always CLAIMED to like to shoot. For about 12 years, this would mean she would want to go to the range 2-3 times a year with me. This past year, she has picked out and bought (2) of her own guns, and has gotten her LTCH. What appears to have had this effect simply has alot to do with this site. We started meeting other members ( couples ) and now meet at the range on a regular basis. She now hounds me to go every weekend. It now is me trying to use restraint and trying to keep the trips down to just a couple a month. Sometimes when we ( us guys) try hard to make it fun for them, the simple truth is they just have more fun if there are other women around also. Heck, she would probably even have more fun if the guys weren't even around at all. Then she could burn thru ALL the ammo without me preaching ammo disclipline.
A .22 is what I have been looking for a ruger 10/22 to be exact so that I can make it into what I want. (tactical with drum and Suppressor) and so it will be fun for her.
But in a little bit of a dilemma because deer season is starting soon and I need a rifle for that too...... I shouldnt have sold my 870 dang it i kick myself everyday for that one...
Anyone got a gun I can lease for deer season?!?!
But in a little bit of a dilemma because deer season is starting soon and I need a rifle for that too...... I shouldnt have sold my 870 dang it i kick myself everyday for that one...
Anyone got a gun I can lease for deer season?!?!
Yeah, without the spousal unit.
So IN Dude
Plinker
Get something cool to shoot at, I got my wife to go shooting with me by taking one of my daughters ANNOYING elmo dolls. She had fun putting holes in that. Get creative.
