Posted on 03/11/2022 7:44:06 PM PST by End Times Sentinel
Yup. Hubby generally should not be the instructor. We have a ladies day at our club with a female NRA Certified Pistol Instructor teaching women safe gun handling and marksmanship.
I’ll hijack the thread a little and ask what you would recommend for a shotgun for someone getting into sporting clays? Not $10k for a finely engraved Beretta.
Divorce her and find someone who actually cares enough about you to be supportive of your efforts to protect both yourself and your family.
Something to think about before getting married - there will come a day when one will want the window open and the other will want it closed.
My wife is a gem
Pistol class was part of our courtship.
Well, if you don’t like the simple solution, i.e,,getting rid of the problem, you will have to go to plan “B” That is to fix yourself. It is a little more complicated but can be done in two ways, see your Dr and get a Testosterone shot for Low T, or develop a set of cojones for yourself. I say this because you are a man bleating on a public message board about your lack of ability to be the leader in your marriage That is female behavior and you should be ashamed of yourself. You are failing both as a man and as the head of your family.
She also threatened to shoot me once when I was about to get in a fight in a parking lot.🙄
Perfect answer..
Can’t relate - my wife carries her own gun and i put mine on as part of getting dressed in the morning.
Marriage is a 2-way deal...grow a pair and demand you get fair representation in it as you likely make a lot of concessions for your wife (as do most of us).
Believe it or not, I recommend a pump gun like a Mossberg 500 with a 28” barrel as a first shotgun.
1. It’s inexpensive, so if you decide you don’t like the game you’re not out a great deal of money. Plus it can do everything. Stick a shorter barrel on it and leave it in the closet for uninvited guests.
2. It requires a separate action (pumping) to fire a second shot. This forces the new shooter to be more deliberate in their actions.
3. It’s reliable and not picky about ammo (especially important these days when some types are scarce).
4. Gun fit is VERY important for shotgunning in general and clay shooting in particular, and an inexpensive gun will allow you to learn what fits and how you want a gun to feel without making a $2-3K mistake. You’ll have a much better idea of what you want in your next gun.
I wrote up a short article for people starting out. FReepmail me an email address and I’ll be glad to send it to you.
Is the intent to quickly access a pistol when in the house? If so, an important question to answer is whether there are children in the house. If the answer is no, then I would be comfortable keeping a pistol in a bedroom drawer used only by the gun owner. In fact, this is what I do because I don't care to carry around the house 24x7. I can quickly access my drawer should I need my pistol.
If you have kids in the house, you need to keep your pistol in a bio-metric safe that can be opened quickly.
When I started dating my wife we were at her parents and sitting on the couch and I felt something between me and the arm of the couch and retrieved a revolver and said hey you have a pistol in your couch and my father-in-law never bated an eye and said yeah just leave it there I have them all over the house and if you find one its loaded. He wasn’t lying, I had to use the bathroom once in their bedroom area because the other was being redone and I was doing my business and stared to look for another roll of toilet paper and popped open the door on the vanity next to me and there was toilet paper, feminine products and a Colt 1911 in 9mm.
I carry a Makarov in a holster rig under my truck steering wheel for quick easy access, you have to hunt to see it and which I place in my console when I get out of the truck. Personally I pocket carry either a Kel-tec P32, Taurus TCP .380, a Sig P365 or a snub nose .38spl in a Mika Pocket holster for all these.
If you have gun shops nearby that buy and sell, shop them for a used sporting clay shotgun. Do so understanding that like used cars, used guns frequently have a high markup - so don't be afraid to offer less than the asking price.
I have a friend who has a gun in every room including his bathrooms. Told me he never wants to be in a situation where he’s on the can and someone breaks into his house.
That’s what I have. Great gun at a great price.
The girl who cuts my hair has one in a back holster (usually under a sweater), one in her purse, one in the top drawer of her hair tools cabinet, and one in her car. I always feel really safe there.
I wonder if we go to the same lady? Mine has a .380 as her shop is in a downtown area with homeless. Says she’s never been bothered but why take a chance.
No, this is in rural Indiana.
My wife was very scared of guns until I bought her one and took her to a range. Now, she is OK. Wouldn’t want me to carry about, but the sight on one in the house only brings up: “Why is that out?” “Are we going to the range?”
Yes, yes, yes. There are classes. The big draw is that the ladies can complain about their hubbies and suggest targets.
The goal is to get her used to it.
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