My wife shoots with me occasionally(we work different shifts which makes it tough) and my two little girls started shooting this year. My youngest is a bullseye's worst nightmare when shooting her Savage Rascal 22 bolt action with peep sights
My wife is not a member here and my kids aren't old enough to be on here lol
That's awesome... to be honest I have never really had any interest of getting on here. Hubby mentioned it when I first bought my gun but lately iv been wanting to learn more. Even started reading one of his reloading books(thinking I'm leave that to him tho) I'd love to meet other women who enjoy shooting and definitely thinking of finding some classes to take.My wife owns three handguns of her own, enjoys time at the range and has her MD and UT permits.
Getting her on here is not going to happen.
Love it! Hubby has a shirt similar to this one that he actually wears
My wife owns three handguns of her own, enjoys time at the range and has her MD and UT permits.
Getting her on here is not going to happen.
Thanks! I think I will stick with my a Howard Leight Sport headseat though.Welcome into the fray... May your time here be enjoyable.
I have the Peltor RangeGuard muffs. They also have a volume control and a 3.5 jack for adding a radio/MP3 etc. And they are low profile so they fit well for shooting with shotguns and rifles.
Unfortunately, the shirt is too accurate.
Many women end up with the leaning back stance.
Proper stance is leaning FORWARD. Leaning back puts you off balance for dealing with recoil.
My very first date with my girlfriend was to the range. Lol
Marry her
Hey, me too, with my significant other!
And I did, we're coming up on 20 years now and she's *still* a better shot than I am...
How old are your girls? Do you mind me asking when you started letting them shoot?
Welcome! You're not alone. It was my wife that got ME into hunting and shooting. She was the farm girl and I was the city guy that never picked up a rifle until I met her.
I understand the struggle when you and your spouse are both shooters. Just try and keep a balance.
Sometimes if I want a fancy new outfit or to just be taken out to a nice dinner I have to convince her that we'll have to wait on that pistol, rifle, or bulk ammo shipment.
BTW I get VERY LITTLE sympathy from the other guys regarding my predicament.
AGAIN WELCOME!!!
Mine got me in to it as well, but I think she regrets it.
I've never been anti-gun. Call it gun-curious my whole life. Well I got married fairly young and my wife has always been very anti-gun. We moved from Elkridge to Sykesville and a few months later got a new neighbor who was big in to hunting. About a year after that my wife suggested I try out hunting. Started with a muzzleloader because I was nervous at first (more about my wife than me) and after a successful early ML hunt, talked her in to letting me buy an 870 and Mossberg plinkster last Blackfriday. And then it snowballed.
Now we are at "if you buy another gun, we are going to have a problem" and "no. I draw the line at handguns."
I guess I can kind of see her point. In basically 18 months I went from nothing to an inline muzzleloader, a 12ga 870, 10/22 (sold the plinkster), Sako .308, Winchester 370 20ga, AR-15 and a couple of extra lowers. Fortunately those lowers had just been purchased before she put the kabosh on new guns.
Though I don't think she knew about them before she said no more. I've got a big renovation coming up and once that is done I think I can start working some more guns in around the edges. If nothing else I need more storage! My locker is basically out of room. At least she is on board with getting a real gun safe in the renovation. It'd be a shame not to get one with extra space. I mean, these things can get to multiplying all on their own and stuff.
She is reluctant to try shooting. As she put it, in part she is scared that she will enjoy it and isn't ready for that.
Whatever. She doesn't give me too much crap about hunting or going to the range.
Not where I thought this thread was going
I naturally did that when I first shot was glad to have my husband point that out and as soon as I leaned more into it my group's got alot tighter
Where are you located? Somebody might be willing to help you out.I'm on here every day, but I don't post much. I'm also looking to get a lesson or two on rifle shooting as I have only shot open sights in the very distant past and am now set up with a scope. Don't know the first thing about it...
I really like milsurps also and have a bunch of SKSs, a few Mausers, an Arisaka wall hanger along with a gaggle of handguns ranging from 1870-2016 (American, Russian, Hungarian, E. German, Bulgarian, and Czech in that order). Bloody things just won't stop breeding in my safes..... haha!!
For all the women that are interested in shooting The Machine Gun Nest in Frederick, MD is having an TMGN Women's Club Night at 6pm. I have attached the link and the description they have if you are interested.
http://www.themachinegunnest.com/instruction/
TMGN WOMENS CLUB
Wednesday, December 28, 2016 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
General:
Mark your calendar ladies. December 28th. 6-8pm we are hosting the TMGN Women's Club. This one is going to be a bit more open house styled. Our hosts will be here to help answer questions, give advice, and just generally help explain what this club is really all about. Why go solo when you can have a helping hand? Take a night to yourself. We'll see you here!
What to Bring?
- Notebook to take notes on tips and tricks for womens basic awareness. (this is taught in our first half of the meeting in the classroom)
- Firearm and ammo - if you'd like to take part in the second half of our course and shoot with us on the lanes, feel free to bring your own firearms and ammo. *Ammunition is not allowed into classroom area while first half of meeting is going on.
- Fun and Friendly attidtude to come meet other ladies just like you. Whether you are a beginner or expert shooter we'd love to welcome you to our ladies club