Gun shy girlfriend

[bigmtnman]

Just for fun ...... It was 1977. My new girlfriend was a bit "gun shy". We were watching a TV drama in which the "bad guys" were breaking into the nice young family's home. I asked her what she would do if she had a gun available. She hemmed and hawed saying she didn't know if she could actually use a gun even in that kind of situation. 

Some time passes and the "gun shy" little gal has now had the benefit of a good deal of range time (and self defense rationality). This included full power .44 mags plopped neatly into the black by her from a 4" M29. That little gal was a great student ! About a year later, we were watching another TV drama that presented a similar scenario as that first one. I asked her the same question again. She didn't miss a beat and replied ..... "I'd blow their heads off" !!
  
Fast forward about 12 years and my former long term girlfriend is now married. She and her husband are attending the wedding of my nephew (she was still a close "aunt"). Her husband and I introduced ourselves and began a friendly conversation. It turned out he was also a "gun guy" and we happily launched on all things "firearm". After a while, he said to me in a very pleased way ... "You know ..... Sharon is a REALLY good shot". I quickly realized that he had forgotten with whom he was talking . I hesitated with any response, feeling that it would dawn on him fairly quickly. Then...... "Oh yeah ... YOU taught her" .... Priceless !!

Well.... "Aunt Sharon" and "Uncle Chuck" are part of my extended family. They have been happily married for 26 years now. Just last week I talked with both of them to catch up about their moving to a retirement community. Sharon and I talked about THAT. But guess what Chuck and I talked about

 

[M29since14]

That’s a good story. I once had a girlfriend who was a really fair hand with a .22 pistol. Learned very quickly. I always tried to be complimentary in order to encourage her to branch out in her interests, but when I suggested shooting a bigger gun she always declined. One day she accepted. I had my 4-inch .44 with the old Keith target load. (8.5 grs Unique) She shot one round and gave it back to me saying she would never shoot “that awful thing” again. Needless to say, I never bothered her again to experiment with other handguns.

 

[Chukar60]

40 years ago I met an attractive little blonde lady. My interests were 70% physical and maybe 30% emotional at the time.
Two dates later and I was smitten. She knew I was a gun nut and that I hunted more than i should given my income status at the time.
Third date, maybe fourth, she invites me to go shooting with her and her dad. He hunted deer with long barreled Redhawk in 44 mag with a 4X scope on it. After he shoots a couple cylinders he offered the gun to her. I was sure she would decline the offer. NO, she grabs the gun and dumps 5 rounds in a 8“ bullseye from 50 yards. The sixth was slightly off the edge of the bull.
The gun was offered to me and i promptly ended up embarrassing myself, but the lady sold me on her. To this day she remains a competent shot with a handgun and has taken up shooting PCP air guns with me and shoots those very well.
Years go by, good looking women pass from memory but a looker that can shoot is never forgotten.

 

[Bald1]

40 years ago I met an attractive little blonde lady. My interests were 70% physical and maybe 30% emotional at the time.
Two dates later and I was smitten. She knew I was a gun nut and that I hunted more than i should given my income status at the time.
Third date, maybe fourth, she invites me to go shooting with her and her dad. He hunted deer with long barreled Redhawk in 44 mag with a 4X scope on it. After he shoots a couple cylinders he offered the gun to her. I was sure she would decline the offer. NO, she grabs the gun and dumps 5 rounds in a 8“ bullseye from 50 yards. The sixth was slightly off the edge of the bull.
The gun was offered to me and i promptly ended up embarrassing myself, but the lady sold me on her. To this day she remains a competent shot with a handgun and has taken up shooting PCP air guns with me and shoots those very well.
Years go by, good looking women pass from memory but a looker that can shoot is never forgotten.

So , did u marry her ?

 

[Tunachaser]

my wife likes me to hunt, she enjoys the free time.

 

[Iggy]

Fifty years ago I married this gal. She routinely out shot everybody in the department and she still out shoots me.