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6/21/2020 11:40:11 PM EDT
GF was in the military just like me. She enjoys shooting a little bit but not at the level I do.  She really likes 1911 but hates my obsession with Glocks.  How do I convince her to appreciate the Glocks like I do.
6/21/2020 11:44:50 PM EDT
[#1]
First world problems bro!  Buy her a couple nice 1911s and go shooting!  Who cares if she has better taste than you!
My guns are not worth your life, but freedom and liberty are worth mine
6/22/2020 8:03:57 AM EDT
[#2]
We’ve been shopping around for 1911s but she hasn’t found one that she is set on purchasing yet. Until then she has my 1911 that she can take to the range but given the current situations, i would much prefer it if she had her own off duty concealed carry so she can be proficient with it
6/22/2020 8:29:40 AM EDT
[Last Edit: drok556][Edited] [#3]
My wife was the same way she liked other pistols until she went to a class with my g19 and now she keeps trying to take it from me haha.   Just dont force it and go out and shoot and have fun, she may find out that she shoots pretty good with a glock and then wants one or she wont....
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TCfL
6/22/2020 9:00:53 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By Quarterbore:
First world problems bro!  Buy her a couple nice 1911s and go shooting!  Who cares if she has better taste than you!
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8/24/2020 10:38:42 AM EDT
[Last Edit: TREETOP][Edited] [#5]
My wife liked shooting my 1911s because she liked the “big boom”. I don’t prioritize sound level over other variables when choosing a carry gun (or range gun) but she’s a woman and I love her so I’ll accept her reasoning- this is the same woman who liked driving my prerunner-ish V8 truck because when she stepped on the gas it made an “angry sound”. God bless her. Anyway we got rid of a single stack Smith 9mm that she hated in order to get her a .45, and as expected she could shoot with it but the recoil was more than optimum for her slender arms, wrists, and hands. A few times out with it, I could tell she really wanted to like it, but I had her shoot my Gen 2 19 while I was reloading something else. Her eyes lit up and she said “this gun is more accurate than I expected”. No, you just shoot it better than a lightweight .45. I’d secretly predicted that.
I ended up getting her a Gen 3 19 And a holster for Christmas, and didn’t force the issue AT ALL. Pretty soon the G19 was what she was carrying and the .45 was up for sale.  

She still has that gun, and still loves it. And I thank God that I didn’t send her out with my Browning HiPower at the range that day instead.
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