Be careful when taking your wife to the gun range...

Loaded up my three newest pistols, the wife and son and went to the range yesterday.

She has only been to the range with me a few times before and mostly just sat and watched.

I laid out my Ruger SR22, Sig SP2022 and Sig Nightmare 1911.

I then began to go through the operation of each and describing the safety rules she should follow, how to grip the firearms, etc.

She naturally gravitated to the SR22 since it was small, easier to load and lightweight.

After shooting it, she loved it and said she would just "stick with this one"

Of course, I purchased the SP2022 with her in mind and coaxed her to try it.

She liked it pretty well except for the extremely aggressive stippling which hurt her hands.

Then it happened...she picked up my new Nightmare and it was all over. She couldn't care less about the other two now.

She shot all of them well but was tearing the center out of the target with the 1911. As much as I hate to admit it, she was outshooting the hell out of me and my son.
I just let her go with it and by the time we left, she was running that 1911 like an old pro.
She ran through two boxes of .45 all by herself!

All the way home and afterwards she was still gushing about how damn good that 1911 felt in her hands and how she should buy herself one.

Funniest thing... she had just got a new Coach purse that she ordered in the mail this week...she looks at the purse and said "Damn a Coach purse, I want a new Sig! I might just send it back!"

So...it looks like I might be in the market for a new 1911. It doesn't look like I will get in much range time with it if I take her along. That or I will just have to stand and hold her Coach purse and watch her shoot!