I was loading up some 44mag for my Rossi 92 yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Cooper says, "Hey, do you still have that 22 I shot a while ago?" I instantly packed up my reloading and we went outside for some 10/22 fun. She's awesome with the 10/22. When she was done with that, she said, "Do you still have that little one too?" Ran to gun safe and got out the Ruger Mark IV 22/45 (5" barrel). She did great with that one too. Then said we should do this more often. She's not really into guns and seems to tolerate them because she sees how relaxing I find it to tinker a little and shoot a little. So that was a pretty great day. She said, "Hey Cooper, don't you want to shoot?" No. Not today, this is so much more fun.

Awesome! Similar situation here. Any time she expresses an interest is a good time!

Cool, my wife is the same. It's not often she wants to shoot. She a great shot with the Max-9 and deadly with the Mark II.

Any day is a good day at the range, especially when it's a family event.

Congrats y’all! Spouses that surprise are the best!

I like to watch too…

About a week ago my 13 y/o daughter surprised me by saying she wanted to go duck hunting with me. Out of the blue. No previous interest in firearms at all.

I said let’s start with some firearms safety and trap shooting. Work our way up to dove season and see how it goes. I’m up in northern mi for the week on various family properties, and I have the 20 ga and the trap machine so we’ll see how it goes. I’m excited because my 18 y/o son is my normal shooting/ hunting buddy, but he’s headed off to college across the country.


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INVICTVS138 wrote: Thu Jul 27, 2023 12:33 am About a week ago my 13 y/o daughter surprised me by saying she wanted to go duck hunting with me. Out of the blue. No previous interest in firearms at all.

I said let’s start with some firearms safety and trap shooting. Work our way up to dove season and see how it goes. I’m up in northern mi for the week on various family properties, and I have the 20 ga and the trap machine so we’ll see how it goes. I’m excited because my 18 y/o son is my normal shooting/ hunting buddy, but he’s headed off to college across the country.

Any luck?

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INVICTVS138 wrote: Thu Jul 27, 2023 12:33 am About a week ago my 13 y/o daughter surprised me by saying she wanted to go duck hunting with me. Out of the blue. No previous interest in firearms at all.

I said let’s start with some firearms safety and trap shooting. Work our way up to dove season and see how it goes. I’m up in northern mi for the week on various family properties, and I have the 20 ga and the trap machine so we’ll see how it goes. I’m excited because my 18 y/o son is my normal shooting/ hunting buddy, but he’s headed off to college across the country.

Any luck?

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cooper wrote: Wed Jul 26, 2023 9:20 am I was loading up some 44mag for my Rossi 92 yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Cooper says, "Hey, do you still have that 22 I shot a while ago?" I instantly packed up my reloading and we went outside for some 10/22 fun. She's awesome with the 10/22. When she was done with that, she said, "Do you still have that little one too?" Ran to gun safe and got out the Ruger Mark IV 22/45 (5" barrel). She did great with that one too. Then said we should do this more often. She's not really into guns and seems to tolerate them because she sees how relaxing I find it to tinker a little and shoot a little. So that was a pretty great day. She said, "Hey Cooper, don't you want to shoot?" No. Not today, this is so much more fun.

Lucky guy to have land where you can shoot. When I win the lottery..I'm gonna buy some land and build an outdoor range..

F4FEver wrote: Fri Aug 04, 2023 9:08 am

cooper wrote: Wed Jul 26, 2023 9:20 am I was loading up some 44mag for my Rossi 92 yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Cooper says, "Hey, do you still have that 22 I shot a while ago?" I instantly packed up my reloading and we went outside for some 10/22 fun. She's awesome with the 10/22. When she was done with that, she said, "Do you still have that little one too?" Ran to gun safe and got out the Ruger Mark IV 22/45 (5" barrel). She did great with that one too. Then said we should do this more often. She's not really into guns and seems to tolerate them because she sees how relaxing I find it to tinker a little and shoot a little. So that was a pretty great day. She said, "Hey Cooper, don't you want to shoot?" No. Not today, this is so much more fun.

Lucky guy to have land where you can shoot. When I win the lottery..I'm gonna buy some land and build an outdoor range..

Yes. I'm very fortunate. I am very grateful to have this. We are very rural and this is one of the perks.