Pretty guns...or not - Page 3

sc928porsche · 04-21-2008, 01:49 AM

I think that if you like them, you should get one. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. And guys, lets face it, we do make choices of whether we like the matte finish or SS or parkerized etc. Don't throw stones if you live in a glass house.

Guns&Dobes · 04-22-2008, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by sc928porsche

Don't throw stones if you live in a glass house.

And for Petes sake don't shower nakey either!!!

SueMe · 04-26-2008, 04:15 PM

You've got to be kidding. A pink gun!

Girlgun · 05-09-2008, 11:28 AM

TW, r u sure u were logged in? Sometimes a post won't go through if you returned to a forum but did not log back in. Otherwise, it does happen sometime, on pretty much all forums.
Now, about those pretty guns! Ha! I love this topic. fact is, I spend a lot of time tracking down my tools: chainsaws, pitchforks, toolbox, drills; they all just disappear whenever one of the guys needs em. So one day I picked up a can of really tacky hot pink spray paint and painted the handles of my fav's. Funny, they didn't walk as far after that!
meanwhile, I'd been using hubbies "big guns" last 15 years or so, both at the range and popping off the predators that go after my livestock. Seems like he'd always take the nice big one and hand me the little 22, and I'd say, "hey, how come I get the girl gun?!"
So... he picked up a remington870 pump action shotgun for me w/ nicely carved pink and black wooden stock. It isn't tacky or cheap looking. But it is definitely not going to be "borrowed" by the guys. fact is, this is the first time I could shoot w/out him taking my gun away and saying, "here, lemme show ya honey," which ofcourse, he couldn't do when he was off fishing and I had a fox chasing my chickens.
To be honest, it is not for everyone. It takes a bit of attitude to pull it off because ot attracts attention. But I will say this, the boys (the kids I mean) have absolutely no interest in my "girl gun" And the little girls, who have always been too squeamish to even show an interest in shooting, are a not problem and never have been. But at least now they look at me and say, "hey, she's a girl, like me. And she shoots. H-m-m..."
I don't much care for the tacky plastic pink stocks or the hello kitty guns. But hey, this is America. Folks will get tired of them or not.
As for laws? Seems like we are always asking the government to fix things that we ought to fix ourselves and then whining when they don't babysit us well enough. hey,
The Price Of Freedom Is Eternal Vigilance. (Tom Jefferson, gun owner and farmer)

Girlgun · 05-09-2008, 03:15 PM

hey, I could do worse!

billy · 05-09-2008, 03:21 PM

hey GG sharp looking firearm ya got there!
as far as colorful guns attracting kids.
WHY ARENT THEY LOCKED UP?
a kid doesnt care what color it is .
they just wanna play with em!

a child has never been in my house and my guns are locked up.

Mad Hatter · 05-09-2008, 05:30 PM

Common sence really. If you need the gun when some phyco comes into your house to rob or kill, do you really want your weapon possibly giving away your position with its hot color?? Keep the girly colored guns for the range!! Just my 2 cents

LarryO1970 · 05-09-2008, 05:54 PM

... some are lookers, some are shooters. Personally, any business gun should be a shooter. The looker hangs on the wall.

Coeloptera · 05-09-2008, 06:54 PM

I just don't think firearms look good in pink and pastels. I'm not a huge fan of those colours, but I think certain objects just don't look good in them.

I dunno though, Mad Hatter, chrome or nickel would draw the eye as much as any bright colour would, so no big diff in my opinion.

Now that we're on the subject though, I would love to see a wider selection of colours in firearms for the average consumer. Right now we tend to have chrome, nickel, brushed steel, blued, black, and camo.

With the increase in polymer construction, I think we could certainly increase the available colour selection. We've already seen more greys and beiges for urban camo, why not go all out? I myself think a gun in violet, very dark purple, or a dark blood red would be great looking, or maybe a solid hunter green.

Maybe interesting patterns too, like tiger stripes!

- Coeloptera

Seven© · 05-09-2008, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by billy

as far as colorful guns attracting kids.
WHY ARENT THEY LOCKED UP?

I tried that. But, my daughter beat on her bedroom door until I couldn't stand it anymore.

Natosha · 05-10-2008, 06:34 AM

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Originally Posted by jmp8927

My niece actually has this little pink gun. And you know what if it was a bit bigger I might not mind having it!

By the way I love the idea of a pretty gun, Pink or what ever. I guess I am just a girlie girl, i don't know. I wouldn't want a hello kitty or something like that. Just something with alittle pink one it.

Troy · 05-10-2008, 09:15 AM

this whole thread is just wrong. guns are simple buisness, no colored bubbles. they should all be shiney (stainless, gold perhaps?), ivory, maybe pearl grips, a small fuzzy dice on the hammer, and a little speaker that says "woohoo" just before the trigger gets pulled all the way. anything else takes away from the seriousness of the firearm. LOL

Girlgun · 05-10-2008, 03:00 PM

I agree, the girls guns are best on the range. But then, the varmints who stalk my livestock don't get much of a look at what I'm shooting. And every design is different, isn't it? One guy says camo is cool but pink is awful, another says pink is ok but hello kitty is unacceptable. Some of the girl guns are nicely done and some are just really tacky. Again, I do have to say that a touch of pink does keep the guys from borrowing it. That is my primary goal, is to say, "hey, this is actually mine. Not hubbies hand-me-down."
I draw the line at anything geared to kids. But I like the girl guns if they are made well. That is the bottom line.

billy · 05-10-2008, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Seven©

I tried that. But, my daughter beat on her bedroom door until I couldn't stand it anymore.

that was a good one!
er.....that WAS a joke.....
wasnt it?

shootergirl · 05-12-2008, 10:41 PM

i personally like my guns to look good, but what can i say i'm shallow. if you're "looking good" is pink cammo or lipstick prints, then who cares and who am i to judge? do you know how to use it? that's all that matters. i'd never be caught with a hello kitty gun, but i'm not into hello kitty anything.
besides, who cares if no one takes me seriously before the match starts? its just another way to psych out the guys. its one thing to be beaten by a girl but a whole other thing to be beaten by a girl with a 'girlie' gun, lmao. i can hear his buddies harassing him about that for a long, long time.

SueMe · 06-10-2008, 07:01 PM

i personally like my guns to look good, but what can i say i'm shallow. if you're "looking good" is pink cammo or lipstick prints, then who cares and who am i to judge? do you know how to use it? that's all that matters. i'd never be caught with a hello kitty gun, but i'm not into hello kitty anything.
besides, who cares if no one takes me seriously before the match starts? its just another way to psych out the guys. its one thing to be beaten by a girl but a whole other thing to be beaten by a girl with a 'girlie' gun, lmao. i can hear his buddies harassing him about that for a long, long time.

You certainly have a point there, shootergirl. It's the accuracy that counts, color is only preference.

billy · 06-10-2008, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by ClayShooterLes

Billy, well...thank you for the nice compliment. See I am a woman that is easily distracted by bright, shiny, sparkly objects, so I have huge affliction for nickel and stainless and have all my SS polished to look like nickel...that is what I think is pretty.

This might have already posted here, but here is a parody site I ran across...

GlamGuns.com! Guns for Girls and Glamorous Weaponry!

i am picking this up tuesday.
it's my sunday go to meetin gun!

TexasT · 06-10-2008, 07:14 PM

I'm looking for something like this:

tlarkin · 06-10-2008, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by TexasT

I'm looking for something like this:

Good god, that is an affront to my eye sight. That thing there is lethal, just glancing at it's sparkliness, can blind a man instantly. You wouldn't even ever need to shoot it, just show it to someone and they would fall down incapacitated.

TexasT · 06-10-2008, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by tlarkin

Good god, that is an affront to my eye sight. That thing there is lethal, just glancing at it's sparkliness, can blind a man instantly. You wouldn't even ever need to shoot it, just show it to someone and they would fall down incapacitated.

Don't fear the BLING!

05-09-2008, 03:21 PM	#46
billy spiritual counselor Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: a secret lab on the shores of lake titicaca Posts: 11,926 Images: 9 Blog Entries: 145	hey GG sharp looking firearm ya got there! as far as colorful guns attracting kids. WHY ARENT THEY LOCKED UP? a kid doesnt care what color it is . they just wanna play with em! a child has never been in my house and my guns are locked up. __________________ internet yards and real yards are completely different units of measure. Last edited by billy; 05-09-2008 at 03:22 PM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost

05-09-2008, 05:54 PM	#48
LarryO1970 "Blazing Saddles" GOV Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Johnson Creek, WI Posts: 2,776	... some are lookers, some are shooters. Personally, any business gun should be a shooter. The looker hangs on the wall. __________________ "Guess what?! I've got a fever, and the only prescription... is more cowbell!"

05-12-2008, 10:41 PM	#55
shootergirl Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Location: i live in san diego for now, but will be moving to pomona to attend vet school in august Posts: 7	i personally like my guns to look good, but what can i say i'm shallow. if you're "looking good" is pink cammo or lipstick prints, then who cares and who am i to judge? do you know how to use it? that's all that matters. i'd never be caught with a hello kitty gun, but i'm not into hello kitty anything. besides, who cares if no one takes me seriously before the match starts? its just another way to psych out the guys. its one thing to be beaten by a girl but a whole other thing to be beaten by a girl with a 'girlie' gun, lmao. i can hear his buddies harassing him about that for a long, long time. Last edited by shootergirl; 05-12-2008 at 10:42 PM. Reason: spelling error

06-10-2008, 07:14 PM	#58
TexasT Do you have my stapler? Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Everywhere you want to be. Posts: 4,119 Blog Entries: 16	I'm looking for something like this: __________________ I'm just a little bit caught in the middle. Life is a maze. Love is a riddle.

04-21-2008, 01:49 AM	#41
sc928porsche Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: living in Alabama now Posts: 238	I think that if you like them, you should get one. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. And guys, lets face it, we do make choices of whether we like the matte finish or SS or parkerized etc. Don't throw stones if you live in a glass house.

04-26-2008, 04:15 PM	#43
SueMe Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Pine River ,Minnesota Posts: 34	You've got to be kidding. A pink gun!

05-09-2008, 11:28 AM	#44
Girlgun Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: rural, farm Posts: 124	TW, r u sure u were logged in? Sometimes a post won't go through if you returned to a forum but did not log back in. Otherwise, it does happen sometime, on pretty much all forums. Now, about those pretty guns! Ha! I love this topic. fact is, I spend a lot of time tracking down my tools: chainsaws, pitchforks, toolbox, drills; they all just disappear whenever one of the guys needs em. So one day I picked up a can of really tacky hot pink spray paint and painted the handles of my fav's. Funny, they didn't walk as far after that! meanwhile, I'd been using hubbies "big guns" last 15 years or so, both at the range and popping off the predators that go after my livestock. Seems like he'd always take the nice big one and hand me the little 22, and I'd say, "hey, how come I get the girl gun?!" So... he picked up a remington870 pump action shotgun for me w/ nicely carved pink and black wooden stock. It isn't tacky or cheap looking. But it is definitely not going to be "borrowed" by the guys. fact is, this is the first time I could shoot w/out him taking my gun away and saying, "here, lemme show ya honey," which ofcourse, he couldn't do when he was off fishing and I had a fox chasing my chickens. To be honest, it is not for everyone. It takes a bit of attitude to pull it off because ot attracts attention. But I will say this, the boys (the kids I mean) have absolutely no interest in my "girl gun" And the little girls, who have always been too squeamish to even show an interest in shooting, are a not problem and never have been. But at least now they look at me and say, "hey, she's a girl, like me. And she shoots. H-m-m..." I don't much care for the tacky plastic pink stocks or the hello kitty guns. But hey, this is America. Folks will get tired of them or not. As for laws? Seems like we are always asking the government to fix things that we ought to fix ourselves and then whining when they don't babysit us well enough. hey, The Price Of Freedom Is Eternal Vigilance. (Tom Jefferson, gun owner and farmer)

05-09-2008, 03:15 PM	#45
Girlgun Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: rural, farm Posts: 124	hey, I could do worse!

05-09-2008, 05:30 PM	#47
Mad Hatter Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Connecticut Posts: 586	Common sence really. If you need the gun when some phyco comes into your house to rob or kill, do you really want your weapon possibly giving away your position with its hot color?? Keep the girly colored guns for the range!! Just my 2 cents

05-09-2008, 06:54 PM	#49
Coeloptera Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 1,844	I just don't think firearms look good in pink and pastels. I'm not a huge fan of those colours, but I think certain objects just don't look good in them. I dunno though, Mad Hatter, chrome or nickel would draw the eye as much as any bright colour would, so no big diff in my opinion. Now that we're on the subject though, I would love to see a wider selection of colours in firearms for the average consumer. Right now we tend to have chrome, nickel, brushed steel, blued, black, and camo. With the increase in polymer construction, I think we could certainly increase the available colour selection. We've already seen more greys and beiges for urban camo, why not go all out? I myself think a gun in violet, very dark purple, or a dark blood red would be great looking, or maybe a solid hunter green. Maybe interesting patterns too, like tiger stripes! - Coeloptera

05-10-2008, 09:15 AM	#52
Troy Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Manitoba Canada Posts: 2,501 Images: 3	this whole thread is just wrong. guns are simple buisness, no colored bubbles. they should all be shiney (stainless, gold perhaps?), ivory, maybe pearl grips, a small fuzzy dice on the hammer, and a little speaker that says "woohoo" just before the trigger gets pulled all the way. anything else takes away from the seriousness of the firearm. LOL

05-10-2008, 03:00 PM	#53
Girlgun Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: rural, farm Posts: 124	I agree, the girls guns are best on the range. But then, the varmints who stalk my livestock don't get much of a look at what I'm shooting. And every design is different, isn't it? One guy says camo is cool but pink is awful, another says pink is ok but hello kitty is unacceptable. Some of the girl guns are nicely done and some are just really tacky. Again, I do have to say that a touch of pink does keep the guys from borrowing it. That is my primary goal, is to say, "hey, this is actually mine. Not hubbies hand-me-down." I draw the line at anything geared to kids. But I like the girl guns if they are made well. That is the bottom line.

06-10-2008, 07:01 PM	#56
SueMe Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Pine River ,Minnesota Posts: 34	i personally like my guns to look good, but what can i say i'm shallow. if you're "looking good" is pink cammo or lipstick prints, then who cares and who am i to judge? do you know how to use it? that's all that matters. i'd never be caught with a hello kitty gun, but i'm not into hello kitty anything. besides, who cares if no one takes me seriously before the match starts? its just another way to psych out the guys. its one thing to be beaten by a girl but a whole other thing to be beaten by a girl with a 'girlie' gun, lmao. i can hear his buddies harassing him about that for a long, long time. You certainly have a point there, shootergirl. It's the accuracy that counts, color is only preference.