Valentine's Day sales of pink pistols and other handguns rise

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As women's participation in shooting sports has increased, so have sales at gun shops leading up to February 14.

Read more: http://newsok.com/valentines-day-sales-of-pink-pistols-and-other-handguns-rise/article/3647926#ixzz1m2TlPeuY

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[ileus]

1. My wife wants pink furniture for her AR.

[Starboard Tack]

2. How romantic. But a little sexist maybe?

Shouldn't the boys pistols be blue?

[Clames]

3. Nope....

....black, DSG, or desert tan for guys...

[ileus]

4. Lot's of them are blued...

[S_B_Jackson]

8. Let's not forget...

the infamous Sig rainbow-titanium finish
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[S_B_Jackson]

11. I don't know....

everytime I've seen one - gun shows, or even just that photo - it makes me throw up a little in the back of my throat.

Two-tone, reverse two-tone, or a parkerized finish is about as racy as I like to get - well, I am partial to exotic hardwood grips.

[S_B_Jackson]

14. They're not too bad if you're willing to buy a used

or CPO. And the and a polymer SigPro is less expensive than a Glock.

[ileus]

21. when I showed that sig to the wife

A few weeks ago she didn't care for it one bit.

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23. It kinda looks like

the pimpmobile of handguns to me. Being a Sig it ought to be a good shooter though, which is what really counts.

[SteveW]

25. Well, the article did mention "pink pistols." nt

[Hoyt]

5. People better stop looking at guns as "toys" and such.

[Hoyt]

7. I'm getting at a simple fact - guns aren't toys, pink, black, gun blue.

Or whatever? Hopefully, they will eventually be as taboo as smoking, polluting, corporate greed, swastika, and more.

[Hoyt]

15. Why drag them into gun culture? If they wanted to, they'd be here.

And most aren't into tactical type weapons, and all that crud.

[Hoyt]

17. May I stop by -- probably more sense there.

[ileus]

20. pink isn't considered tactical...

[montanto]

28. Thats right mate.

Classic black then. Businesslike colors for serious business. I'm down.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

12. I have never had a student show up with a pink weapon

Not even amongst the Pink Pistols...

[ileus]

22. worst part about pink is it gets dirty...

My neighbor bought a pt111 in pink and I can't get factory clean anymore.

[gejohnston]

18. maybe I'm too old school but,

if it isn't black, blued steel, stainless, it is not. I was never a fan of nickeled. OD green and desert most I would go. Pink, lime green, etc. is just hideous.

[MicaelS]

24. I'm old school, too...

I think these colorful modern coatings look like shit.

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27. I personally don't care for the pink or the pimpmobile type,

but a lot of the criticism on pink guns reminds me of what people said about polymer guns when they first came out.

[AtheistCrusader]

26. Dunno, my Wife likes her OD Green shotgun, but what do I know.

I'm thinking pink would have been a no-go.