Do women really buy into the pink everything thing?

[benEzra]

I think it depends, but non-pink guns are preferred by most women I know. From my own circle, my sister shoots/carries a black XD, my ex-wife hates pink guns and thought a Glock 19/26 or a Colt 1991A1 were the ne plus ultra of handgun aesthetics, my daughter despises pink with a passion and prefers black/blued with dark hardwood grips, and my gf is OK with whatever color, but thinks that the blue/white Sig P238 she saw at a gun show was the best looking handgun she'd ever seen.

 

[JeffG]

As rabid as I am about camo everything, she can have all of the pink stuff she wants...

 

[Sunray]

"...mostly a marketing ploy..." Mostly???? snicker.
Pink and blue has been 'girl or boy' room colours for eons.
They'd all prefer the old Smith & Wesson bluing if they ever saw it. Rich, deep, blue you can fall into on highly polished steel. Know a guy who owns a BAR(that'd be the LMG not the over priced hunting rifle.) that was made for the civilian market in the late 20's with the metal done that way. Including the mags. The stock is the prettiest burly walnut you ever saw.

 

[Havok7416]

My girlfriend loves everything pink including guns. Not really my concern.

 

[psyopspec]

My wife's Glock 43 is black while I was the one who fell for the color marketing scheme and went for FDE.

 

[Arkansas Paul]

My sister in law carries a purple Charter Arms. It was her idea.

One of our lady deputy sherrifs carries pink handcuffs. She thinks its funny to cuff tough guy criminals with them.

 

[herrwalther]

Some do. And that is just fine with me. If a woman (or man, I don't judge) wants to buy a pink or raspberry etc colored gun, let them. If it gets more people armed that is typically a good thing.

 

[ironworkerwill]

My wife hates pink, but loves stuff like this...

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Yes, that's more my wife's style. She also like to use descriptive color words like salmon, raspberry, and turquoise. While you and I would say pink, red, and blue....

 

[bullseye308]

My wife likes purple over pink any day of the week. I got her the M&P 15-22 in purple camo and a Ruger SR-22 to match it. My daughter will be getting my Springfield Range Officer Champion when she gets older but it will have pink grips on it then. She also has a pink Chipmunk rifle with a Hello Kitty sticker on it.

All of mine are black, blue, or stainless and that is my preference. If getting my girls a pink or purple gun gets them shooting and not complaining when I order reloading components, I have no problem with it. I'll even powder coat come bullets purple for when the girls want to shoot mine.

 

[tarosean]

I'll give you one guess as to which one belongs to my wife..

 

[hq]

Pink and blue has been 'girl or boy' room colours for eons.

Splitting hairs a bit, they have, but the other way around. Until late 19th century in upper class families where the colour of childrens' clothes could be chosen without financial restraints, pink was a common color for boys (red = royalty) and light blue for girs (blue = Virgin Mary). Nobody seems to know at which point the reversal happened, but by early 1950's the color designation was what it still is today.

 

[JohnKSa]

My wife doesn't. Her sister does. It varies.

 

[badkarmamib]

My wife's AR sports Hogue pink furniture. Rifle case is black with pink zippers and straps. Her range bag is RealTree, with pink zippers and straps. Pink ear pro. They make a pink grip sleeve for her XD-S, but she refuses to try it, she says it doesn't need it.

Her favorite color is pink, so she accents with it when she wants to. She doesn't hunt, her guns are range toys and SD, and I don't think the BG's will be worried about the pink if it comes to that...

 

[GRIZ22]

Depends on the woman. My wife likes purple.

 

[Ramone]

When my daughter went to her first gun shop at the age of seven or eight, she saw the pink guns and immediately knew (and told me so) that guns could be for girls, too. I had never told her or shown her that guns were sex specific, but seeing pink stuff at the gun shop made it clear to her, and very much excited her, that girls could shoot guns just like boys.

I call that a win.

Big Win! I hadn't considered that aspect of it. I suspect most of the women I know would likely pistol whip me if I gave them a pink gun. But if a little girl gets enthusiastic about it, that's a good thing in my book.

 

[loffpit44]

more than any color, it reflects beauty and softness. so i call out to them.

 

[Swing]

My wife is an avid shooter. She can't stand the color pink on anything. Firearms and accessories are no exception. So, I'm aware of at least one member of the fair sex who doesn't get the whole "pink everything" cliché.

 

[HankR]

When my daughter went to her first gun shop at the age of seven or eight, she saw the pink guns and immediately knew (and told me so) that guns could be for girls, too. I had never told her or shown her that guns were sex specific, but seeing pink stuff at the gun shop made it clear to her, and very much excited her, that girls could shoot guns just like boys.

I call that a win.

My daughter was shooting hand-me down guns at that age,. Seeing the pink guns reinforced that other girls shoot also--she just shot with my son and me. We told her Mommy used to shoot, but Mom was normally too busy to join us and not all that interested. The daughter personally didn't want a pink gun, as she thought the deer might see it better than the brown and blued guns she shot (we didn't bother explaining that she wouldn't hunt with the .22 single shot).

My nephew's girlfriend on the other hand has lots of pink camo, a pink or purple stocked AR, etc. She shoots better than lots of the boys, so more power to her.

 

[Twiki357]

I have no idea what the attraction of pink is. But I will say that there are a few foxes that never saw it coming out of my niece’s AR-15 in pink & black camo when they tried to help themselves to her chickens.

 

[buck460XVR]

I'm trying my hardest to understand the hate towards pink or any other color for that matter. Why should anyone care what color another individual prefers or likes........much less start a thread bashing that choice. Are pink grips any worse than those Tiger Stripe camo patterns some tactical freaks have on their ARs? Pink tips on bullets any worse than the red ones on Hornady leverevolution or the lime green ones on their "Zombie" ammo? Heck, the LGS couldn't keep the Zombie ammo on the shelf it sold so fast. Folks need to lighten up.

 

[C5rider]

Do women buy the pink stuff or do men buy it for the women in their lives?

Well, just remember the string of green-tipped ammo that was all the rage just a while ago. It's NOT all about the ladies..... A fickle lot, we are.

(@buck460XVR , you beat me to it!)

 

[chicharrones]

My wife isn't into pink at all. She seems to gravitate to red, black, blue, and some purple.

I did buy my daughter a pink stocked rifle years ago when she was maybe 11. Her pink stage was the elementary and middle school years. By high school she has moved on to other colors.

 

[Berger.Fan222]

My mom, wife, and daughter own a lot of guns. Don't think I've seen any pink firearms or accessories.

 

[jmorris]

There are worse colors for girls to be infatuated with. Which would you rather have?

 

[vito]

I think the women (or men) who are thinking about a fancy colored gun should stop and think about what a gun is, and what it is for. Most of us would agree that in a threatening situation we would hope that drawing our gun ends the threat without even firing a round. The ability to convince a bad guy that he should stop and leave is probably directly proportional to the amount of fear he feels when confronted by an armed adversary. Seeing someone holding a little cute pink gun might give him the idea that the gun is not real, or the individual wielding it is not prepared to shoot, etc. The comment by the wife who said a gun should be black and scary is exactly right. A gun is not a fashion accessory or something that needs to be feminized. I actually think a pink gun could be counterproductive to what that gun might be needed to do. A gun for hunting or target shooting only, however, could be whatever color one desires without any real consequence.