Guns designed especially for Women

[Finners]

I'm going to guess that the main difference will be in the marketing, but we shall see. 

 

[ips]

What you mean like put a pink go faster stripe on it then have it endorsed by a minor celeb, that kind of thing.

a barrel is a barrell an action is an action, therefore all you can do is chop stock down a bit and bend it a bit, thing is all of that is done now for different size blokes as apparently some blokes are an odd shape, not everyone is as blest as me and have the body of an oddonice .

just saying ...... I mean lying

 

[Wonko the Sane]

A ladies gun won't involve that much investment for CG will it? Presumably the action (the part of a gun that surely involves most development) is unchanged. Then you have slight variants to the stock and maybe the barrels? Hey presto a 'new product', but its no big outlay or risk I would think.

And like Finners says, marketing.  Some minor stock changes and maybe cosmetics and that's all there is toit.  Lighter would be a bad idea cuz then you make recoil issues that need dealing with.  Smaller people are just smaller people if that is the market segment targeted.  And as was mentioned way back, Olympic shooting women just have well fitted guns.  BFD.  EVERY successful shooter has a well fitted gun.  CG could have had an Amber Hill Signature Model with her stock dimensions - or pick any other well known female shooter and copy her gun.

So shorter stocks, thinner grips tighter to the trigger, less down pitch, and more cast to the toe.  How mysterious is that?

Seems like there was a pink Citori.  Maybe the color was sexist.

 

[ips]

Actually women mods would keep folk inline, no offence to our male mods but men usually behave better when wonen are around and or in charge. And I for one have no problem when women take control.

 

[Sian]

Can't spoil you too much - just enough to keep you on the right path

 

[Finners]

I doubt the key differences will be technical. The way I see it, is if CG are serious about this they will need to create a different approach to the sale of these Guns.

I can't help thinking that if it was 20 years ago and this was a car forum, we'd be reading the same kind of comments. I'm not sure if new car showrooms are more female friendly because I'm a bloke. But I suspect they are.

So, I don't think it's all about the physical properties of the gun. These can by and large be dealt with under the current providers. I suspect it's more to do with the way the service behind the sale is to be marketed ie to encourage the other half of the population to feel more included.  

 

[ips]

Sorry but I dont get that, how can the buying a gun experience be different for male or female.

 

[chippy]

I think guns designed for women should have something else bulit into them such as a mobile phone or I pad, because they are all so good at multi tasking,so i get regularly told

 

[Sian]

I think guns designed for women should have something else bulit into them such as a mobile phone or I pad, because they are all so good at multi tasking,so i get regularly told

Now that would just be impractical but may be a nice range of field bags to accommodate said items, one for each shooting outfit. (Can't find a tongue in cheek icon so imagine one please)

 

[emvicne]

As a girly, im a bit unsure about this to be honest.  Of course there are some small ladies out there, but there are also some smaller men too... and as for the chest dimensions being taken into account, I can think of a fair few male shooters who are rather well blessed in the moobs department

I'm all for new ideas, and as someone said before, if it encourages more ladies then that's a great idea - however, one of my guns I had fitted to my female shape - but I shoot my latest standard size gun unadjusted much better than my fitted one! In fact over the summer I wondered about having a small amount taken of the stock and the guys I shoot with said absolutely no way should I touch it!  (And they know what they are talking about). 

I guess my point is, male or female, a huge amount of people have their gun fitted to their shape...   The only thing I can think of would be weight, and again as already mentioned, make it lighter and that causes other problems!

However will be interested to see what this is like! 

 

[Finners]

Sorry but I dont get that, how can the buying a gun experience be different for male or female.

Obviously I don't know if what I have said is correct. But my point is that the marketing of guns and shooting is male dominated, so if CG have come up with an idea that increases the interest of what is after all a huge potential audience, then that may be where the "trick" is. 

 

[Macc Ladd]

Actually women mods would keep folk inline, no offence to our male mods but men usually behave better when wonen are around and or in charge. And I for one have no problem when women take control.

. No no no!! They will soon have us doing housework and Sunday dinners, then no shooting!!

 

[Jonny English]

Obviously I don't know if what I have said is correct. But my point is that the marketing of guns and shooting is male dominated, so if CG have come up with an idea that increases the interest of what is after all a huge potential audience, then that may be where the "trick" is.

They'd have to market it in Closer or horse and hound magazine to attract my other halfs attention!

 

[ips]

Emma

spot on and that is exactly my point women do not have a monopoly on having different sizes. So were exactly is this specific women's gun market ?

 

[ips]

. No no no!! They will soon have us doing housework and Sunday dinners, then no shooting!!

Don't worry my good friend do as i do, pretend to be really sh*te at all aspects of domesticity (i think that is a word)

 

[Macc Ladd]

Emma

spot on and that is exactly my point women do not have a monopoly on having different sizes. So were exactly is this specific women's gun market ?

. I am with you on this Ian!! I can't see them getting Cheryl hall to buy one, bit gimmicky if you ask me!! Imho

 

[ips]

Gimmick !

Agree with that Paul.

 

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Gimmick

+1

Women come in all shapes and sizes and most of the good ones in the World are 'big'.

You can no sooner make a ladies specific gun than you can make a man's.

Guns have to be fitted to work well simples.

I am ignoring the big breast posts as they are painful..!

 

[Darkside]

One of the biggest problems I see at shoots with woman's gun fit is just the gun dimensions being too phisicaly big for smaller women, too long in the stock, too low in the comb,?two ladies I've shot FITASC with recently hold the action with their forehand because they can't reach the forestock. Both were dynamite on anything needing lead of loads of gun speed but struggled to shoot anything slow, stalling or needing little gun movement!!!

 

[calamity]

Agreed, I have my hand on the action most of the time - this also makes the 32" barrels feel very heavy when shooting gun up! Love the Isis fully adjustable recoil pad though, have managed to get the stock exactly where I want it.