Has your spouse/S.O. ever repurposed your gun stuff?

[K_W]

One day my wife complained she was running out of alcohol swabs to clean her earrings and the store had been out when she stopped by on her way home.

I said "Why not use alcohol and some q-tips or cotton rounds?"... "Q-tips hurt and the pads fall apart" she said.

I though for a second and grabbed my bulk bag of cotton cloth shotgun patches and a bottle of 91% Iso from the first aid cabinet. I wetted a few and handed them to her and she looked disgusted until I told her "the alcohol will kill any cooties", she laughed and then used them.

I stuck a couple dozen patches in my gun box and set the rest of the bag in the safe and went on with life.

After a while I ran out of pistol patches and figured I'd cut up a few shotgun patches to get by... I then realized the bag was missing and sure enough, there it was... half empty... in her girly stuff box.

Where have you found your gun stuff wandering off to?

 

[ruger1800]

Sprinkle a little hoppes on your gun stuff, repels better than off.

 

[K_W]

Sprinkle a little hoppes on your gun stuff, repels better than off.

https://www.amazon.com/Hoppes-No-9-Air-Freshener/dp/B01AYEJK1Q

 

[ruger1800]

https://www.amazon.com/Hoppes-No-9-Air-Freshener/dp/B01AYEJK1Q

Bet that stuff makes panties drop

 

[PGRChaplain]

Ordered! When I was a small boy I remember my dad taking me to Tillmans Gun Store on Maumee Ave in Ft Wayne. I thought that was the
" Gun Smell" for years!

 

[rvb]

I came home from work shortly after my son was born to find some plastic totes I use to store brass and tumbling media had been re-purposed by my MIL to hold baby bottles/nipples! I asked where she found those and she said in the basement, by your gun stuff... ummmm..... nothing like a little lead poisoning for an under-weight preemie baby who'd just come home from 3-months in the NICU.

Other than that, all I can think of is my wife has used target stands for various purposes... garage sale signs, posters at kid's parties, etc.

-rvb

 

[indiucky]

Charles Brewer Survival knife, Smith and Wesson model 34-1, Italian Side by Side 20 Gauge, Snake Charmer .410, two derringers, a brass framed Colt Navy knock off, a flintlock pistol, a butterfly knife, Argentine Sistema Colt modelo 1927 and an Argentine Machete, plus countless holsters and pocket knives....

I lament the loss but I have got to say the girl has good taste.......

 

[Nazgul]

Lost a nice Kimber Ultra Carry, she can really shoot it too.

She is very cute so I don't mind.

Don

 

[VERT]

Cleaning rod used to snake something out of the drain. Mrs. also can't seem to leave my small tools alone. I keep all of my gunsmithy type stuff on an old desk in the garage right beside the door. Makes it more convenient to put everything back when I find it laying around the house.

Edit: "Mrs. also can't seem to leave my small tools alone." In before somebody else comments on how dirty that sounded.

 

[Truckman68]

I guess I have been lucky so far. I think Ruger1800 is right about the hopes, she hates the smell of it. I think some single gals would do good to use it as perfume. Certainly would get some attention at a gun shop or show. Lol

 

[churchmouse]

I guess I have been lucky so far. I think Ruger1800 is right about the hopes, she hates the smell of it. I think some single gals would do good to use it as perfume. Certainly would get some attention at a gun shop or show. Lol

Spouse pretty much leaves my stuff alone except for the Fusion build 9mm 1911 she claims as hers now.

Sometimes she will do the female maintenance thing (nail polish etc) in the family room watching the TV. I really hate the smell of the remover.
Sometimes I retaliate with the Hoppes #9 and clean small parts watching NCIS re-runs.

As mentioned, #9 is the smell I equate to guns.

I always wondered if this was what John Lennon was referring to.