To view this site you need Adobe Flash Player and your browser must allow javaScripts. Go here to get the latest Flash Player. Lisa Parsons-Wraith Lady Shooter’s Holiday Gift Guide N othing makes your cash registers ring like the frenzy of holiday shopping. Gun dealers are lucky because this is often the time of year families splurge on major purchases not only for each other, but also for themselves. Many a shooter has gone shopping for a gift for their spouse and come home with a coordinating gun purchase of his or her own. There are lots of small add-on items that sell well at the holidays, and the following is a showcase of great gift ideas any lady shooter would love to find under the tree. the gun. This type of sale could turn your shop into someone’s one-stop gift buying destination. Caps For A Cause Nearly everyone knows a person whose life has been affected by breast c a n c e r. N o w hunting and shooting enthusiasts can help fight breast cancer by purchasing a series of specialedition breast cancer awareness hats from Hunter’s Special- Lightweight Cynergy Browning’s popular line of Cynergy shotguns went featherlight in 2007, and that’s good news for lady shooters who are exhausted from lugging around a tooFashionable Carry heavy shotgun in the field. The If your customer purchases a Cynergy Feather with its alloy lightweight, highly concealable receiver weighs in at a mere 6 gun like the Kahr PM9, there is a pounds. Unique features on temptation to conceal it in a pocket this 12 gauge include Brownor purse without a built-in holster. i n g ’s M o n o L o c k H i n g e , Advise your customers that this is Reverse Striker ignition a mistake on many levels. First, system and Impact Ejectors having a gun floating around loose with dual springs for positive, in a purse exposes it to all kinds of consistent ejection. Lady shooters will really Items such as the breast cancer awareness hats from Hunter’s damage and unauthorized access. appreciate Browning’s efforts Specialties and the Addison purse holster from Galco make Second, if a woman needs to draw her gun in self-defense, it should be to tame recoil on this light- great gifts for female gun enthusiasts. securely holstered so she can w e i g h t o v e r / u n d e r. T h e perform a smooth, safe draw — impossiCynergy’s ultra low-profile receiver is ties. The series of five hats — two sporting ble if a gun is upside down in the bottom one way designers found to reduce camo — all feature the breast cancer awareof her purse. muzzle jump and perceived recoil. They ness pink ribbon, and come in men’s and Luckily, Galco Gunleather has also added the Inflex Recoil Pad women’s versions. always gone out of its way to design One hundred percent of the profits System, which reduces felt recoil as fashionable and functional purse holmuch as 25 percent and offers a wide from the sale of each hat goes to the Susan sters. One of their latest models, the range of length-of-pull adjustments. The G. Komen Foundation to help raise Addison, is perfect for daily carry and a Cynergy Feather is just one of 18 awareness and search for a cure. This is a casual night out. Designed to be lightCynergy shotgun models offered by gift that keeps on giving by helping weight and ergonomic, the Addison Browning, making it a great opportunity support a very worthy cause. handbag sports full-grain, glove-tanned Visit www.hunterspec.com. for couples to purchase “his and hers” leather, solid brass hardware, a magcoordinating gifts. netic closure and a fully lined interior. When selling firearms this holiday Concealed Confidence A lightweight, high-quality concealA full-length zipper along the strap can season, don’t forget that women are very be unzipped to convert this brand-loyal and like to have coordinat- ment gun is at the top of any defenseholster/handbag into a backpack to free ing gear. Terrific add-on sales to any minded shooter’s list. This kind of gun firearm purchase are cases, hats, T-shirts will be put through its paces in training and gear bags that sport the same logo as and is often carried in a concealment continued on page 42 40 www.shootingindustry.com • SHOT SHOW SUPER ISSUE 2008 holster or purse. It should be lightweight, accurate and function smoothly. The Kahr PM-9 neatly fits the bill. Kahr has established itself as a company shooters can count on, with a reputation for innovative design and outof-the-box reliability. The Kahr PM9 chambered in 9mm weighs in at a mere 14 ounces, has an overall length of 5.3" and is just 4" high, making it easy to carry and highly concealable. Long-term durability and accuracy are assured with its black textured polymer frame and stainless steel slide riding on front and rear steel inserts. An integral stainless steel guide rod helps dampen recoil. The PM9 comes with two magazines, six- and seven-round, and a grip extension. Standard equipment on the PM9 includes drift-adjustable, white bar-dot combat sights, with an option of three-dot tritium night sights. All Kahr firearms come with a lifetime warranty and include trigger locks.