Thanks, gentlemen, for the welcomes and the kind words!
I am really eager to go try the R9S out - so eager that I think I'll actually drag myself to the hated indoor range on Monday evening. I hope to have nice things to post the next day!
Bill, Gina has one sister that is as yet unmarried. 33, cute and sweet, too. However, she doesn't shoot (although she's not at all against it) and she's not all that into cooking (although she can certainly do just fine when she puts her mind to it). She has cats, though.
You are all very kind to comment on the beneficence of the gift - I'll pass along your gracious words to Gina (who's enjoying the anniversary band that I - very romantically - had custom-made for her
).