"Honey, I love you sooo much. I'm going to buy you a new rifle so you can go shooting & hunting with me. It's lonely on the range/out in the woods without you. And, being as it will be a 22LR, the ammo is cheap, and I'll have money left over to take you out to dinner now & then"
Of course, if she buys it, well, then go pick out your new Ruger 10/22, 77/22, Marlin 39A,
or whatever.