MatthewVanitas
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Recently I took my girlfriend shooting; she's only been a few times before. She had no problem with a .22 Beretta Neos, but we rented a 1911 .45 ACP as well as a Sig 238 .380 (their version of the Colt Mustang), and for those latter two she had a real hard time getting on target. My impression is that though she really liked the hand-feel of the Sig (she's a rather small girl), and could rack it fine, the short barrel really compromised her aiming. While the full-size .45, she had trouble racking (though I specifically followed some of the online advice, CorneredCat, etc. for women racking slides) and had some trouble shooting due to flinch.
I see that Browning has a "scaled-down Gov't model" 1911 in .380 ACP, as does RIA. But the Browning has a polymer lower, and RIA is okay but not impressive reputation. That got me wondering: since Colt is doing okay selling the new Mustang (and did well in the past selling the old one), why don't they offer a model with a slightly longer grip and somewhat longer barrel? Like the Glock 42, it wouldn't be intended to be a pure pocket gun, but more a compact CCW but more importantly a decent range gun or HD gun for small-framed people that want a scaled-down version of a full-size pistol, sufficient sight radius and weight to make it easy/fun to shoot, but in a low-recoiling chambering and with a small grip radius and trigger reach.
Not that anyone here is a Colt exec, but any thoughts as to whether a larger size of .380, akin to their previous "Gov't Model" .380 micro-1911, might be forthcoming? Either from them, or from SIG or Kimber who has copied their old design?
(pic from 1911forums.org, contrasting the "Mustang" size with the larger "Gov't" size .380)
I see that Browning has a "scaled-down Gov't model" 1911 in .380 ACP, as does RIA. But the Browning has a polymer lower, and RIA is okay but not impressive reputation. That got me wondering: since Colt is doing okay selling the new Mustang (and did well in the past selling the old one), why don't they offer a model with a slightly longer grip and somewhat longer barrel? Like the Glock 42, it wouldn't be intended to be a pure pocket gun, but more a compact CCW but more importantly a decent range gun or HD gun for small-framed people that want a scaled-down version of a full-size pistol, sufficient sight radius and weight to make it easy/fun to shoot, but in a low-recoiling chambering and with a small grip radius and trigger reach.
Not that anyone here is a Colt exec, but any thoughts as to whether a larger size of .380, akin to their previous "Gov't Model" .380 micro-1911, might be forthcoming? Either from them, or from SIG or Kimber who has copied their old design?
(pic from 1911forums.org, contrasting the "Mustang" size with the larger "Gov't" size .380)