38 Special Loads for Wife

[RevolvingGarbage]

Gotta watch the wording of those thread titles....

We cant be the only two to have caught that...haha

 

[LiveLife]

We cant be the only two to have caught that...haha

Hey, at least he's married to her.

 

[oneounceload]

but after 30 or so rounds she did say she could feel it

In such a small and lightweight gun, why is she shooting so many in one session? Get her a .22 for practice drills, or a K-frame with more weight and use light-recoiling loads

 

[FatGeek]

My wife is the same way, she has no interest in shooting auto pistols, rifles, or shotguns, but is a damn good shot with her Smith .38 revolver and loves to go shooting when we can find a baby sitter.

After the reading I've done on concealed carry (Massad Ayoob) and the legal issues that arise if you have to ace a dirtbag, I only carry with factory hollow points. One or two 50 round boxes of carry ammo should last a while, only need to fire a cylinder of rounds out of the carry gun before leaving the range to stay acquainted.

I also agree with the comments about your wife needing a heavier pistol for a range gun. The 4" 6-shot Taurus .38 revolvers are 8-12oz heavier than the 5-shot 2" models and should handle a puff/target load much more comfortably.

 

[Marlin 45 carbine]

slightly off topic but 3 of my 5 sisters have handguns. 2 have .380's they bought after I trained them to shoot starting with a .22LR revolver. the third I did the same but she didn't care for the .380's snappy recoil and 'noise' but my .32acp was 'OK', so she bought a Taurus .32acp which she handles fairly well the close-up targets about 15' she does well at.

 

[gabe1]

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Originally Posted by zoom6zoom View Post
Gotta watch the wording of those thread titles....
We cant be the only two to have caught that...haha

I caught it . But those loads I have covered

I do appreciate all the posts. There is some good information here.

I've never had to deal with too many reduced recoil loads. I grew up shooting big handguns and am not very sensitive to recoil. First pistol my Dad bought me as a kind of bet when I was 17 was a contender in 35 rem 200 grain bullets around 2150 fps rocked pretty good. Compared to that there's nothing you can stuff in this 38 that seems that bad to me.

 

[HOWARD J]

I got the wife a Kel-Tec P3-AT---she did not like it--can't pull slide back--hard on hand when shooting.
Got her a Sig P238 .380--she likes it---can pull slide back & easy on hand when shooting.
whatever floats your boat.............................

 

[GRIZ22]

I wanted something in the house that she could handle "just in case"

If it's a house gun get a K frame size revolver with a 4" barrel loaded with wadcutters. The weight of the K frame absorbs recoil moreso than a J frame size gun.

 

[robctwo]

I've been shooting 158 gr lead swc from a local guy with 3.4 gr Red Dot. Very nice. I went as low a 3.0 and it worked, I just think the 3.4 is more accurate in my guns.

I've put together some Bullseye loads and have not taken them to the range.