A Girl's Gun?

[moi_self26]

I've taught plenty of women to shoot autoloaders and the simple solution to difficult slide operation is the same I use for anyone - hold the slide and push the gun forward. The muscles involved in this operation are much stronger regardless of sex. Using this technique I have never had anyone not be able to properly operate the slide.

I wish you were at the safety course I took when I first started, the woman I got stuck sitting next to was older and seemed to have some kind of disability. I kept trying to help her (as did the instructor), but as soon as she struggled she would get careless. I had guns pointed at me way too many times for comfort. I corrected her each time, but it was still nerve wracking. Granted I knew that they were all unloaded, but when you turn around and see a gun pointed at you, it's just instinct to go into alarm mode.

 

[camper1]

Guys who like snubbies aren't insecure. Guys who call them girls guns have a self esteem problem. Just because many women use a product doesn't make it gender specific. I have 12 semis, 2 revolvers, an AR and a Mossberg. I'm guessing if thousands of women bought ARs, a small number of males would suddenly have to find a new weapon...notice I said a small number....a very small number. I give most guys more sense than that, but I've met a few who don't get it. I read one thread where the guy said 9mm was a girls' load, because he only shot .45. Of course, the moderator got to him first.

 

[thebucket]

I know my snubby .357 isn't easy for me to shoot magnums out of and my mom fired one magnum and decided that was enough. She didn't even like shooting .38's out of it. So, no, I don't think snubbies are girls' guns. Just because a gun is small doesn't mean it's for women.

 

[doberman]

Unless it's marked, "Lady Smith," then no, it's not a girl's gun.

Since when is the "Lady Smith" a girls gun? Do you know something I don't?

 

[SASD209]

Eh, my GF won't touch my Glock 26 and absolutely hates my S&W 360PD. She does like my Smith 686 most of all. Go figure.

 

[CU74]

Why would anyone think that a Hollywood script writer would know anything about firearms? Even more so, why would anyone think that anything seen in a Hollywood production contained anything of value about the subject of guns?

My thoughts were pretty much the same as Old Fuff posted. Glad to see I'm not the only one around here who thinks Hollywierd is NOT the source of reasonable firearms information....

 

[benEzra]

My wife shoots a Glock 26 and an SKS; my pistol is a S&W 3913 Ladysmith. Stereotypes were made to be broken...

 

[Fleetwood_Captain]

How about a Browning "Sweet 16" autoloader?

That would make a fine girls' gun.

 

[TooTaxed]

In my experience observing as Range Officer, women use everything the men do...and very capably!

On the other hand, women carry concealed more often than men...and concealment-type guns are light, compact, and short-barreled.

Like the S&W Model 642 .38-Spl I carry!