Buying a gun for your wife?
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I don't know, the P3AT has a 5 lb trigger pull as opposed to the j-frame which is probably 8 or more. As for wicked recoil, nah, a .480 Ruger has wicked recoil. The P3AT is hard to hang on to, but I have no problem emptying the mag into the A zone at ten feet. Sandy has shot the gun and doesn't find in uncomfortable. Remember, this is a lady who once put 120 rounds of hot .44 mag downrange in one session (shooting silhouette).
As for shooting it weak-handed, we really don't know if she can. We're going out back as soon as the range dries out and try it out. If it doesn't work, well, back to the drawing board. Nerve damage from Sandy breaking her wrist probably caused a 25% reduction in her hand strength, so maybe just exercise is in order.
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Standing Wolf wrote:
Sandy Ashcraft wrote:
pax writes eloquently, I get blamed for purchases.
I'm a guy, I know my role.
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Sandy Ashcraft wrote:
pax writes eloquently, I get blamed for purchases.
I'm a guy, I know my role.
Sandy Ashcraft
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No Santa didn't! But our kids did. They gave us lessons for sporting clays.
Just what I wanted.
I loved the potato gun. Did the boys build it yet?
Just what I wanted.
I loved the potato gun. Did the boys build it yet?
Sandy Ashcraft
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Sorry, double tap. What is up with THR tonight?
mustanger98
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Sandy Ashcraft said:
I don't know. It seems every time I reply to any post tonight, it takes forever to load the next screen. I'll have to check and see how many double taps I've made tonight.
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pax,
Another great thread- thanks much. I agree this one needs to be in the library for future reference.
lpl/nc
Another great thread- thanks much. I agree this one needs to be in the library for future reference.
lpl/nc
gc70
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pax, your advice is excellent. Luckily, I have never had to use most of your pointers because my wife was armed and qualified before we met. The only thing I don't quite understand is how my S&W Model 28 became hers.
Erinyes
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This is all very good advice.
I'd taken my to the range once with a 1911 and a S&W M19 (loaded with .38 spl). She liked neither the feel nor the recoil of the 1911, but did fine with the .357 snubbie downloaded. Unfortunately, she didn't have the hand strength to pull the double action trigger and had to thumb cock it for every shot.
When my GF's aunt started having some problems with a guy threatening her, my GF decided to become more interested in firearms. Now she wants to buy one for herself. We went to the gun store I generally frequent, but they started showing her the smallest pieces. We later went to another shop in TN (She lives in TN, so it's already a better place to look). After describing herself as a new shooter without a lot of hand strength, the salesman immediately handed her a Glock 19, and she loved it. Despite hands that couldn't properly fit a 1911, they fit the Glock pretty well. She handled both the 19 and 17 and liked both of them.
We haven't bought yet, and I still have to take her out to the range again to try my P38 and make sure she's alright with the 9mm's recoil, but assuming she is, we'll be buying a Glock as soon as the tax returns come in.
I'd taken my to the range once with a 1911 and a S&W M19 (loaded with .38 spl). She liked neither the feel nor the recoil of the 1911, but did fine with the .357 snubbie downloaded. Unfortunately, she didn't have the hand strength to pull the double action trigger and had to thumb cock it for every shot.
When my GF's aunt started having some problems with a guy threatening her, my GF decided to become more interested in firearms. Now she wants to buy one for herself. We went to the gun store I generally frequent, but they started showing her the smallest pieces. We later went to another shop in TN (She lives in TN, so it's already a better place to look). After describing herself as a new shooter without a lot of hand strength, the salesman immediately handed her a Glock 19, and she loved it. Despite hands that couldn't properly fit a 1911, they fit the Glock pretty well. She handled both the 19 and 17 and liked both of them.
We haven't bought yet, and I still have to take her out to the range again to try my P38 and make sure she's alright with the 9mm's recoil, but assuming she is, we'll be buying a Glock as soon as the tax returns come in.
Wife's gun...
I'm blessed to have a wife that both understands the need for having a gun, and is willing to have one.
She picked out her own gun while we were at a gun show. SHe made a good choice, if you ask me. An Astra .40sw, double-stack, 14 round whopper that's patterned after a SIG and the same size. It's a mid-size gun, but she really enjoy's shooting it.
We liked this thing so much that I went and bought one too - in 10 round .45.
I've carried the thing for so long now, that when I break out the Colt 1911, MKIV Series 80 that I used to carry I'm simply amazed at how LONG and frankly, unwieldy the thing is! And I;ve also come to appreciate the double-action of the Astra over the SAO Colt.
I think she made a good choice, and she does too.
We have SIX kids, four of them under the age of six, that I feel a lot better about her having to wrangle four youngsters in the wal-mart parking lot when she's alone with them.
I'm blessed to have a wife that both understands the need for having a gun, and is willing to have one.
She picked out her own gun while we were at a gun show. SHe made a good choice, if you ask me. An Astra .40sw, double-stack, 14 round whopper that's patterned after a SIG and the same size. It's a mid-size gun, but she really enjoy's shooting it.
We liked this thing so much that I went and bought one too - in 10 round .45.
I've carried the thing for so long now, that when I break out the Colt 1911, MKIV Series 80 that I used to carry I'm simply amazed at how LONG and frankly, unwieldy the thing is! And I;ve also come to appreciate the double-action of the Astra over the SAO Colt.
I think she made a good choice, and she does too.
We have SIX kids, four of them under the age of six, that I feel a lot better about her having to wrangle four youngsters in the wal-mart parking lot when she's alone with them.
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