Going gun shopping with wife want feedback/advice

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The buff blond 20-something behind the counter who was more interested in his phone call than his customer teed me off enough to make me smile and walk out. His boss got a coals of kindess email. We will have to head out of town to continue shopping.

I know this guy (or one of his twin brothers). This buff blond first told the lady I was with "Little lady needs a little gun" and then answered his phone.

I was looking for a tree and had rope in the truck. That is a hanging offense, then we shoot them, then hang them again. Well it should be in my opinion anyway...

So, we went elsewheres and later on, we went back to buff blond, with phone glued to ear.

I should mention I have a PhD in Tacky.

"Little lady needs..."

To hell she does I cut him off. Lady friend set 2 NIB Colt 1911s on the counter and , one NIB LadySmith , and a stack of C notes and she said I walked in here with $5,000.00 in cash the other day, I have bought these 3 guns, and you will NOT see one red penny of the rest of this money, money I set aside for guns and accessories.

Buff blond dropped his jaw, then the phone and we left.

Fiesty, this gal was. Fiesty and Tacky make a great team.

I spent too many years dealing with the public, suppliers and millions of dollars in business transactions to treat people wrong, and I won't be wronged either.

I recall a customer when I was teenager. Muddy boots, overalls, ugly hat. He was treated with respect. He was a rich oil man, had flown in on his private plane, by his pilot, and spent $25K cash on his wife for an Anniversary gift.
That was not Beech-Nut in that bib pocket

WE knew, some customers looking down on him did not have a clue - judging by appearance alone. Plastic money did not recognize OLD money when they saw it.

 

[tbtrout]

Definately the XD my wife loves hers in .40

 

[Detritus]

slight update

well, couple days ago we decided that since we were already IN the local Academy sports to go ahead and go by the gun counter adn see if there was anything worth looking at closer. got to look at a few more that were on teh list. So here are teh general reaction to the ones fondled most recently (though not a complete eval since they won't take teh trigger locks off)

Barretta 92FS: decent feel but felt slightly nose heavy, (granted this was with an empty mag so the CG is probably off slightly )

Ruger P95: liked it but wonders how that pretty much un textured grip-frame will feel in her hands once her hands get sweaty. and even though a P95 was my first experience with 9mm, it's been too long since i shot one in teh summer to remember whether it got slick on me or not.

Liked the grip angle and general feel of the S&W Sigma that was the first gun the cleark actually put in her hands, but since all models therof are two-tone, it's a non starter (see "no Stainless, etc" rule in opening post)

H&K USP compact(least i think it was a compact): liked it for the most part, but the texture on the sides of the frame irritated her palm (note: i mean the less agressive texture on the actual sides NOT the agressive large format pyramidal "checked/almost serrated polymer" areas on the front- and back- straps) Said the the sides "felt like sandpaper" as such were uncomfortable to her.
Anyone know of an inexpenisve fix for this? (all i can think is to sand/polish those areas to smooth them out)
But then again the USP is also outside the hoped for price range, second only to the Kimber 9mm Pro Carry she found and liked at the first shop. and if we go above $700 I think it would take a REALLY good fit to keep from going, "to heck with it let's pony up the extra and get the kimber"

as it stands now no further browsing/shopping/fondling will be done untill a week from today at the earliest (work schedule interferes). but untill then i look forward to any further insight or advice you good folks can give.

thanks again

 

[Detritus]

Update

she decided on an XD9

full report of "how it happened"Here

 

[Phil DeGraves]

I was going to suggest a P-38. The surplus ones are going for about $350 and the slide is easy to pull back. Fairly decent trigger pull.