hello THR !
Anyway took wife shooting yesterday for her first ever handgun shoot. I started by telling her to hold my hand to feel the recoil (i got a sigma 9mm). She did so with her right hand, Bang !. I said good, now let's try it with both hands. BANG ! I don't know how, but she got a MAJOR slide bite on her left thumb :banghead: (i knew it then it'd be a short trip). I think it hit her knuckle at a 90* angle and she said her whole thumb was numb. She man it up and fired a couple of mags though. Most of the shots are on paper, 75% was on the 10" circle of the target at 7 yds.
Anyway I asked her how it was besides the pain. She said the recoil was too much and she was not used to it at all (don't have a smaller pistol/ caliber and the range have no rentals). I noticed she pushed down the muzzle when the shot was about to break indicating too much anticipation. She also said half the time she's scared that the gun would jump out of her hands.
BUUUTTTT, here's the catch - she then asked if "they" made a smaller size/ lower recoil handgun (and the fish bit the hook ). I said "why yes,...." and started rambling on different calibers and such. She had shot my 10/22 and i told her they made handguns in that caliber also. I told her after our tax money comes in, we'll do gun shopping - seems like when you put the word "shopping", girls will fall for it everytime. She said yes enthusiastically.
SOOO, here's the question. I don't wanna buy her a .22 lr handgun (shot placement is key but not so much stopping power). So what would you guys suggest? i want to start her off with a good .380 or anything smaller than a 9mm luger. It could be a revolver too. Anything that's foolproof, practical (size), has enough oomph for SHTF case.
Sorry if this issue has been debated to death. If you can provide links, that'd be great too.
Anyway took wife shooting yesterday for her first ever handgun shoot. I started by telling her to hold my hand to feel the recoil (i got a sigma 9mm). She did so with her right hand, Bang !. I said good, now let's try it with both hands. BANG ! I don't know how, but she got a MAJOR slide bite on her left thumb :banghead: (i knew it then it'd be a short trip). I think it hit her knuckle at a 90* angle and she said her whole thumb was numb. She man it up and fired a couple of mags though. Most of the shots are on paper, 75% was on the 10" circle of the target at 7 yds.
Anyway I asked her how it was besides the pain. She said the recoil was too much and she was not used to it at all (don't have a smaller pistol/ caliber and the range have no rentals). I noticed she pushed down the muzzle when the shot was about to break indicating too much anticipation. She also said half the time she's scared that the gun would jump out of her hands.
BUUUTTTT, here's the catch - she then asked if "they" made a smaller size/ lower recoil handgun (and the fish bit the hook ). I said "why yes,...." and started rambling on different calibers and such. She had shot my 10/22 and i told her they made handguns in that caliber also. I told her after our tax money comes in, we'll do gun shopping - seems like when you put the word "shopping", girls will fall for it everytime. She said yes enthusiastically.
SOOO, here's the question. I don't wanna buy her a .22 lr handgun (shot placement is key but not so much stopping power). So what would you guys suggest? i want to start her off with a good .380 or anything smaller than a 9mm luger. It could be a revolver too. Anything that's foolproof, practical (size), has enough oomph for SHTF case.
Sorry if this issue has been debated to death. If you can provide links, that'd be great too.