Handguns for Ladies

[webrx]

A friend and his wife, both teachers, use the LCP simply for its size. Tried to talk them into getting the .22 version for practice, because they are snappy little stinkers to shoot.
Really don't trust .22 autos for anything serious; the round is just hard to feed, and misfires too frequent. If it really, absolutely, positively has to be a .22, make it a revolver. Gave my daughter the Smith .22 Centennial; the .38 version was more recoil than she liked.
Moon

The problem with rimfire revolvers is that the trigger pull is typically a little heavier than that in a centerfire, I have read this is to improve reliability in the rimfire round. Wife had an lcr in .22 wmr and went to the LCP2 for this reason. it is not a significant difference to me, but for her since she has CP, it was. The little lcp2 in .22 has so far been 100% reliable using CCI Velociters.

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[GEM]

Say it again, take a class with a qualified instructor and then try various guns. Get a permit as the 'rights' objection is trivial as compared to protecting yourself. Are the folks really serious about protecting themselves - if so that line of thought is not useful.

Typical list of guns thread. What else is new?

 

[gc70]

Handguns for Ladies

My wife preferred an N-frame S&W Model 28 with a 6" barrel loaded with .357s until she had to have reconstructive surgery on her shooting hand. The Smith was huge, but it fit in her car's glove box and in her purse.

After hand surgery, she carries an S&W .380 EZ, which is easier to operate with reduced grip strength. While she can shoot my S&W 9mm EZ, its recoil hurts. She prefers to practice extensively with the .380 and carry the gun with which she practices.

As a general proposition, ladies (and men) should be encouraged to shoot guns they shoot the best. Concealed carry puts some limits on qualifying guns, but the same general concept applies.

 

[.308 Norma]

While she can shoot my S&W 9mm EZ, its recoil hurts. She prefers to practice extensively with the .380 and carry the gun with which she practices.

Exactly. I've mentioned in several threads that both my wife and our 45 year-old daughter carry Smith Shield EZs. However, our daughter's is a 9mm, while my wife's is only a 380. That's because the 9mm in that small of a handgun is punishing to my wife's arthritic thumb joint - which the arthritis in her thumb joint is very likely due, at least in part to the thousands upon thousands of full-house 44 Magnum rounds my wife fired in IHMSA competition and practice back in the '80s.
On the other hand (no pun intended) my wife can run a hundred 9mm rounds through her Sig P239 (she did in a CCW class a couple of years ago) without it hurting her. But her P239 is a bigger, heavier pistol than her Shield EZ.
BTW, it was our daughter that directed my wife to the Shield EZ. Our daughter bought one (a 380) and she loaned it to my wife to try out. My wife loved it, and bought one for herself. THEN, Smith came out with the same gun in 9mm, and our daughter promptly went out and traded her 380 in on one! Our daughter claims her 9mm Shield doesn't kick much harder than her 380 did, but she let my wife shoot it, and my wife says it does.