My wife started on a Beretta, then got a small 9mm. She thought she would carry it in her purse, but now having done so, she prefers to carry on her person. Because women are very different, she's settled on a little pocket 380. Faliaphotography has a YouTube channel and a blog. She has a ton of good information for females and firearms and accessories.
help me find the best 9mm for my wife
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krupparms
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Check out the S&W S.D. pistols they were made with a very ergonomic grip, that was meant to fit most hands. The slide was also designed to rack back easily. These are great pistols! At least give them a try! Good luck!
She has to choose. If she doesn't like her weapon, she won't carry it. After shooting everything in my collection and countless other guns, my wife picked my Colt Det. Spl.The idea that every woman needs the same type gun is just silly. Different strokes for different folks.
This thread almost makes me weep for my sister. She qualified with a Taurus model 85 revolver, but complained about the weight. I suggested to her that the weight might be to her advantage, but....
Her husband shoots a Taurus TCP. So, that's what she now has. Had it for well over a year without shooting it. They came to visit two weekends ago and a condition of her visit was she bring her gun to shoot in my backyard range.
50 rounds later, she has a bloody hand from a slide cut and rubbing her wrist from the recoil. She shot it OK (recoil aside)... just had a very hard time getting the gun into battery. It's not really the gun for her.
I love my EDC, but I'd never push it on my best friend. When she's ready for her CCW, she'll pick the gun.
Her husband shoots a Taurus TCP. So, that's what she now has. Had it for well over a year without shooting it. They came to visit two weekends ago and a condition of her visit was she bring her gun to shoot in my backyard range.
50 rounds later, she has a bloody hand from a slide cut and rubbing her wrist from the recoil. She shot it OK (recoil aside)... just had a very hard time getting the gun into battery. It's not really the gun for her.
I love my EDC, but I'd never push it on my best friend. When she's ready for her CCW, she'll pick the gun.
bigfatdave
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What is your wife like?
My first question is how tall is your wife?
My second question would be what is her physique like?
Why, well my wife is petite and a senior citz., so she does not have a lot of hand strength, which is getting worse due to arthritis.
What does she shoot, my SIG 225. Why, the gun is just heavy enough to control the recoil and keep it within her tolerance. Also, the gun is light enough for her to hold comfortably. A BROWNING Hi Power or BERETTA 92 would be too heavy and the grips just too large.
She found the grip on my BROWNING 1910 too small, so do not overdue it.
Before she settled on the SIG 225, I let her handle almost 2 dozen guns and the ones she like the most were the SIG 225, BERETTA 84 and S&W model 12.
We fired all three.
The S&W 12 has HOGUE grips and is very light with a well polished trigger, a combination she really liked. She did not like being limited to 6 shots and a slow reload.
The BERETTA felt alright till she fired it. She much preferred the SIG, so that is what she uses.
The most important thing is to let her decide. It will increase her knowledge and confidence in the gun.
A trip to a range with some popular rental guns would help as well.
Also, starting her off on a .22lr would go a long way to building her shooting ability and overcoming the initial fear.
Jim
My first question is how tall is your wife?
My second question would be what is her physique like?
Why, well my wife is petite and a senior citz., so she does not have a lot of hand strength, which is getting worse due to arthritis.
What does she shoot, my SIG 225. Why, the gun is just heavy enough to control the recoil and keep it within her tolerance. Also, the gun is light enough for her to hold comfortably. A BROWNING Hi Power or BERETTA 92 would be too heavy and the grips just too large.
She found the grip on my BROWNING 1910 too small, so do not overdue it.
Before she settled on the SIG 225, I let her handle almost 2 dozen guns and the ones she like the most were the SIG 225, BERETTA 84 and S&W model 12.
We fired all three.
The S&W 12 has HOGUE grips and is very light with a well polished trigger, a combination she really liked. She did not like being limited to 6 shots and a slow reload.
The BERETTA felt alright till she fired it. She much preferred the SIG, so that is what she uses.
The most important thing is to let her decide. It will increase her knowledge and confidence in the gun.
A trip to a range with some popular rental guns would help as well.
Also, starting her off on a .22lr would go a long way to building her shooting ability and overcoming the initial fear.
Jim
Esoxchaser
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My wife is an accomplished shooter, yet her preferred carry is a p238. I have no doubt she can make her rounds count. The firearm she will always have with her beats the snot out if the bigger one in the safe.
Vodoun da Vinci
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My Wife loves her .38 S&W's but the Glock 26 rings her chimes just fine as well. She has trouble remembering and manipulating levers and safeties and releases and stuff and it makes her feel "stupid" if she can't get it figured out sometimes.
The Glock has very few controls so she's more comfortable with it and the D/A esque trigger.
VooDoo
The Glock has very few controls so she's more comfortable with it and the D/A esque trigger.
VooDoo
MedWheeler
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hentown writes:
Words just aren't coming to me.. sorry.
Words just aren't coming to me.. sorry.
wow6599
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My wife has fired all of my handguns. When it came time to get her a CCW, she liked 2 the best - a 4" GP100 with with some hot Buffalo Bore rds (I did it for a laugh, but it didn't bother her a bit) and a Kahr PM9.
Obviously she likes a DA trigger. She had dozens to shoot and pick from, and at the end she just looked at the Kahr and said "that one".
Let her pick, or you pick and build your collection up quickly!
Obviously she likes a DA trigger. She had dozens to shoot and pick from, and at the end she just looked at the Kahr and said "that one".
Let her pick, or you pick and build your collection up quickly!
zenshootist
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My wife picked out an SR9 at a gunshow - she liked it because it was light and felt 'glocky' (her word, not mine). When we had trouble with it, Reuger fixed it for free, including shipping. But we still had trouble with it and I surprised her with an IWI Baby Eagle II semi compact in 9mm. Now she won't shoot anything else. She wanted to go light and small on her first handgun because she didn't anticipate recoil and muzzle flip - besides, there's just something a little cooler about a metal gun with a hammer ... anyway, she's starting to outshoot me - which is great because it means more trips to the range /P
If she were my wife, I would star her off with basic fundamentals with a 22 semi auto. Maybe like the new Ruger SR22. Get used to racking slide, controls, sight picture, use of magazine, clearing stopages etc. Starting off with a 9mm may be too much at first and you don't want her first experience to be a negative one. A small 9mm can be snappy to the new untrained.
Vodoun da Vinci
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Me neither....
My Wife shoots everything I bring into the house and everything our Gun Buddies bring to the range. Automatics she is less intuitive on - revolvers she has an inherent fascination for and seems to master them instantly and embarrasses me with how accurately she presents and hits with revolvers.
She can have her pick of *anything* we have or she has ever seen. We have the disposable income to buy it and make it hers for concealed carry. I'm betting when the smoke clears she'll end up with a revolver in .38 Special as her favorite carry piece.
VooDoo
This is unheard of! She picked out what was affordable?
My wife passed away a year ago but she could walk into any store and would immediately pick out the most expensive item available. It didn't matter if it was a gun or a purse or a widget with no price tags she had a magnet to the highest priced item.
Her first gun was a S&W 642 Airweight with Crimson Trace grips but she never really learned to love the gun. We looked at so many guns she actually got tired of looking but she wanted something to carry in her purse that didn't have a lot of safeties and wasn't too big or too small. She eventually got a S&W Bodyguard 380 but never got to like the way the laser was activated.
If your wife isn't "scared" of the gun then she will be able to handle anything she decides on. I have a lot of women come out to shoot and you can tell which ones need to start slow and some you can have shooting a mouse gun or full size 1911 within 10 minutes.
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