Joint use weapon: CCW and wife use...

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arizonaguide,

You understand. *smile*

What is funny, is I bought some inexpensive .22 and 25ACP Lorcins, Ravens and the like for teaching tools.

My intent was, many ladies get these from a parent, big brother, uncle, or the gun shop guy says "little lady needs a little gun".
(which I hate btw)

Now we had all sorts of guns for students to try as I mentioned. These inexpensive guns were to share how this was NOT the best gun.

While small, light and a lady would carry one, these were not reliable, and it was hard to hit what aimed at, due to short sight radius and dinky sights.

I'll be darned if these guns not only ran, they hit what aimed at.

Here I was trying to share with not only ladies, also guys to not get a gal one, and these guns run.
Even the "shiny one with pink stocks".

They eventually went 'kaput' except for a couple or three, and finally they did.
It became a mission for me to get these darn things to quit. *lol*

Oh I got razzed about this, and it got to be funny.
"Don't throw him (me) a Glock if matters get serious, just toss him the shiny ladies gun with the pink or imitation pearl stocks".

One the gals at this private range got me a set of clip on earrings in imitation pearl and coral to "match my guns".

Long hair in ponytail, long , thick mustache, Ray Ban Aviators and this will get a single mom to really look at you with a shiny gun with those stocks.

I could also get folks to miss on the firing line, by just walking up.
Gals would get tickled, safe gun, leave on table and just lose it.

My lady partner got cute, and wore a fake mustache and beard and had a 1911 in her waistband one time.
"Babe, how come everyone is looking at us, and cannot shoot worth a flip?"
She asked...

Nobody said you cannot have fun with all this assisting folks...*grin*

Oh, seriously though, these were great teaching tools, even after they tore up. We made them inoperable, smoothed them up, and used them in lessons with folks.
Training Guns.

 

[arizonaguide]

SM, you've got me laughing my a** off again!

Where do you teach, and is it close to Phoenix? If not, do you recommend anyone here?

I'm looking at some more serious pistol training for work...(probably with a CW-40)


BTW everyone, here's the outline of the differences between the CW, and the rest of the Kahrs.
NO BIG metal differences to worry about. And I might actually prefer the standard rifling.
http://kahr.com/dtlcompP_cw4043.html

 

[Riptide]

Hi folks,

Allow me to chime in for my first post, I think...

My wife and I just went thru this a few months ago, as she wanted to keep a gun in the house if I'm on night shift. Well, there's no shortage of pistols in my safe for her to choose from, but a very experienced buddy of mine asked a great question:

Could she clear a FTE?

Well, she probably could at the range (she's not an avid shooter). But in a hi-stress situation, I don't think she could. And I worried too much about her limp-wristing a gun, causing a FTE. (I have tried limp-wristing many of my guns. Most still won't FTE, but some will...).

So, my HK 45c went back into the safe, and we bought a pair of Ruger SP101's in .327 Federal, with Crimson Trace grips on them.

The wife loves them. Well, that's a bit of a stretch. But, she can handle them. And I have confidence in them. The .327 chambering is not too hot for her, and the training in the lower power .32 loads makes practice easy on her, with her bad elbow.

Very happy with our choices.

I will state that we don't CCW these Rugers. She carries a Kel-Tec 380, and I alternate between a Kel-Tec PF-9 (right now, anyway), and my HK P7M8.