Need advice for CCW pistol for my Mother

[Ben86]

For a person with limited strength in their hands and some one who does not handle firearms regularly. NOTHING makes more sense than a .38 snub nosed revolver airweight.

That does not make sense to me. They have harsh recoil, are hard to shoot accurately and have a really heavy DA trigger.

 

[Avenger29]

That does not make sense to me. They have harsh recoil, are hard to shoot accurately and have a really heavy DA trigger.

It's the old "a revolver is safest for a novice, because they are too stupid to operate anything else" argument. And quite frankly, I'm pretty damn sick and tired of hearing it.

Any gun is going to require at least a basic level of proficiency. About the same for a revolver or semi-auto. An auto is not hard to maintain, not hard to operate safely, and not hard to shoot. A revolver is also not necessarily more reliable than a quality autoloader, either.

 

[Fastcast]

The LCR over the airweight, much less recoil. Myself along with a friend have bought a lot of airweights for re-sale after only having 5 rounds shot through them. The LCR is by far the most popular revolver that we sell these days and not one complaint regarding recoil being too much. As far as a semi is concerned they have capacity advantages but also require more maintenance and are a bit more complicated. I agree that the best route is to go to a place that rents them, figure out what she likes and can handle then shop around.

So the LCR recoils much less than an Airweight 642, any idea why? I've heard the trigger is very nice on the LCR also. How much better is the trigger than a 642?

I'll be taking mom soon to pick out one of these two revolvers. I think shes leaning toward the 642 because the S&W name and it's not polymer but less recoil and lighter trigger would definitely be better for her.

She just sold a Taurus M85 Airweight that the D/A trigger pull was so ridiculously heavy, she could barely pull the trigger with her slightly handicapped hand. I guess she has dry fired a few Smiths and thought the trigger was a lot better than her Taurus but she nor I have got to handle the LCR yet.

 

[vicdotcom]

So the LCR recoils much less than an Airweight 642, any idea why? I've heard the trigger is very nice on the LCR also. How much better is the trigger than a 642?

The LCR has less felt recoil because of the longer grip and covered backstrap. In otherwords, the grip fully covers that metal part of the gun handle so that your hand isn't pressed agasint metal. The DOA trigger pull on the LCR does seem lighter than the S&W though but I havent measured it.

 

[Fastcast]

Thanks Vic....

 

[GLOCK-N-SPEEL]

how about a s&w .50

 

[Ben86]

A revolver is also not necessarily more reliable than a quality autoloader, either.

So true. The revolvers, and traditional bolt actions I've had have given me more issues than the automatics. I've got a revolver that's forcing cone can only take about 100 rounds before it jams and a bolt action who's handle spins around the bolt, I'm not sure what's up with that. Old fashioned firearm systems do not equal more reliability, just different problems.