RedRaider3
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I know I am opening up a can of worms, but my wife wants a Taurus or Smith .22mag snub nose revolver for CC.
Let me start from the beginning. I wanted my wife to learn to shoot; I started her on my Ruger single six 22lr out on a farm I own. She liked the low recoil, the fact that it was a "cowboy gun" (Her grandfather was a cowboy on the fabled 6666 ranch in Guthrie, Texas until he died), and the simplicity of it. She then shot my Taurus 24/7 .40 S&W and said it kicked too much and she wasn't strong enough to rack the slide to load it. I erroneously thought "Well she needs something with some bite, so I will just load her up with a Taurus millennium pro in .40 S&W and it will get her out of any trouble if she needed it." She never liked to shoot it because she still was unable to rack the slide on the pistol, so I sold it and bought the Beretta Tomcat in .32ACP with the tip up barrel, so she could load it. I know .32ACP is nowhere near the ballistics of a .40 S&W, but I subscribe to the idea that "the first rule of a gunfight is to bring a gun to the fight", so I figured the .32ACP was better than nothing.
So, now we have this .32ACP; we were going to the range twice a month (not as often as we should) and the last time we went she held her grip to high on the .32ACP and the gun "bit" her hand. Now she is reluctant to shoot it. It looked like a barely visible scratch to me, but I want her to want to shoot so I have not questioned it.
One day we were driving past a local gun store here in McAllen and she said she wanted to stop to look at some revolvers. I immediately thought about a Taurus or Smith chambered in .327 federal mag and I would let her practice with .32 H&R or .32 S&W and carry with .327 federal mag ammo or a snub nosed .357 using .38's and .357's, respectively, or a Sig P238. Then I remembered the conundrum I was in with the .40 S&W Taurus millennium pro, so I said "I will let her pick something out without any comment from me." So she looked at a Sig P238, a Ruger LCP, a S&W Bodyguard .380, a Ruger LC9, a lady smith, and a S&W 351PD in .22 mag.- which she loved. She asked me if that would suit me, I asked her if it would suit her more than the P238 or the lady smith? She said yes, so we opted to look for a Taurus 941 and swap out the rubber grips for some nice looking laminate wood ones, as it would be cheaper than the Smith 351PD.
I am going to borrow a friend’s .38 S&W snub nose (not sure of the model) for my wife to try, and I have thought of a Taurus 731 in .32 H&R but I worry about it being "Ultra light" and kicking too much for her, but any other suggestions for a recoil sensitive lady's carry gun would be appreciated. Also I am curious about the new gold dot ammunition from Speer in .22mag for self defense (http://www.defensivecarry.com/forum...-22-winchester-magnum-self-defense-loads.html, http://www.speer-ammo.com/#winmag) and it's effectiveness. Thank you for the input!
Let me start from the beginning. I wanted my wife to learn to shoot; I started her on my Ruger single six 22lr out on a farm I own. She liked the low recoil, the fact that it was a "cowboy gun" (Her grandfather was a cowboy on the fabled 6666 ranch in Guthrie, Texas until he died), and the simplicity of it. She then shot my Taurus 24/7 .40 S&W and said it kicked too much and she wasn't strong enough to rack the slide to load it. I erroneously thought "Well she needs something with some bite, so I will just load her up with a Taurus millennium pro in .40 S&W and it will get her out of any trouble if she needed it." She never liked to shoot it because she still was unable to rack the slide on the pistol, so I sold it and bought the Beretta Tomcat in .32ACP with the tip up barrel, so she could load it. I know .32ACP is nowhere near the ballistics of a .40 S&W, but I subscribe to the idea that "the first rule of a gunfight is to bring a gun to the fight", so I figured the .32ACP was better than nothing.
So, now we have this .32ACP; we were going to the range twice a month (not as often as we should) and the last time we went she held her grip to high on the .32ACP and the gun "bit" her hand. Now she is reluctant to shoot it. It looked like a barely visible scratch to me, but I want her to want to shoot so I have not questioned it.
One day we were driving past a local gun store here in McAllen and she said she wanted to stop to look at some revolvers. I immediately thought about a Taurus or Smith chambered in .327 federal mag and I would let her practice with .32 H&R or .32 S&W and carry with .327 federal mag ammo or a snub nosed .357 using .38's and .357's, respectively, or a Sig P238. Then I remembered the conundrum I was in with the .40 S&W Taurus millennium pro, so I said "I will let her pick something out without any comment from me." So she looked at a Sig P238, a Ruger LCP, a S&W Bodyguard .380, a Ruger LC9, a lady smith, and a S&W 351PD in .22 mag.- which she loved. She asked me if that would suit me, I asked her if it would suit her more than the P238 or the lady smith? She said yes, so we opted to look for a Taurus 941 and swap out the rubber grips for some nice looking laminate wood ones, as it would be cheaper than the Smith 351PD.
I am going to borrow a friend’s .38 S&W snub nose (not sure of the model) for my wife to try, and I have thought of a Taurus 731 in .32 H&R but I worry about it being "Ultra light" and kicking too much for her, but any other suggestions for a recoil sensitive lady's carry gun would be appreciated. Also I am curious about the new gold dot ammunition from Speer in .22mag for self defense (http://www.defensivecarry.com/forum...-22-winchester-magnum-self-defense-loads.html, http://www.speer-ammo.com/#winmag) and it's effectiveness. Thank you for the input!