Recently got an LCR in .22lr for the wife to use as a home defense gun. She was very gun shy and had very little firearms experience.
Well I am happy to say that she is loving the LCR...her confidence is growing and she is getting pretty darn good with it. I am hoping that perhaps by the spring time she will be ready to move up in caliber. Since she is so acclimated to the LCR .22 and it fits her so well, I'm thinking moving up to the .38 version would be a good move.
But I'm a little worried about the recoil factor since she really hates recoil and intense muzzle blast. She has shot an airweight s&w .38 before with a standard pressure load and didnt like it at all. But I'm thinking with the big Houge tamer grips the LCR might be a little more manageable loaded with something like wadcutters.
So what's the felt recoil like on the LCR .38 with MILD standard pressure loads like wadcutters or maybe the 110 grain standard hollowpoints?
Well I am happy to say that she is loving the LCR...her confidence is growing and she is getting pretty darn good with it. I am hoping that perhaps by the spring time she will be ready to move up in caliber. Since she is so acclimated to the LCR .22 and it fits her so well, I'm thinking moving up to the .38 version would be a good move.
But I'm a little worried about the recoil factor since she really hates recoil and intense muzzle blast. She has shot an airweight s&w .38 before with a standard pressure load and didnt like it at all. But I'm thinking with the big Houge tamer grips the LCR might be a little more manageable loaded with something like wadcutters.
So what's the felt recoil like on the LCR .38 with MILD standard pressure loads like wadcutters or maybe the 110 grain standard hollowpoints?